Since expansion in 1979, only six teams to start 0-3 have made the NFL postseason, the last team to do so being the 2018 Houston Texans. None of those 0-3 clubs made the Super Bowl. The lone 0-3 team this season is the'Las Vegas Raiders, led by new head coach Josh McDaniels. They are now +350 to make the playoffs at DraftKings and -500 to miss.
The Silver & Black may not actually be that bad. They lost Week 1 by just five points at the Chargers, absolutely should have won Week 2 at home against Ariz ona but blew a 23-7 fourth-quarter lead and lost in overtime on a fumble return touchdown, and were two-point losers on Sunday at Tennessee when a two-point PAT failed in the final minute. Those 13 combined points are the third lowest amount by any team starting 0-3 over the last 25 years.'
After trading for All-Pro receiver Davante Adams, the Raiders were +175 to make the playoffs entering the season (and their odds like would have been much shorter if not for the fact that the Raiders playin the crazy-tough AFC West) and -225 to miss. Their win total was set at 8.5. Now it's at 7. Despite dealing with constant double-teams, Adams is off to a nice start with 17 catches for 189 yards and three scores. He has at least two catches in 78 straight games. It's the second-longest active streak behind Arizona's DeAndre Hopkins (84).
“Stay the course,” Adams said of the 0-3 start. “Keep grinding and doing what we're doing. We just need to tweak a few things. I mean, they made a couple more better plays than us today, and this is three games that came down to the wire. You've just got to find a better way to start and learn how to finish out some of these games.”