Win four games the previous season and be rewarded with the toughest schedule in football the following year. Such is the life of the Raiders, who haven’t finished over .500 since 2002. San Francisco, Seattle Arizona, Denver (twice), Kansas City (twice), San Diego (twice) and New England. Ouch. 

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