Raiders Draw 0 Primetime Games and Week 13 Bye in 2026 Schedule
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Updated · Raiders.com · May 15
Raiders Draw 0 Primetime Games and Week 13 Bye in 2026 Schedule
7 articles · Updated · Raiders.com · May 15
Week 13 gives Las Vegas one of the NFL’s latest byes, while the 2026 slate includes no primetime or holiday games and extends the club’s international-game absence to seven straight seasons.
Three of the Raiders’ first five games are on the road, and November is especially heavy with four road trips in five weeks, including cold-weather stops at Denver and Cleveland.
Week 9 sends the Las Vegas-era Raiders to Levi’s Stadium for their first regular-season Bay Area game since relocating, after long speculation they could be part of a Mexico City matchup.
The schedule lands on a team coming off a 3-14 season and reset under coach Klint Kubiak, with rookie No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza’s debut timeline complicated by the unusually late bye.
Could a brutal schedule and no national attention be the perfect formula for the Raiders' long-term rebuild?
Is the NFL failing its next superstar by hiding the #1 draft pick from the primetime spotlight?