The Raiders have been without their star running back in Josh Jacobs for the past two games.
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“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.
When the Raiders face the Chargers Monday night in Los Angeles there could be more silver and black in SoFi Stadium’s stands than blue and gold.
The Westgate SuperContest awards its first in-season prizes, and Justin Tucker saves the day for hundreds of entries in Circa Survivor.
Review-Journal sports betting reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey post their best college football and NFL bets for Week 4.
The Cincinnati Bengals are consensus 7½-point home favorites over the Jacksonville Jaguars at Las Vegas sportsbooks, and the total is 46 for Thursday’s NFL game.