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The Las Vegas Raiders (3-4) and the Detroit Lions (5-2) wrap up the Week 8 slate on Monday Night Football. Kickoff from Ford Field is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. ET (ABC/ESPN). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines around the Raiders vs. Lions odds, and make our expert NFL picks and predictions.
Both teams are coming off ugly road losses where they didn’t score a TD until the 4th quarter when their respective games were out of hand.
Las Vegas lost as a 2.5-point favorite at the Chicago Bears 30-12. QB Brian Hoyer, starting in place of an injured Jimmy Garoppolo, only threw for 129 yards with 2 picks. He was replaced in the 4th quarter by rookie Aidan O’Connell, who was 10 of 13 with a TD and a pick in garbage time.
The setback snapped a short 2-game Raiders win streak — home victories vs. the New England Patriots (21-17 in Week 6) and the Green Bay Packers (17-13 in Week 5).
Detroit was spanked 38-6 as a 3-point underdog at the Baltimore Ravens. The Lions were outgained 503 to 337 yards and had no answer for Ravens QB Lamar Jackson, who threw for 3 TDs and ran for one as Baltimore built a 35-0 lead by the midpoint of the 3rd quarter.
The loss snapped a 4-game win and cover streak for the Lions.
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Raiders at Lions odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 5:56 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Raiders +275 (bet $100 to win $275) | Lions -340 (bet $340 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Raiders +7.5 (-112) | Lions -7.5 (-108)
- Over/Under (O/U): 46.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
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Raiders at Lions key injuries
Raiders
- K Daniel Carlson (groin) questionable
- LB Divine Deablo (ankle) out
- CB Nate Hobbs (ankle) questionable
Lions
- OL Jonah Jackson (ankle) out
- DL Benito Jones (ankle) questionable
- RB David Montgomery (ribs) out
- C Frank Ragnow (toe/calf) doubtful
- WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (illness) questionable
- OL Halapoulivaati Vaitai (back) questionable
Raiders at Lions picks and predictions
Prediction
Lions 35, Raiders 10
Moneyline
The Lions (-340) are a much better team than the Raiders, but risking 3.4 times the potential return is just not smart sports gambling. PASS.
Against the spread
DETROIT -7.5 (-108) is the STRONGEST PLAY – 1½ times your usual wager.
While playing at the Ravens last week wasn’t going to be an easy task, no one expected the Lions to get blown out the way the did.
Coach Dan Campbell and his players have to be chomping at the bit to get back at it and put last week’s debacle behind them. Las Vegas might be the perfect remedy to do so.
The Raiders don’t travel well. They are 1-3 on the road this season with a 1-2-1 ATS mark. Last season, they were 2-7 on the road with a 3-6 ATS record.
The Lions are known for covering the spread at home. While they’re only 2-1 ATS at home this season (and 2-1 straight up), they’re 9-3 ATS at Ford Field over the last 2 seasons and 15-5 ATS there since the start of the 2021 season.
The Raiders rank last in rushing at 68.6 yards per game. They haven’t had a 100-yard rushing game this season and they only could muster 39 rushing yards against the Bears last week.
The Lions feature the 2nd-best defense against the run, yielding 76.3 YPG — the Philadelphia Eagles are 1st at 65.5 YPG.
This should get ugly. Expect a blowout by the LIONS -7.5 (-108).
Over/Under
BET UNDER 46.5 (-105) TO WIN A HALF UNIT.
There’s something about Monday night games and Unders this season. The Under is 8-1 in Monday night games, including 6-0 in the last 6. Only the Week 2 Pittsburgh Steelers’ 26-22 home win vs. the Cleveland Browns cashed an Over (39.5) ticket.
Detroit is 4-3 O/U. The reason for the HALF UNIT is because the Lions averaged 31.0 points in their last 3 games. They will put up 30-plus points in this one, but will the Raiders score enough to hit this Over?
Las Vegas is averaging 16.0 points per game, ranking 30th in the league. The Under is 2-5 in the Raiders’ 7 games — they cashed 4 Unders in a row before the Over (38.5) hit in the Chicago loss.
Until the MNF Under trend ends, I’m going to keep riding it.
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