This weekend’s NFL games on Las Vegas TV.
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So far, so good for Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions. Eli Manning and the New York Giants are heading in the opposite direction.
An MGM Resorts sports book bettor won $250,000 Monday night when the Lions beat the Giants 24-10 to close out his $8,500 five-team parlay.
The Raiders scored on two different long runs Sunday and wideout Seth Roberts’ effort was a constant.
With Odell Beckham Jr.’s status a game-time decision, the line dropped as low as New York minus-2½ over Detroit on Monday before settling at minus-3.
Detroit enters the game 1-0 after a 35-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 1 while the Giants enters the game 0-1 after falling 19-3 to the Dallas Cowboys last week.
A federal judge in Texas has denied the NFL’s request to suspend his injunction that blocked a six-game suspension for Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott.
Packers at Falcons: Falcons -2.5/-3 (55.5); Falcons, 34-23; Falcons converted two Aaron Rodgers turnovers into TDs to open up a 31-7 lead.
Despite five turnovers by Cleveland, a 7½-point underdog, it was driving for a possible back-door cover before turning it over on downs at the Baltimore 23 with 32 seconds left in a 24-10 loss.
The Raiders used big plays to dominate the Jets Sunday en route to a 45-20 victory that rekindled memories of the old Oakland A’s.
Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch had the homecoming he waited for, a victory dance in a 45-20 rout of the New York Jets caught on the videoboard at the Oakland-Alameda County Stadium and sparking a roar of approval from nearly 60,000 fans.
Contract talks of a new five-year extension for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly are being slowed down by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
The Raiders host the New York Jets in Week 2 of the NFL regular season.
The soon-to-be-Las Vegas Raiders open their home schedule Sunday against the New York Jets.
Review-Journal sports editor Bill Bradley takes the early lead with a 3-2 record