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American Football Conference · AFC West
The Las Vegas Raiders were founded in 1960 in Oakland, California, and now play their home games at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Known by various monikers including Silver and Black, Men in Black, and Team of the Decades, the franchise is owned by Mark Davis and currently led by general manager John Spytek and head coach Klint Kubiak. The Raiders have experienced significant volatility in recent seasons. A 12–4 campaign in 2016 brought playoff football, and a 10–7 finish in 2021 did the same. Between those peaks, however, the record has been uneven—ranging from 4–12 in 2018 to competitive 8–8 and 8–9 marks. The 2024 and 2025 seasons proved especially difficult, combining for just 7 wins against 27 losses. The current roster features defensive standout Maxx Crosby, tight end Brock Bowers, running back Ashton Jeanty, and quarterback options including Kirk Cousins, Fernando Mendoza, and Aidan O'Connell.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 85 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 70 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1–0 | — |
| 2025 | 3–14 | — |
| 2024 | 4–13 | — |
| 2023 | 8–9 | — |
| 2022 | 6–11 | — |
| 2021 | 10–7 | Made the playoffs |
| 2020 | 8–8 | — |
| 2019 | 7–9 | — |
| 2018 | 4–12 | — |
| 2017 | 6–10 | — |
| 2016 |
Each pundit’s standing lean on Las Vegas Raiders, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 88% of the room, across 5 articles · 70.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
more bullish than 82% of the room, across 2 articles · 70.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
Page 3 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“One, Raiders, Mendoza.”
| 12–4 |
| Made the playoffs |
| 2015 | 7–9 | — |
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| 2010 | 8–8 | — |
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| 2009 | 5–11 | — |
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more bullish than 71% of the room, across 4 articles · 27.6 accuracy on this team (4 settled)
more bearish than 98% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 87% of the room, across 3 articles · 67.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
more bearish than 86% of the room, across 4 articles · 86.0 accuracy on this team (3 settled)
“Las Vegas Raiders selected, no surprise, Fernando Mendoza... everyone knows where the Raiders are going”
“Mendoza and Bailey going one, two to the Raiders and Jets respectively.”
“It is the Las Vegas Raiders, and it's going to be Fernando Mendoza, the Indiana quarterback.”
“The number one pick, shocker. Fernando Mendoza.”
“Number one, Las Vegas Raiders... The pick, Fernando Mendoza, quarterback out of Indiana.”
“Except that Fernando Mendoza is going to be the number one overall pick to Las Vegas Raiders because Clint Kubiak clearly cannot stand Geno Smith”
“I expect for Nanda Mendoza to be the pick to kind of get them going, and they're gonna build around the young quarterback.”
“maybe they're not going to draft for Fernando Mendoza. It's the number one pick. I gotta believe that they probably will”
“Of course, quarterback Fernando Mendoza led off the draft with the Las Vegas Raiders at number one.”
“Fernando Mendoza is expected at least as of right now to go number one overall to the Las Vegas Raiders.”
“They have Brock Bowers, the best tight end most talented tight end in the league.”
“you already got the one seed locked or the the number one pick locked up”
“Maxx Crosby leads the league in sacks”
“We know Fernando Mendoza's going number one, probably not gonna start in week one.”
“Number One Fernando Mendoza going to the Raiders shocking”
“you you'd throw where Denzel Boston to the Raiders”
“right after Fernando Mendoza at pick one to the Raiders”
“This is obviously operating on your assumption that the Raiders draft Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick. That feels like a foregone conclusion at this point.”
“Number one, no surprise. It's Fernando Mendoza, the Indiana quarterback going to the Las Vegas Raiders.”
“The only guy I felt like I could put above him was Fernando Mendoza, who's gonna be the number one pick to the Raiders.”
“the Raiders at one are gonna take Fernando Mendoza”
“we we've kinda talked about the Raiders within this lens of, well, they're drafting Fernando Mendoza, we think, at number one overall”
“Raiders, pick one. Fernando Mendoza, don't overthink it. It's happening.”
“They have ten draft picks, including the number one overall pick, and if everything goes the way we think it's going to go Fernana Mendoza, we'll go number one to the Raiders, which solves their quarterback situation.”
“if everything goes away we think it should go, he's going to end up the first overall pick and end up in Las Vegas... Fernando Mendoza will go number one to the Raiders”
“So, Raiders, obviously mendoza. That's done”
“We know he's going to be the first overall picked by the Raiders.”
“He's gonna go number one and invest a lot to him. ... talking about, you know, obviously, going to the Raiders, that's gonna be the best selling jersey in the NFL next year”
“So Fernando Mendoza will check the box... Well, I just think with the Raiders, it's we've you know, it feels like Mendoza is the guy there.”
“You have a draft where Fernando Mendoza, we all assume and believe he's going number one to the Raiders.”
“I think he has to hold the number one spot. I think the Raiders do it. I don't think the Raiders can do anything else.”
“I hate using the term no brainer... He's the quarterback that has proven himself to be that guy... As far as I'm concerned, there's one quarterback in the first round, and it's him.”
“Your mock draft, you have Fernando Mendoza at one.”
“he could get the lowest score of all time on the Wunderlich, and he would still go number one overall to the Raiders”
“Zero surprise at the top. Fernando Mendoza can start house hunting in Vegas.”
“the biggest story of this combine coming in isn't, you know, the first overall selection because it's Fernando Mendoza. I think it's going to be him.”
“Mac Jones is my pick for the Raiders starting quarterback next year.”
“He's the first overall pick. Correct? ... he's warranted to be the first overall pick.”
“There is one pick that we can write in stone right now, etching stone. That is, of course, Fernando Mendoza to the Las Vegas Raiders at number one overall.”