Star running back Josh Jacobs has missed the last two games and was limited in practice throughout the week with an ankle injury.
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Micah Roberts and Mark Franco are tied for the contest lead with an 11-4 ATS record, and Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay is third at 10-4-1.
While it will be difficult to maintain the frantic pace created in a whirlwind September, this could be shaping up as one of the most thrilling seasons in NFL history.
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, according to Next Gen Stats, ranks among the top five players at his position in aggressiveness. That could be either good or bad for the Raiders.
The Raiders have been without their star running back in Josh Jacobs for the past two games.
“The hardest thing to handle in professional football is success,” said former NFL MVP Rich Gannon, who quarterbacked the 2002 Raiders all the way to Super Bowl XXXVII.
Raiders fans are ecstatic about the team’s 3-0 start, but they still have questions. This week, the topics were Richard Sherman, Andre James, uniforms and more.
While the Raiders are reveling in their best start since 2002 with a 3-0 record, by no means have they played perfect football.
The Raiders’ Quinton Jefferson said even though the players on the defensive line are pleased with their play in the first three games, they know it’s a long season.
The Raiders finished the 2020 regular season with the NFL’s best over-under record at 12-3-1 and are 2-1 this season for a 14-4-1 over run (78 percent).
The Los Angeles Chargers opened as 3-point favorites and were bet to -3½ after Right Angle Sports, a respected handicapping service, released a play on the Chargers -3.
Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with NFL tech notes and trends.
Amber Hanover, who won Station Casinos’ NFL Last Man Standing contest last season, has given out two straight easy winners to the Review-Journal.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the New England Patriots on Sunday in Tom Brady’s return to the city where he won six Super Bowls with Bill Belichick as coach.
Bryan Edwards gave a ringing endorsement for his teammates’ new signature sneaker before lobbying for a pair of his own.