The Oakland Raiders will play the Tennessee Titans on Sunday as the visiting Raiders look for their fifth win of the season in Week 12. The hapless Titans come into the clash on 2-8 and will see today's game as one they could finally win in front of their home fans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The game has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the CBS network or online through live stream via the link below.
The Raiders' season has started to fall apart, and three straight losses leaves them on 4-6, with their one comforting thought in this clash being at least they are not 2-8 like the Titans.
Oakland will be looking to avoid falling to a fourth straight defeat today, and if they can win they would be handing the Titans their 11th straight home loss.
The Raiders were talking about the Playoffs just a month ago, but the wheels have started to come off and they are now hanging on by a thread to their postseason hopes.
They are now behind three 5-5 teams in the race for the AFC Wild Card spot, and that means there is little room for many more mistakes for the Raiders if they are to bounce back and clinch that final place.
Cornerback David Amerson said, "It's definitely a time when guys are starting to realize that we're getting into desperate needs now. We need to start putting together some wins, start stacking them up. Time's getting short. You're getting toward the bottom of the season and right now it's starting to get the mentality of all or nothing."
Earlier this week, Thanksgiving Day saw three big games take place on Thursday. The first game was between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions, although in essence only one of the teams seemed to turn up as the Lions routed the Eagles 45-14.
Michael Stafford managed to claim a career high five touchdown passes, with three of them going to Calvin Johnson, as the Lions claimed their third straight win.
Oppositely, the Eagles fell to a third straight loss, and the result left both teams on 4-7 and with little chance of either making the postseason.
In the second of three games to take place on Thursday, the Carolina Panthers continued to make their case that they could potentially end the regular season with a perfect record, with a 33-14 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Apart from the result, the big news from Arlington, Texas on Thursday was that Tony Romo is now likely out for the rest of the season with the same injury that had kept him out for seven straight games this season.
Romo has tried his best to make an impact, insisting on coming back earlier than some may have advised, however, on Thursday he gave up three interceptions with two of them being returned for touchdowns.
Later, the Cowboys' star quarterback injured the same left collarbone that had kept him out for seven games, and the latest loss leaves the Cowboys on 3-8 and all but out of the reckoning for the Playoff spots.
Meanwhile, the Panthers became just the 16th NFL team ever to start the season 11-0 on their Thanksgiving debut.
The final game of the day say the Chicago Bears pull off a stunning upset to defeat the Green Bay Packers 17-13. Jay Cutler threw for 200 yards and a touchdown to help his team over the line.
The game went right down to the wire with the Packers on fourth and goal from the eight yard line with just 22 seconds to go. However, they were unable to convert and that left the Bears celebrating a memorable victory.
The result means the Bears have won three of their last four games to move them to 5-6, and if they can continue this good run of form they may still be able to sneak a Playoff spot. Meanwhile, the Packers fall to 7-4 with their second straight loss at Lambeau, and their downturn in form will continue to worry those in Green Bay.
Today's big game between the Oakland Raiders and the Tennessee Titans has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the CBS network or online through live stream by clicking here.
