Schedule at a glance

SEPT. 9 vs. Denver Broncos (7:20 p.m., ESPN)

A Monday Night Football opener will showcase the new-look Raiders on a national stage against the Broncos and new starting quarterback Joe Flacco.

Biggest Games

OCT. 20 at Green Bay Packers (10 a.m., CBS)

BY MATT SCHNEIDMAN

DEC. 1

SEPT. 15 vs. Kansas City Chiefs (1:05 p.m. CBS)

Patrick Mahomes isn’t a secret anymore, and he helped Kansas City pile up 75 combined points in two games against the Raiders last season.

SEPT. 9 vs. Denver Broncos Monday Night Football. Antonio Brown’s assumed debut. Chance to show a national audience they might not be a laughingstock. Big tonesetter game.

A stern test for the revamped Raiders defense against the best quarterback they’ll face all season at Kansas City Chiefs (10 a.m., CBS) Arrowhead hasn’t been just mean to the Raiders in recent memory. It’s been downright cruel.

OCT. 27 at Houston Texans (10 a.m., CBS)

The fifth of five straight games away from the Coliseum. Will the Raiders be completely out of the playoff hunt already?

DEC. 8 vs. Tennessee Titans (1:25 p.m., CBS)

Former Raiders OC Todd Downing now coaches tight ends for the Titans. That’s how we’ll play up this one.

SEPT. 22 at Minnesota Vikings (10 a.m., FOX)

The first of five straight games away from Oakland against formidable opponents, a streak that will define the Raiders’ season.

SEPT. 29 at Indianapolis Colts (10 a.m., CBS) Indianapolis proved a productive spot for the Raiders this year in preparing for the draft, but will it return the same positive results against the Bay Area’s own Andrew Luck?

OCT. 6 vs. Chicago Bears in London Raiders fans will never forget the Kahlil Mack trade. Neither will Jon Gruden. If the Raiders can limit Mack in this one, they’ll at least feel a little better about themselves.

NOV. 3 vs. Detroit Lions (1:05 p.m., FOX) Who wants to spend a November weekend in Detroit?!

DEC. 15 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (1:05 p.m., CBS) The actual last game ever in Oakland. (Most likely.)

NOV. 7 vs. Los Angeles Chargers (5:20 p.m., FOX, NFLN

The Raiders’ second and final primetime game of the season, a Thursday night matchup against one of last season’s most improved teams.

DEC. 21 (OR 22) at Los Angeles Chargers (TBD)

Wait, this might be the Raiders’ last home game even though it’s in Southern California.

OCT. 6 vs. Bears in London (10 a.m., FOX)

You ever get laid out by your best friend? Hop over the Atlantic Ocean to see it (probably) happen with Khalil Mack facing Derek Carr for the first time.

DEC. 15 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

NOV. 17 vs. Cincinnati Bengals (1:25 p.m., CBS Linebacker Vontaze Burfict faces his longtime former team for the first time since coming to the Raiders.

DEC. 29 at Denver Broncos (1:25 p.m., CBS) Will this one be meaningless like last year’s late-season game between these two teams?

WEEK 6

Unlike the emotionallycharged home game against the Broncos in 2018, this one really is the Raiders’ goodbye to the Coliseum.

(At least we think.)

NOV. 24 at New York Jets (10 a.m., CBS)

Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell reunite on the same field for the first time since their respective Steelers departures.

Running back Jalen Richard should prove valuable catching passes out of the backfield this season for the Raiders.

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