Source:NBC Sports with this Raider-Bronco matchup.

Source:The New Democrat

“Raiders (9-4) and Broncos (9-4) in another AFC West battle for first place after a close Silver and Black win 2 weeks earlier in Los Angeles.”

From John Mongani

The 1985 Denver Broncos were 11-5, but missed the AFC Playoffs. Back then, 5-14 teams in each conference made the NFL Playoffs, unlike 6 that started in 1990. So you could argue that the 1985 Broncos are one of the best NFL teams ever, at least in the Super Bowl era, that didn’t even make the playoffs.

The 1985 Los Angeles Raiders, we’re looking to get back to the Super Bowl. The 1983 Raiders are one of the best NFL teams ever (at least as far as I’m concern) but 1984 was very disappointing because they just got back to the AFC Wildcard that season and lost that game.

So this is a great matchup of two very good teams on both sides of the ball, that have a lot of very good players at every position, who simply hate and yet respected each other. Which is what made these Raider-Bronco games so good in the 1970s and 80s.