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The Raiders still have a chance at the playoffs.And while that’s news to a lot of people Antonio Brown Jersey White , that includes a number of people who work for the Raiders.Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America spells out the specifics, which included five particular results on Sunday falling their way (check, check, check, check, and check), and the four more they need this week (a Raiders win at Denver, a Titans loss at Houston, a Steelers loss at Baltimore, and a Colts win at Jacksonville).“No one thought we’d be playing for the playoffs in Week 17, let’s be real,” quarterback Derek Carr said.That apparently extends to co-workers, as radio voice Brent Musburger knew the odds were long.“So today was a longshot Bo Jackson Jersey White , such a longshot that there were people in the Raiders organization who didn’t know the team still had a playoff chance,” Musburger said. “If you put down $20 on this five-team parlay, you’d have won $500. Right now, it’s impossible to negotiate specific odds until we hear from John Harbaugh about how he’s going to play the game next Sunday against Pittsburgh. If he sits Lamar Jackson, the Steelers will be the favorite. . . .“Well, it’s pretty crazy. It took a five-team parlay this week to get to a four-team parlay next week.”Perhaps since the NFL has embraced the city best known for sports gambling (and all the public money thrown the Raiders way), it’s fitting that this longshot still has a chance to come in. The Chicago Bears have put Pro Bowl defensive tackle Akiem Hicks on injured reserve, the latest blow on the injury front for a team trying to keep up in the NFC North.Hicks suffered an elbow injury Oct. 6 against the Oakland Raiders. return this season and putting him on IR allows the Bears to bring him back in eight weeks.Replacing Hicks could be easier this week because the Bears (3-2) hope to have starting defensive end Bilal Nichols back in the lineup for Sunday's home game against the red-hot Saints (5-1).Nichols has been out since suffering a broken hand in Week 2. Nichols will wear a cast to play, like outside linebacker Leonard Floyd did last year.Earlier this week, the Bears put Pro Bowl right guard Kyle Long on season-ending injured reserve because of a hip injury. On Tuesday, the Bears signed offensive lineman Alex Bars from the practice squad to the active roster.