CBS Sportsline handicapper Bruce Marshall provides NFL notes and trends for Week 9 games for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham used the bye week to evaluate his group, and came up with one key weakness the team has to shore up.
The Raiders hope the return of tight end Brock Bowers and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers can spark a struggling offense that ranks 31st in points per game.
Pro sports bettor Chuck Edel is 8-1 on his Review-Journal weekend best bets and is banking on the Broncos-Texans total this week.
The Ravens are 7½-point favorites over the Dolphins on “Thursday Night Football” in quarterback Lamar Jackson’s return from a hamstring injury.
The Raiders opened the 21-day practice window for quarterback Aidan O’Connell, who suffered a broken right wrist in their final preseason game Aug. 23.
Raiders tight end Brock Bowers has been dealing with a knee injury most of this season, but he looks more like himself after the team’s bye week.
George Atkinson, who played for the Raiders from 1968 to 1977, has died at age 78. He was a seventh-round pick of the Raiders out of Morris Brown in 1968.
After agreeing to contract terms with the Raiders on Monday, wide receiver Tyler Lockett joined his new teammates at practice and is expected to play immediately.
The Kansas City Chiefs are consensus 11-point home favorites over the Washington Commanders on “Monday Night Football,” and the total is 48.
NFL Week 8 was dominated by favorites and overs, normally a recipe for success for the betting public. But upsets by the Dolphins and Jets helped sportsbooks.
Carol Davis, the mother of Raiders owner Mark Davis and the husband of late Raiders owner Al Davis, died Friday at age 93.
Grambling State knocked off No. 11 Jackson State with a late field goal Saturday in the inaugural Las Vegas HBCU Classic at Allegiant Stadium.
Westgate SuperBook vice president of marketing Jay Kornegay leads the contest with a 21-13-1 ATS mark, with RJ sports betting reporter Todd Dewey second at 21-14.
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