Raiders vs. Eagles 2017: Time, TV schedule for ‘Monday Night Football’

The Eagles are looking to clinch home-field advantage throughout the NFC side of the postseason. The Raiders had their playoff hopes effectively dashed in last week’s heartbreaking loss to the Cowboys. Now Oakland will try to play spoiler when these two teams meet on Monday Night Football at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN (live stream).

Oakland’s postseason hopes took a major hit with last week’s loss to the Cowboys, leaving the club at 6-8 and requiring plenty of help over the last two weeks to make a miracle return to the playoffs. That didn’t happen, and now the best the team can hope for is to trip up the Eagles and Chargers as 2017 comes to a close.

Philadelphia’s season hasn’t had nearly as much drama. The Eagles were supposed to stumble after losing MVP candidate Carson Wentz to a torn ACL two weeks ago, but Nick Foles proved a capable replacement after slinging four touchdown passes against the Giants. Another big performance Monday will ensure the NFC’s road to the Super Bowl runs through Pennsylvania.

A few hours later, the Raiders were driving on the Cowboys with their playoff hopes in the balance. Quarterback Derek Carr scrambled right and dove for the pylon, then he let go of the ball so that it bounced over the goal line and out of the end zone. By rule, it was a Raiders turnover and a touchback for the Cowboys.

The Eagles embarrassed the Raiders 49-20 when Foles tied an NFL record for the most touchdowns in a single game with seven. He joined elite company — Brett Favre, Donovan McNabb, and Tom Brady — as the only quarterbacks to throw for 250 yards and four touchdowns and preserve a perfect quarterback rating of 158.3 at the half.

“I want to relay a story about incredible grit and toughness and determination to be there for his teammates yesterday,” Del Rio said to lead out his Monday press conference. “Rodney Hudson yesterday had a kidney stone that he was having significant pain with in the lead-up to the game and he was able to somehow tough it out. . .

We are 14 games into the season, and Nelson Agholor has more receiving yards this year than his previous two years combined. He has the second most touchdown receptions on the team with 8, tied with Zach Ertz, and only one TD behind Alshon Jeffery. He has a career high 13.1 yards per reception and more games with a TD catch than without this year.

Oakland was in great position to topple the Cowboys at home. Derek Carr was trailing 20-17 and had driven his team to the Dallas 8-yard line with just 31 seconds left when he scrambled right and cut toward the end zone. As Jeff Heath met him to push him out of bounds, Carr extended the ball toward the goal line — and fumbled it through the end zone and out of bounds.

Cowboys ball. Game over.

That dealt a huge blow to the Raiders’ playoff hopes, but the season isn’t over yet. The true test of this team’s resilience will be how it handles the first game back after a devastating loss — especially since it comes against one of the league’s best teams.

Unsurprisingly, all eight of our experts picked Philadelphia to win in their Week 16 picks. So did OddsShark’s computer.