This week Bo Jackson Jersey , ESPN writer Dan Graziano released his annual list of things that he believes will happen in the NFL in the next three years, forecasting the league from now untol 2022. Some of his..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesSilver And Black Pride homepageHorizontal - WhiteSilver And Black Pridean Oakland Raiders communityFollow Silver And Black Pride online:Follow Silver And Black Pride on TwitterFollow Silver And Black Pride on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchSilver And Black Pride main menuFanpostsFanshotsRaidersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Raiders StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Raiders NewsYahoo Raiders Team PageYahoo Raiders ReportYahoo Raiders Depth ChartYahoo Raiders TransactionsYahoo Raiders PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕ESPN’s Graziano sees playoffs in near future for RaidersNew,56commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:ESPN’s Graziano sees playoffs in near future for RaidersTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesThis week, ESPN writer Dan Graziano released his annual list of things that he believes will happen in the NFL in the next three years, forecasting the league from now untol 2022. Some of his predictions are no-brainers, such as his first entry, that Patrick Mahomes will be the first quarterback to earn $40M per year and that the next CBA will include a more reasonable policy regarding marijuana. But Graziano does include an optimistic prediction regarding the Raiders, as he predicts the Las Vegas Raiders will make the playoffs at least once in the next three years:“I don’t think the Raiders are ready to make that jump in this, their final season in Oakland. But I like the pieces they’re putting together and believe they’ll hit the desert ground running in 2020.No idea, of course, how they’ll be received in Vegas or what kind of fan base they’ll develop there, but I am predicting that they will be a playoff team in one of their first two years there. Heck, the Las Vegas hockey team went to the Stanley Cup Final in its first season, right?”Now, Graziano is a national writer, not a Raiders-specific one, and so he is likely unaware how big a Raiders fanbase there already is in Las Vegas and how much enthusiasm for the team there is there. But he is correct about the Golden Knights, the expansion hockey team which in their first season came within a few games of winning the Stanley Cup and gained a strong following immediately upon their coming into existence. There’s no reason the Raiders won’t be the hottest ticket in a town full of hot tickets.The Raiders already have a pretty solid team on paper, and it’s only their hellacious schedule that makes many folks in the media wary of predicting them to make the playoffs this year. Next season, their schedule should get a little easier (as it can’t get much harder), and Mike Mayock will have another offseason to continue improving the team. With all that should come greater success, but it will also mean more pressure from fans and the media to win. If the Raiders win much of anything this year, it will come as a pleasant surprise, but that will no longer be the case after they move into their new stadium in 2020. LONDON (AP) — Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden wants Marshawn Lynch to see more of the ball when the running back goes up against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.Lynch only had 31 yards rushing on nine carries in last Sunday’s 26-10 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers and Gruden is looking for bigger numbers at Wembley Stadium in London when the former Seahawk gets his first chance to play his old team.Problem is, Lynch isn’t the only offensive threat on the 1-4 Raiders who is looking for more touches.“We’ve got a lot of guys who need to see the ball more https://www.raiderslockerroom.com/authentic-antonio-brown-jersey ,” Gruden said after arriving in the British capital following a nearly 11-hour flight. “We’ve done some good things offensively. But good is not good enough. We need to start playing great offensively. To do that we need to see more of Lynch. And we need to see a bit more of the ball going across the goal line, that’s the big thing.”Quarterback Derek Carr also said he “definitely” wants to hand off more often to Lynch. He had 20 carries for 130 yards the previous week in the Raiders’ only win against the Cleveland Browns.“We want to be 100 percent balanced every time,” Carr said. “That kind of balance is good for our football team. It’s good me, it’s good for him (Lynch), it’s good for our offensive line.”That balance also includes figuring out how to spread the ball around more evenly between Carr’s top receivers, who have taken turns putting up big numbers in different games.Wide receiver Amari Cooper has been the most inconsistent, with two 100-yard outings mixed with a total of four catches for 36 yards in the other three games combined. Against the Chargers, he finished with one catch for 10 yards and was only targeted once.However, quarterback Derek Carr insisted that stat was a bit misleading.“When I look at targets, I don’t look at it as I only looked his way one time,” Carr said. “There was definitely multiple times I was looking his way. But they just didn’t end up working out.”Cooper is only the team’s third leading receiver this season, behind tight end Jared Cook and former Green Bay Packer Jordy Nelson.The two-time Pro Bowler said he’s happy sharing the load, but also wants to see all of the team’s top threats putting it together at the same time.“We have a lot of guys with ability. A lot of guys who can go off and kind of take over a game, and that’s a good thing,” Cooper said. “We’d like to do it a bit more collectively, as a group. That would be better, and give us our best shot of winning.”Lynch, who spent six seasons with Seattle (2-3) and helped the team win the Super Bowl in the 2013 season, was not among the five players who spoke to media at their hotel next to Wembley on Friday. But there’s no doubt he’ll be the main focus when the game kicks off on Sunday.“He’s had a lot to do with the Super Bowl ring that the Seahawks wear,” Gruden said. “He was the heart and soul of that team. In a lot of ways he’s the heart and soul of the Raiders right now. He’s still running with that incredible physicality. He’s been durable, he’s practiced every day.“Behind the scenes, he’s one of our leaders. He’s a bit misunderstood by a lot of people. But believe me, if you were coaching a football team, I think he’d be one of the first guys you’d want on your team.”