The Las Vegas Raiders limped into their Bye Week with several injuries and on the heels of a blowout loss. Luckily, the Raiders enter their Week 9 matchup again

The bye halted the Las Vegas Raiders’ slide down the NFL Power Rankings heading into Week 9. This round of the rankings is an interesting one, too, because each outlet had a different theme, allowing us to touch on several topics and gain multiple perspectives on the Raiders’ campaign.

The Raiders are leaning on the hopes getting several key players back from injury over the bye week will provide a 'real boost' for the stretch run.

Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham used the bye week to evaluate his group, and came up with one key weakness the team has to shore up.

It may feel like the 2025 NFL season just started, but we're already approaching the halfway point—and the fantasy playoffs are on the not-too-distant horizon. Now's the time to buckle up for that postseason push.

It would have been disingenuous for the Los Angeles Rams to fall too far in the Week 9 power rankings following their Week 8 bye. The team actually "won" their week off, thanks to losses by other NFC contenders, made a small trade for a starting cornerback and got healthier with the impending returns of Puka Nacua and Rob Havenstein.

The Las Vegas Raiders enter Week 9 looking to bounce back from a troubling first few weeks of the season. To do so, they will need quarterback Geno Smith to tur