The Raiders are reaping the benefits of having an experienced hand as their assistant head coach, one who has a lot of experience working with Antonio Pierce.
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The Raiders will get some salary cap relief starting Monday, plus three more observations from the second week of organized team activities.
Running back Alexander Mattison played five seasons with the Minnesota Vikings before being released and signing a one-year contract with the Raiders in March.
Raiders fans brought plenty of questions for this week’s mailbag, including one on whether the team thought it could land a quarterback in this year’s draft.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay has clinched the RJ Challenge title with a 56-23-6 record against the spread (70.9 percent).
PritchardsPicks.com handicapper Scott Pritchard analyzes every NFL Week 18 Sunday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Buffalo Bills will play for safety Damar Hamlin amid his recovery, and they will play to knock the New England Patriots out of the playoffs Sunday.
The Chiefs must win Saturday’s game at Allegiant Stadium to clinch the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed against a Raiders squad that has been eliminated from the postseason.
With apologies to Winston Churchill, halfway through the NFL season, handicapping the league remains a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
Sportsline.com handicapper Micah Roberts leads the contest with a 23-16-1 ATS record by a half point over Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay (22-16-2).
The Jets, Giants, Jaguars and Browns are the four losingest NFL franchises since 2015 and the Lions aren’t too far behind. But all five underdogs covered as books had a banner day.
The South Point reported Friday that there was a lot of sharp action on Las Vegas, which was a consensus pick’em Friday at the valley’s sportsbooks.
Denver dropped to a 1-point favorite at most Las Vegas sportsbooks Friday after Raiders coach Jon Gruden said the plan is for Brown to play against the Broncos.