Today's Birthdays: Former House Speaker Jim Wright is 90. Actor Hector Elizondo is 76. Country singer Red Steagall is 74.But belief in the Raiders as a serious playoff contender has been slow to emerge. (But for a missed field goal at the end of a 2423 loss in Arizona in Week 3, the Raiders would be 63.) They do have some QB questions, with Cable saying he'll go back to Bruce Gradkowski when healthy despite Jason Campbell shepherding the threegame win streak. Yet in an AFC West where no standout team has emerged, the Raiders have an important trump card: a 30 indivision record.

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