The Las Vegas Raiders have six games left to evaluate who should be on the roster moving forward, including the Week 13 rivalry matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers this Sunday. That also means we’re in crunch time for the Silver and Black Pride Pick’em competition, as December is right around the corner.
Odds below are provided by FanDuel Sportsbook and are subject to change.
Raiders vs. Chargers
- Spread: LAC -9.5
- O/U: 41.5
- LAC ML: -560
- LV ML: +420
Holder’s picks: LV +9.5, LAC ML, Over 41.5
I got burned by picking the Raiders last week, and I’m crazy enough to do it again! To be clear, I don’t think they’ll win, but I do like the Silver and Black to cover the spread. The Chargers’ offense isn’t the same without Joe Alt, evidenced by the 35-6 beatdown the Jaguars put on them while Justin Herbert threw for 81 yards in Los Angeles’ last game.
Also, I think the bye week actually works against the Bolts’ defense from a schematic standpoint, since Las Vegas fired Chip Kelly on Sunday. We’ll see what changes Greg Olson can make in just one week on the job, but I think that’ll be enough for the Raiders to keep this to a one-score game.
Pick’em Competition
Moving on to S&BP’s Pick’em competition, below is a look at how our writers finished in Week 12.
- Bill Williamson 124-53-1 (70%)
- Matt Holder 119-58-1 (67%)
- Ray Aspuria 115-62-1 (65%)
This is kind of wild; all three writers went 10-4 last week, but in different ways. All of us missed on the Bills-Texans, Browns-Raiders and Eagles-Cowboys games, while Ray took the Colts over the Chiefs, I had the Steelers over the Bears, and Bill took the Saints over the Falcons. So, we have no movement in the writer’s standings this week as Bill still holds a five game lead.
t-1. Pick’em Pro 125-52
t-1. JeepRaider 125-52
t-1. EdgarEdm08 125-52
4. Vila41 123-54
t-5. Freddy B Good 122-55
t-5. Dafe2cat 122-55
t-5. Tennessee Raider Fan 122-55
t-5. Alaskan Raida 122-55
9. DARTH RAIDER 121-56
10. Bower rangers 120-57
Week 12 Top Pickers
- C Wood for President 14-0
- krkster 13-1
- Freddy B Good 13-1
I mentioned last week that C Wood for President was (unofficially) the first person to have a perfect week since I’ve been running this competiton. Well, we now have had two perfect weeks since C Wood did it again! I guess we all have to check our picks against C Wood’s moving forward.
Meanwhile, he have some movement at the top of the community standings with Pick’em Pro, JeepRaider and EdgarEdm08 back to a three-way tie for first place. Also, five more people are within three picks, so the competition is still up for grabs.
Best of luck with your picks this week!
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