The Raiders, after losing to the Rams on Sunday to drop to 2-5 this season, can turn their attention to the future. Losses are now wins.
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The Raiders did their job on defense and special teams in a 20-15 loss Sunday, but their offense didn’t reach their end zone and their coach made questionable calls.
It’s unknown how the Raiders will react on the field now that Davante Adams is gone for good. But off the field, it erases an unneeded distraction.
UNLV men’s basketball coach Kevin Kruger believes his team can be in the conversation for great things this March if it plays to its potential.
The Raiders and Davante Adams had reached the point of no return. The team needed to move on, and did well enough by trading him to the Jets on Tuesday.
Bettors could have cashed an eight-team parlay, which pays 160-1, in the NFL Sunday afternoon games by blindly taking all four favorites and overs.
The Raiders started Aidan O’Connell at quarterback Sunday, but the result was the same in an Allegiant Stadium dominated by Steelers fans.
The Raiders defense is littered with injuries, so the team needs its backups to step up and show out against the Steelers on Sunday.
The Golden Knights plan to play with a chip on their shoulders this season. It’s a tactic as old as time, and it’s worked for plenty of teams before.
Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy is in his third season with the team, and he hasn’t changed his approach to get the most out of his players.
Playing favorites paid off in a big way in Week 5 for NFL bettors, but the two biggest favorites on the board lost to eliminate tons of Circa Survivor entries.
Gardner Minshew and Aidan O’Connell are nice guys. But the Raiders need to do whatever it takes to improve at quarterback next year.
The Raiders didn’t do anything well after going up 10-0 in Denver on Sunday. They deserve criticism across the board for their loss.
One loss doesn’t define a season, and UNLV still has everything to play for following an overtime setback to Syracuse on Friday at Allegiant Stadium.
The Raiders used a little imagination in their win over the Browns last week. They’ll need a lot more of it without star wide receiver Davante Adams.
