Broncos Vs. Raiders: Odds, Analysis, Picks For ‘Sunday Night Football’ Game

Editor’s note: NESN.com’s Mike Cole, Ricky Doyle and Andre Khatchaturian deliver their NFL picks every Thursday of the season, and here’s who they like in the Denver Broncos-Oakland Raiders Week 9 game, with the line from OddsShark.

Denver Broncos (6-2) at (PK) Oakland Raiders (6-2), Sunday, 8:30 p.m.
Mike: Broncos. Denver’s defense just keeps it in football games, and this won’t be any different. Derek Carr’s having a great season, sure, but his career stats against the Broncos (57 percent completion percentage, 72.0 passer rating, 4.86 yard per attempt) don’t inspire enough confidence to take the Raiders.
Ricky: Broncos. Not to discredit Carr’s huge performance in Week 8 — I think he’s a legitimate up-and-coming franchise quarterback — but the big numbers came against a bad Buccaneers defense, and he’ll be going up against the other side of the spectrum in Week 9. Plus, the Raiders committed way too many penalties last week, and that lack of discipline will hurt them in big games against divisional opponents.
Andre: Raiders. Oakland hasn?t played a Sunday night game since 2006, so you know the O.co Coliseum will be rocking. The Raiders’ defense allows the most yards per play, but like the Broncos they force turnovers, and I have more faith in Carr than Trevor Siemian.