Patriots vs. Raiders Point Spread: NFL Week 15 Odds, Prediction
The Patriots kept their playoff hopes alive with Monday night’s 27-13 win in Arizona, which leaves them knotted with New York and Miami in the hunt for the AFC’s final wild card. The Raiders return home after dropping a 17-16 decision to the Los Angeles Rams last week on Thursday Night Football, which snapped a three-game win streak and devastated their hopes of returning to postseason contention.
The Patriots briefly climbed to 1-point favourites after opening as 20-point underdogs, but have since settled back to +1, with the backing of 51% of sports bettors. The total has faded slightly to 44.5 since opening at 45. However, the OVER has attracted 51% of the betting action..
NFL Point Spread and Betting Analysis
Sunday afternoon’s matchup at Allegiant Stadium marks the first meeting between these teams since 2020, and the Patriots’ first ever visit to Las Vegas. New England tallied a 36-20 victory when the Raiders visited Gillette Stadium two years ago, extending their current head-to-head win streak to six games. The Patriots have claimed victory by double-digit margins on five occasions during their 6-0 run against the Raiders, fueling a 5-1 against the spread run, and have outscored Vegas by a wide 69-28 overall margin over their past two dates.
New England Patriots
The Patriots turned in a character performance on Monday night, overcoming an early deficit with 20 unanswered points to get past the injury-plagued Cardinals in a 27-13 victory that snapped a two-game losing streak. However, this team failed to address their recent offensive woes in last week’s win. Mac Jones has struggled to produce under center, connecting on just three total touchdown passes against one pick over the past four weeks. And with the status of his two favourite downfield targets DeVante Parker and Jakobi Meyers both uncertain after missing time at practice this week with concussions, things get no easier for the Pats pivot this weekend. Things have gone only slightly better with this team’s ground game. Scoring runs by Kevin Harris and Pierre Strong Jr. proved to be the difference in Monday’s win. However, they represent the Patriots’ only rushing touchdowns scored over the past six games, with the team failing to top 100 rushing yards in four of five outings. And with both Rhamondre Stevenson and Damien Harris hobbled by ankle and leg injuries, respectively, the Patriots face a huge challenge to move the ball on the ground against a Raiders rush defence that has allowed just one scoring run and an average of 71.5 rushing yards over the past two weeks.
Las Vegas Raiders
There were no late-game heroics to save them last week, as the Raiders dropped a stunning 17-16 decision to Baker Mayfield and the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football. Pressed into service just hours after being acquired by LA, Mayfield stunned the Raiders and their fans by leading the Rams on a pair of length scoring drives in the dying minutes to had Las Vegas an upset defeat as 6-point chalk. The loss ended a stretch of three straight wins by the narrowest margins, including overtime victories over Denver and Seattle, followed by a slim 27-20 home win over the Los Angeles Chargers. Last week’s loss also represented a step back for quarterback Derek Carr, who saw his run of five straight games with multiple scoring passes snapped. Indeed, it is easy to characterize last week as Carr’s worst outing of the season after he tossed for just 137 yards and two picks. The Raiders pivot has now connected on just 54% of pass attempts over the past two games, and has thrown five interceptions over the past five games after tossing just one over his previous seven outings. Complicating matters for Vegas is the uncertain health status of Josh Jacobs. The team’s top ball carrier has run for 157.3 yards per game and four touchdowns over the past three games, but has been limited at practice this week by hand and quad injuries.
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