Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels is ready to face his longtime mentor Bill Belichick when the Patriots come to Allegiant Stadium on Sunday.
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Raiders coach Josh McDaniels will match wits against his mentor, Patriots coach Bill Belichick, when the teams meet Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.
Patriots quarterback Mac Jones has berated offensive coordinator Matt Patricia on the sideline about the team’s game plans. Jones wants to take more chances downfield.
The Patriots’ Hunter Henry has finished among the top eight tight ends for the week twice in the past three games, and the Raiders struggle to defend the position.
The Raiders’ Derek Carr and Davante Adams expressed optimism that the team will respond from the Week 14 loss to the Rams with a good effort against the Patriots.
A Western High School alumnus, defensive end Lawrence Guy is the New England Patriots’ nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.
Tom Brady hasn’t been an underdog in back-to-back weeks in the regular season since 2014, when reports of his and the Patriots’ demise were greatly exaggerated.
Raiders running back Josh Jacobs is listed as questionable for the fourth consecutive week, but he has yet to miss a game despite a series of ailments.
The New England Patriots are 7-3 against the spread in their last 10 games and are on a 5-1 under run. The Raiders have gone under in five of their last seven games.
A BetMGM bettor placed a $330,000 straight bet to win $300,000 on the Raiders-Patriots game Sunday at Allegiant Stadium. The line on the game has flipped.
Will Derek Carr be the Raiders’ quarterback next season? The final four games will go a long way toward answering that question.
Real estate firm Capital Square announced Friday that it acquired the football team’s headquarters and practice facility off St. Rose Parkway near Henderson Executive Airport.
Despite their emphasis on playing with discipline, the Raiders are tied for fifth in the NFL in penalties with 86. That includes 13 false starts and five offsides infractions.
The Raiders had been taking advantage of what they thought was a loophole in the rules that allowed them to use a holder and tee the ball up differently on kickoffs.
The Raiders’ final four games are just as much about the future as the present. That means the fate of some players — most notably quarterback Derek Carr — could be on the line.