With only one preseason game left to go, the Seattle Seahawks look ready to defend their Super Bowl championship while the Oakland Raiders look ready to defend their crown as the bottom-dwelling team in the AFC West. The two teams headed in opposite directions meet on Thursday night in Oakland.
Seahawks vs. Raiders 2014: How to watch online, TV schedule, radio and more
Two very different teams meet in the preseason finale, with some very important jobs on the line. How can you watch and listen to this key tuneup for Oakland and Seattle?
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Coming off of an easy 34-6 win over the Chicago Bears, Russell Wilson has the Seahawks in top form as they prepare for their final tuneup before their September 4th season opener against the Green Bay Packers. Wilson has rushed for three touchdowns through three preseason games while completing 30-of-39 passes with a passer rating of 121.7. He absolutely dominated the Bears in the first half last Friday, and looks ready to announce himself as an elite quarterback in 2014.
None of that looks like it will apply to Matt Schaub, the new Raiders quarterback who has a passer rating of 55.1 during the preseason with an interception and a fumble lost. It's unclear how soon Raiders head coach Dennis Allen will turn to rookie Derek Carr after he returns from a concussion and rib injury suffered in the second preseason game, nor whether they'd want to put the young quarterback in harm's way for a team that looks several steps away from truly competing for the playoffs. Still, Schaub has not looked like much of a stopgap in the meantime.
The two teams will meet in Week 9 of the regular season, but that game will be in Seattle and could be even more lopsided than this one, since the Seahawks will likely not want to tempt fate for too long with any starters. The Raiders might not have much of a choice.
They still might not be so set on who their starters, even their quarterback, should be.
Location: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Time: August 28, 7 PM PST
TV: KCPQ (Seattle) KTVU (Oakland) / NFL Network
Radio: 710 AM (Seattle) 95.7 The Game (Oakland)
Online: NFL Preseason Live (subscription required)
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