Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders scored 14.18 points a game in 2025, the fewest in the NFL, and never won two games in a row. Raiders odds had them as underdogs 14 times; they won two and covered six, and our predictions for every Las Vegas game are above.

The league’s lowest scoring

Las Vegas finished 3-14 with seven covers in 17, a cover rate 21 NFL teams beat and four matched. No team scored fewer points per game. The three wins came one each in September, October and January. Twice they scored none: 0-31 at Kansas City and 0-31 at Philadelphia.

November and December were nine straight losses, and the spread still went their way four times in those nine, among them 7-10 at Denver getting 9.5 and 21-23 at Houston getting 14.5.

Underdogs, and three tries as favorites

Underdog in 14 games: 2-12 straight up, six covers. Favorite in three: 1-2 with one cover, and both losses came at home: 24-25 to Chicago at -140 and 10-24 to Cleveland at -165.

At home they went 2-7 and covered four of nine; away, 1-7 with three covers in eight. They allowed 25.41 points a game, and 24 NFL teams allowed fewer.

Backing Las Vegas every week

One unit on the Raiders in all 16 priced games lost 9.45 units. Two NFL teams lost more. Underdog games accounted for 7.95 of the loss over 13 priced, the three as favorites for 1.5. Home and road lost almost the same, 4.70 and 4.75. The only month in profit was January’s one game, a 14-12 win over Kansas City at home at +180, the longest price they won at all season. The other underdog win was the opener, 20-13 at New England at +125.

The AFC West

A split with the Kansas City Chiefs. Two losses to the Los Angeles Chargers, no cover. Two losses to the Denver Broncos, both covered: 7-10 in Denver getting 9.5, and 17-24 at home getting 8.5.

The total

On the total, nothing to work with: nine unders, eight overs.

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