With a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 13, the Raiders were eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive season.

With their week 15 loss to the Bengals, the Raiders failed to improve their record from the previous season.

[2][3] This was the first time since 1999 that Sebastian Janikowski was not on the opening day roster, as his contract was not renewed following the previous season where he didn't play due to a back injury.

Although the league approved the Raiders' eventual relocation to Las Vegas on March 27, 2017, the team maintained its lease at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum and used the stadium for the 2018 season while the team's new stadium in Las Vegas was under construction.

[4] Initially in April 2017, the operators of the Coliseum stated they would be unwilling to sign a lease extension for the team to play at the stadium while their new venue in Las Vegas was being built;[5] however by September of that year, the Coliseum operators expressed willingness to negotiate, but insisted on concessions to compensate for the million-dollar deficit the Coliseum runs by hosting Raiders games.

[6] Davis acknowledged that if fans failed to support the team similarly to the 1996 Houston Oilers, it could hasten the relocation.

[14] (Traded to the Indianapolis Colts during the NFL draft) (WR Daurice Fountain) 1st round pick (2020 draft) (CB Damon Arnette) 3rd round pick (2020 draft) (WR Bryan Edwards) 6th round pick (2019 draft) (Traded to the New York Jets in the 2019 offseason) 2nd round pick (2020 draft) (Cole Kmet) conditional 7th round pick (2020 draft) Source[105] Front office Head coaches Offensive coaches Special teams coaches Strength and conditioning Running backs (RB) Wide receivers (WR) Tight ends (TE) Defensive linemen (DL) Defensive backs (DB) Special teams Reserve The Raiders' preseason opponents and schedule were released on April 11.

This marked the fourth time in five seasons in which the Raiders played a game outside the United States, as well as their second visit to London (the other being 2014).

The previous record was held by Todd Christensen with 173 yards on November 20, 1986 against the San Diego Chargers.