According to the website, the Raiders are set at -2.5 with the over/under being set at 44.5 points. What the game lacks in the playoff potential dramatics from last week’s game with the Rams, it makes up for in a matchup of two young teams on the rise-and their exciting young quarterbacks.
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Adrian Peterson hasn’t won a rushing title since 2012.
There is plenty of debate about who is the better quarterback, Carr or Bridgewater.
The Minnesota Vikings are 6-1 straight up and 7-0 against the spread over their last seven games.
“I think he’s making very few negative plays”, offensive coordinator Norv Turner said. Oakland ranks eighth in offense with 374.6 yards per game, but are 30th in defense at 411.5 yards per game.
Hudson has anchored one of the league’s best lines.
“The opportunities have come for us to throw it down the field more”, Carr said. I want him to be more like that throughout the course of the ballgame. “Those guys all have dominant traits that we like to play to their strengths”.
The Oakland Raiders defenses of the 1970’s and early 80’s were built on strong intimidating secondary play. Averaging almost 27 points a game, something will have to give facing a Vikings defense that hasn’t allowed more than 23 points a game this year.
“I can’t make the call on what their plans are, but I know I feel good”, Murray said Thursday. If that is the case, the Vikings will need to find a way to balance that loss at the position. The Steelers defense didn’t get one sack in this entire game.
The good news is that Bridgewater passed all the concussion protocol tests and returned to practice on Wednesday. The Vikings are no slouches, and games against the Chiefs, Broncos and Packers are on the horizon. The Raiders are ranked in the top 10 in passing yards per game this season and the offense ranks seventh in points per game with over 26 per contest.
“They’re physical up front”, Zimmer said. “It looks like he’s playing with a lot of confidence to me”. No other running back on the team has more than 14. “They want to play man-to-man if they can”.
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper scores a touchdown. Cooper has 45 catches for 653 yards and four touchdowns in eight games and if it weren’t for Todd Gurley, he likely would be leading the rookie of the year award standings.
“Anybody that can go, will go”, he said when asked about a couple of players before Wednesday’s practice.
When the Oakland Raiders take the field this Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings, they will truly be at a crossroads in their season. He just expects it to be tough every week in the NFL. I have no doubt that we’d be talking about a Steelers loss if Cockrell doesn’t pick that off. “It’s not always fun, but it’s still good”. “You can go against different DBs every week, but it is all about your preparation”.
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