Las Vegas barely came out with a win against Cleveland, which was missing 18 players, including eight starters. The Raiders have lost five of their last seven games and were blown out by Kansas City the previous week. Also, the Raiders are playing on a short week after playing in Cleveland on Monday in a game that was originally scheduled for Saturday. Drew Lock will start for Denver as Teddy Bridgewater remains in concussion protocol. It will be Lock's first start since Jan. 3 when he faced the Raiders at home in the season finale. This season Lock is 22 of 40 with one touchdown and an interception. The Broncos defense has been solid allowing an average of only 15.4 points in their last eight games. Denver nearly beat the Bengals on Sunday, but a costly fumble by Lock on second-and-goal early in the fourth quarter sealed the Broncos' fate. Denver is in revenge mode after losing the first matchup, 34-24, in October, and the Broncos are 11-1 ATS their past 12 games after scoring fewer than 15 points their previous game (15-7 ATS after a loss). The Raiders are 1-5 ATS their last six home games and 1-6 ATS in their last seven December games. Take the Broncos for a Max Play.
This pick was released to clients on December 22, 2023 at 12:51PM ET.
NFL
Denver at Las Vegas
December 26, 2021
4:25 PM Eastern
2 units on Denver +1 (-112) (risk 2 to return 3.79)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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