I listened to the Mina Kimes pod today, and she had Ryan Clark on. I respect both of their opinions.

They did a power ranking of all the teams and had the Raiders pretty low, I think, 27 or 28. It was surprising they had us so slow, considering their convo about the Raiders differed significantly from the teams surrounding us on the list.

While I don’t agree I think I understand why.

Historical relevance and QB play are the two main factors.

I think it’s pretty straightforward. If we start the season and AP and the rest of the roster can prove we really like that. And we get competent to play slightly above average from Minshew or O’Connell. We’ll jump ten to fifteen slots where most preseason ranks have us.

So, what do you think where we should be and where we may end up?

Note: Ryan Clark has me hyped for Brock Bowers! It told an awesome story about him, and you all should listen.