While it may be a meeting of of 2-13 teams, Sunday’s game between the Las Vegas Raiders and New York Giants features big stakes with the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft potentially on the line.

There are two games left in the regular season and the loser of the Week 17 matchup will have improved odds of earning the first choice the night of April 23 in Pittsburgh. But while having the top pick might help, building a winning football team takes time and shrewd decision-making.

Raiders and Giants fans might be hoping their teams lose out to ensure getting the No. 1 pick — just don’t ask any of the players if they’re thinking about the potential prize at the end of a losing season.

“Yeah, I don’t give a s*** about the pick, to be honest,” Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby said Tuesday. “I don’t play for that. That’s not my job. My job is to be the best defensive end in the world. That’s what I focus on every day. Being a great leader, being an influence. Being that guy on a consistent basis for my team.”

Owning the No. 1 pick doesn’t guarantee immediate success or improvement, as Raiders fans know when bringing up the name of JaMarcus Russell.

Crosby, a five-time Pro Bowler, wants to win — plain and simple. The 27-year-old has been in the NFL since 2019 and has played 110 regular-season games, but only one playoff game.

Success wasn’t there at the end of the Raiders’ time in Oakland and it has not followed them to Las Vegas. The franchise has two playoff appearances — and zero playoff wins — since appearing in Super Bowl XXXVII at the end of the 2002 season.

Crosby wants to keep his focus on what happens on the field and let the decision-makers who are in charge of putting together the roster do their jobs off the field.

“That’s their job. That’s the front office, the coaches, they do that,” Crosby added. “That’s got nothing to do with me. I’ve learned my lesson in the past. You can’t control everything. That’s not my job description. My job is to be the best in the world at what I do. And that’s wrecking the game.”

According to the NFL, this will be only the third time in NFL history that two teams that are 11-plus games under .500 will meet and the first time since 1991.

The Giants finish the regular season against the Dallas Cowboys. The Raiders will wrap up the regular season against the Kansas City Chiefs.