NFL Odds: Top 5 Oakland Raiders Locks Of 2017 Season
The Oakland Raiders are 15/1 choices to win Super Bowl LII. But which five of their regular season games are straight-up locks?
Top 5 Easiest Oakland Raiders Games of 2017
The over/under for Oakland Raiders wins in 2017 is 9.5 according to the WestGate Las Vegas Superbook. And the game-by-game spreads from CG Technology show 5 easy wins out there for a team listed as a 7/1 favorite to win the AFC.
(Week 17 is excluded, too, because of high variance caused by potential playoff seeding, quarterbacks sitting out the final week or playing partial games, etc.)
Week 2 sees the biggest early spread for the Raiders, as Oakland gives 8 1/2 points to the visiting New York Jets. The visiting San Diego Chargers get 8 points from the Raiders in Week 6.
Week 5 shows the Raiders getting 4 1/2 points at home against the Baltimore Ravens. Oakland is a 3-point favorite in back-to-back home games against the Broncos and Giants in Weeks 12 and 13.
Potential Oakland Raiders Losses in 2017
Here’s where it gets interesting. The Raiders are underdogs in four games in 2017. Oakland gets 3 points on the road at Kansas City in Week 14. The Raiders get 1 and the hook against the Patriots in Mexico City in Week 11.
Oakland gets 2 points in Week 4 on the road at Denver. The Raiders get 1 point in Week 9 at Miami. And the Week 15 home game against Dallas is currently a pick-’em.
Oakland Raiders Prediction
Derek Carr got a monster contract in the offseason, and he may have the best WR in the league in Amari Cooper as a primary target. Look for the Raiders to win fewer than 9.5 games, but be in position to make some waves in the AFC playoffs.
