Bills Vs. Raiders: Odds, Analysis, Picks For NFL Week 13 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 Buffalo Bills-Oakland Raiders Week 13 game, with the line from OddsShark.
Buffalo Bills at (-3) Oakland Raiders, Sunday, 4:05 p.m.
Mike: Raiders. Rex Ryan’s team already went to California and won a game this season, but that was against the Rams, who turned the ball over three times, including a pick-six. The Raiders probably will take care of the ball a little better than that.
Andre: Raiders. Looks like Derek Carr is going to be OK after that injury scare. What?s interesting is that Carr?s deep ball numbers improved after the injury, according to ESPN Stats & Info. While the Bills rely on a heavy pass rush (33 sacks, second), the Raiders have one of the best offensive lines in the league, led by Kelechi Osemele and Donald Penn. Carr has only been sacked 13 times this season.
Ricky: Raiders. Is this a sucker’s bet, seeing as how we’re relying on a quarterback who’s coming off a dislocated finger that forced Oakland’s offense to operate exclusively out of the shotgun down the stretch in Week 12? Perhaps. But Derek Carr showed no ill effects of the ailment, as the Raiders defeated the Panthers, and the Bills, meanwhile, have seen their red-zone defense go from tops in the NFL to 19th over Buffalo’s last five games.
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