Like waiting a whole week to erase the memory of last week’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens (-8)
Bet $10 with BAL
Win ARI:
$12.53
Win with 8:
$18.93
lose:
$41.00
it wasn’t enough, you have to wait another day for the Detroit Lions (-8)
Bet $10 on DET
Win LV:
$12.53
Win with 8:
$18.93
lose:
$41.00
take the field for the Week 8 matchup. But when it comes to opponents, there aren’t too many others to choose from among the Las Vegas Raiders (+8)
Bet $10 on LV
WIN THIS:
$41.00
Loss under 8:
$19.26
lose:
$12.53
that way the Lions can get their season back on track before the bye week.
As always, we never miss an opportunity to gain insight from an opponent’s perspective. Ahead of this Week 8 matchup between Detroit and Las Vegas, we asked
SilverandBlackPride.com’s Matt Holder to give us some insight into who this Raiders team is on both sides of the ball and how they feel about Josh McDaniels’ job. and why you should be thinking about field goals when considering how to bet on that “Monday Night Football” game.
All three of the Raiders’ wins have been by one goal, and their winning streak isn’t exactly impressive – Denver Broncos (+7)
Bet $10 on DEN
Win KC:
$35.00
Loss under 7:
$19.26
lose:
$13.23
, Green Bay Packers (+1)
Bet $10GB
Defeat ME:
$19.26
Lose under 1:
$19.09
lose:
$18.93
and New England Patriots (+9.5)
Bet $10 on NO
Win MIA:
$45.00
Loss under 9.5:
$19.09
lose:
$12.20
. However, some of the losses have been straight losses, including their most recent loss last week to the two-win Chicago Bears (+8.5).
Bet $10 on CHI
Win LAC:
$41.00
Lose under 8.5:
$19.09
lose:
$12.53
a team
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In those offseason reports collected by the NFL Players Association, anonymous players said McDaniels listened to his players less than other coaches around the league, as noted by Aaron Schatz of FTN Fantasy.
It seems eerily similar to the recent Detroit head coach who had his Boston pedigree. So how much of the Raiders regressing this season is Josh McDaniels fault?
The players have to be held accountable too, but it’s hard not to put the blame all on McDaniels. He has plenty of talent on offense and his hand-picked quarterback, but the offense hasn’t even scored more than 20 points this season — they got 21 on safety against the Patriots — and the Raiders finished third at 16.0. about the game. It’s a shame to see perhaps the NFL’s best wide receiver and quarterback on the team, let alone a strong secondary in Jakobi Meyers.
Las Vegas can’t win, so they’re either constantly in tight games or they can’t win. So it’s a lot to blame the “offensive genius” who plays and doubles as a head coach. Every week it becomes clearer that he is not ready to lead the team.
The Raiders have been plagued by injuries at the most important position in football, but it looks like Jimmy Garoppolo could be back for this Week 8 game. He was a starter in all of their wins, but his numbers are pretty pedestrian.
How critical is Garoppolo about the success of the Raiders and what have they lost in his absence? Even when he’s on the field, Garoppolo hasn’t been great this year, throwing more interceptions (eight) than touchdowns (seven). Specifically, he missed two games and is still split in the league, as Pro Football Focus gave him just two “big throws” but five “winnable games.” Honestly, it doesn’t really matter when Jimmy G plays and when he doesn’t this season. In fact, I think a lot of fans are almost hoping he doesn’t play, so at least we get a chance to watch Aidan O’Connell start and see what he’s got.
Josh Jacobs has been one of the players at the forefront of talk of pay cuts and contract cuts this offseason. Finally signed a one-year deal at the start of the season to rejoin the Raiders.
Jacobs is nowhere near his impressive 2022 campaign that begins this season, and his yards per carry are down sharply (4.9 y/y). 2.9), yards after contact per attempt (3.40 vs. 2.03) and averaged more than one missed tackle per four attempts in 2022, down from one per 10 this season.
Are these numbers a symptom of a slow start by Jacobs, the offensive line, or some combination of the two?
Granted, Jacobs was a little rusty in the first two games of the year after missing all of spring practice and training camp with a contract dispute. However, the biggest problem was the offensive line. The Raiders line is good in pass protection, but they are not man movers in the ground game and do not create many rushing lanes. Jacobs had several negative runs where defenders are in his face almost at the same time he receives the ball. A good example of this has to do with the docks you mentioned above after the contact average. He averages 2.9 yards per carry, which means he gets less than a yard on punts
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