Todd Dewey, Kelly Stewart and Boyd Gaming sports book director Bob Scucci preview the NFL weekend.
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With Houston dealing with injury issues and rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson set to make his first NFL start on the road at Cincinnati on Thursday night, the line on the game shot up from Bengals minus-3 to minus-6½ this week before settling at minus-6 on Thursday afternoon.
The Chiefs, Rams and Vikings are the only favorites to cover and go over the total.
The Gold Sheet handicapper Bruce Marshall provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends from Goldsheet.com.
Opponents have struggled to pass against Arbor View this season, with nine completions for 105 yards. But the Aggies figure to be tested more often through the air when they host Faith Lutheran on Friday.
The Raiders had a playoff-like performance last week to defeat the Titans in Nashville. It should be a lot easier for Week 2 with the Raiders (1-0) opening the home schedule against the lowly Jets (0-1), who many believe could flirt with an 0-16 season.
Week 2 of the NFL regular season kicks off tonight with Thursday Night Football and the Houston Texans visiting the Cincinnati Bengals.
Longtime Las Vegan Dan Currie, who played outside linebacker for Vince Lombardi’s championship teams in Green Bay during the 1960s and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, died Monday. He was 82.
What are this week’s games on DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket package?
The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s high school football rankings for Class 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A teams.
This weekend’s NFL games in the Las Vegas TV market include the Raiders and the Cowboys.
When Marshawn Lynch isn’t carry the football, Facebook will be carrying the Raiders running back.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority will consider extending the time to write a development agreement with the Oakland Raiders to build its 65,000-seat domed football stadium in Southern Nevada when it meets Thursday.
Shelby Harris got a hand on Younghoe Koo’s 44-yard game-tying field goal try with a second left and the Denver Broncos began the Vance Joseph era with a 24-21 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night.
Sebastian Janikowski didn’t play on Sunday. But because of a Saturday conversation, he may have contributed to it.
