Can Las Vegas bounce back after a dud performance?
It’s time to flush last weekend’s performance and move on to Week 4 as the Las Vegas Raiders have a chance to redeem themselves against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. Also, there were plenty of upsets around the NFL last week, so you might need a pick me up in our Silver and Black Pride Pick’em competition.
To get things started, let’s take a look at the lines for the Raiders-Browns matchup, courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook, and make some picks.
Raiders vs. Browns
[Lines below are as of September 25 at 12:00 p.m. PST]
- Spread: LV -1.5
- O/U: 37.5
- LV ML: -126
- CLE ML: +108
Holder’s picks: LV -1.5, Under 37.5, LV ML
I’ll start with this, I’m not exactly confident in picking the Raiders after last week’s abysmal performance against the Panthers. But, the Browns’ offensive line is beaten up and Myles Garrett is banged up as well to give the Silver and Black some hope. Plus, the Raiders do seem to respond well after getting embarrassed, with losing 3-0 to the Vikings and beating the breaks off the Chargers 63-21 four days later last season serving as a good example. And with two bad offenses, I’ll take the under regardless of how low the point total is.
Pick’em Competition
Moving onto S&BP’s Pick’em competition, below is a look at how our writers have fared through two weeks.
- Ray Aspuria 30-18 (63%)
- Matt Holder 26-22 (54%)
- Bill Williamson 25-23 (52%)
Remember when I said, “you might need a pick me up in our Silver and Black Pride Pick’em competition”? Yeah, I was talking about myself there…
The upsets got to me as I was below .500 last week and went 7-9 on my picks. Luckily, Ray and Bill weren’t much better at 8-8. That gives Ray a comfortable four-game lead and keeps me out of last place but only a game ahead of Bill. So, it was a tough showing for the writers as we have to be better moving forward.
Community Standings
1. Running With the Night 32-16
t-2. nevadajohn 31-17
t-2. Redlady 31-17
t-4. RaiderJake 30-18
t-4. Moon Pies por Todos 30-18
t-4. dafe2cat 30-18
t-4. Roosky Raiders 30-18
Week 3 Top Pickers
1. nevadajohn 11-5
t-2. JustWinBaby 10-6
t-2. Jstwin98 10-6
t-2. Rayder1958 10-6
t-2. RaiderJake 10-6
Shoutout to nevadajohn for leading the way with 11 winners in Week 3! That pushes nevadajohn into a tie for second place after not even being on the leaderboard last week. Also, Running With the Night takes over first place with nine correct picks as Redlady slipped a bit with only eight correct picks.
In addition to the tight leaderboard above, we have 19 people with 29 points heading into the weekend, so this year’s competition is still very much anyone’s game.
Remember to get your picks in this week. Best of luck and may your picks be good.
