Raiders coach Jon Gruden has some serious mending to do. Players might talk one way and act another. Cohesion could be splintered. Never a good thing for a team game.
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Kansas City opened as a 4-point home favorite, but action on Buffalo has driven the line to 2½. The Chiefs were -3 in the AFC title game when they beat the Bills 38-24.
The Raiders will be without two key players on defense when they play the Bears on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.
The Raiders, coming off their first loss, to the Los Angeles Chargers on “Monday Night Football,” are 5½-point favorites over the Chicago Bears. The total is 44½.
Ten handicappers offer five picks each on college football games throughout the season. Dana Lane leads after five weeks at 15-10. Three are tied at 14-11.
Georgia, which plays Auburn on Saturday, is second in plays of 10-plus yards and 20-plus yards allowed. The Bulldogs have allowed an opponent passer rating of 78.2.
Raiders coach Jon Gruden is under review by the NFL for a racial slur he used in 2011 to describe NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith.
Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with NFL tech notes and trends.
A frustrating loss to the Chargers raised a number of questions, and Raiders fans have plenty of them.
Amber Hanover, who won Station Casinos’ Last Man Standing contest last season, had another easy winner last week with the Buccaneers-Patriots under.