The Oakland Raiders played one of their better games of the season against San Diego Sunday, keeping the contest close until the final drive of a 13-6 Chargers victory.

The loss, which brings Oakland’s record to 0-10, officially eliminates the Raiders from the playoffs, not that a seven-game winning streak to end the season would have made a postseason berth all that possible anyway.

The Week 11 exit is the earliest a team has been mathematically out of playoff contention since the 2004 Miami Dolphins did so after falling to a 1-9 mark.

With an interim coach, a 16-game losing streak and rumors that the team could potentially relocate back to Los Angeles, it’s a particularly disheartening time to be a member of Raider Nation.

The objective for the silver and black at this point has to be to avoid being only the second team in NFL history to achieve an 0-16 season, as well as hope that rookies Derek Carr and Khalil Mack can put together some positive individual momentum heading into their second NFL seasons.

If only the Raiders played in the NFC South, they’d still technically be in the running for a division title.