Las Vegas professional sports bettors selected their best bets from NFL Week 17 and upcoming college football bowl games.
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Tickets to this weekend’s New York Giants vs Raiders game at Allegiant Stadium are the Silver and Black’s most affordable home tickets all season, which shouldn’t be a surprise with both competing teams boasting the NFL’s worst records.
CBS Sportsline handicapper Bruce Marshall provides NFL notes and trends for Week 17 games for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, including the three Christmas Day games.
The Raiders are placing star tight end Brock Bowers and safety Jeremy Chinn on the injured reserve list. Bowers has been dealing with a knee injury all season.
Raiders quarterback Geno Smith is scheduled to speak to the media before Tuesday’s practice at the club’s headquarters in Henderson.
Raiders stars Maxx Crosby and Brock Bowers were named to the Pro Bowl team on Tuesday. For Crosby, it’s his fifth straight year as a Pro Bowler.
The Raiders opened his practice window on Dec. 11 and have until New Year’s Eve to decide whether to activate him to the active roster or keep him on I.R.
The Raiders would clear a path to the No. 1 pick in the 2026 draft with a loss to the New York Giants on Sunday. But Pete Carroll is not thinking about any of that.
A 2-13 season with a chance at the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft is not what 74-year-old Pete Carroll expected for his first season with the Raiders.
The San Francisco 49ers are 5½-point road favorites over 44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers and the Indianapolis Colts on “Monday Night Football,” and the total is 46.
The betting public went on a roller-coaster ride that included the Seahawks’ 38-37 overtime win over the Rams and the Bears’ miraculous 22-16 comeback victory over the Packers.
Raiders rookie running back Ashton Jeanty had 188 total yards and scored two long touchdowns Sunday against the Houston Texans, one of the NFL’s elite defenses.
The Raiders and Giants are both 2-13, and the battle for the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft could come down to next Sunday when the teams go head-to-head.
How the Raiders performed in a loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday at NRG Stadium, their ninth straight defeat that dropped them to 2-13.
The Raiders got a breakout performance from rookie running back Ashton Jeanty and an inspired defensive effort, but still lost to the Texans to fall to 2-13.
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