The Raiders’ regular-season win total is 6½ or 7, depending on the sportsbook. But they’re favored in only two games in lines posted at Station Sports and Caesars.
Betting
The Raiders are 2½-point road favorites over the Bears with both teams’ starting quarterbacks ruled out for Sunday’s game in Chicago.
The Raiders and other NFL teams are still in the dark about Aaron Rodgers’ football future. But sportsbooks have shed light on the subject.
There were several lessons to be learned by bettors on an NFL Sunday won by the sportsbooks. One is that when a line doesn’t look right, it’s probably right on the money.
Unders have cashed at a 60.2 percent rate overall this season and at a sizzling 68.4 percent clip (13-6) on NFL prime-time games on Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights.
The first NFL draft in the Entertainment Capital of the World doesn’t have a headliner. But there will be drama on the betting board, starting with the No. 1 pick.
With third-string QB Nick Mullens slated to start for the Browns, the Raiders moved from 3-point underdogs to consensus 3-point favorites at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
VegasInsider.com handicapper Mark Franco analyzes every Sunday and Monday NFL game and gives trends and final scores for each.
Handicappers Dave Tuley, Doug Fitz and Lou Finocchiaro are tied for the contest lead at 27-22-1 ATS.
The Chiefs are looking for revenge after a 40-32 home loss Oct. 11. The Raiders are 2-2 ATS at Allegiant Stadium, and the over is 6-2-1 in Las Vegas games this season.
The Raiders are 6-point underdogs to the Saints in their first game at Allegiant Stadium, and pro sports bettor Jeff Whitelaw is banking on Las Vegas to cover the spread.
Despite their penchant for thinking games are over at halftime and their rash of injuries to key players, the Raiders are not eliminated from the NFL playoffs.
The line on Sunday’s Patriots-Jets game also dropped by up to a point as New England went from a 22½-point favorite to 21½ at CG Technology and from 22 to 21 at MGM Resorts.
The cast of Fox Sports 1’s “Lock It In” weighs in on the Vegas Golden Knights’ chances of making another run at the Stanley Cup and if the Raiders will find themselves in the Super Bowl in 2020.
The Browns have got nothing on the Dolphins when it comes to dealing bettors a bad beat.
