Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Prediction, Game Preview

Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 1 game on Sunday, September 11

Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 1, Sunday, September 11


Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers How To Watch

Date: Sunday, September 11
Game Time: 3:25 ET
Venue: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
How To Watch: FOX
Record: Las Vegas Raiders (0-0), Los Angeles Chargers (0-0)
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Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Game Preview

Why Las Vegas Raiders Will Win

The firepower is there to do a whole lot more.

The coaching is in place to start bombing away, Davante Adams is there to give Derek Carr a true No. 1 target, and there’s a potentially strong rotation of running backs to pound away on the soft Charger defensive interior.

Just keep the chains moving. Los Angeles didn’t do that much to fix up the leaky D, and Vegas should be even stronger at going on long, sustained marches. Third downs were a problem last year – not anymore. However …

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Why Los Angeles Chargers Will Win

The pass rush will be a problem for what should be a leaky Raider offensive front.

Will Carr have enough time to work?

The Chargers might have a few concerns at tackle, but they’ll bring the heat on Carr from the outside. The defense will give up plenty of yards and big plays, but it should come up with several clutch money down stops.

In a game like this with these two attacks, any hold of defensive serve will be massive.

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What’s Going To Happen

These two play interesting games, and this might be as entertaining as anything they’ve done over the last few seasons.

Both will try to run the ball – just because – but it’ll be the quarterbacks who rise up and make this a show.

The Raiders might be the story with all of the changes, but Justin Herbert will rise up and show why he’s ready to push for an MVP-caliber season with a monster performance.

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Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Prediction, Line

Los Angeles Chargers 34, Las Vegas Raiders 30
Line: Los Angles -3.5, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

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Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Must See Rating: 4

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Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Prediction, Game Preview

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Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Broadcast

Date: Sunday, December 17
Game Time: 8:20 ET
Venue: Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas, NV
Network: FOX/NFL

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Why Los Angeles Chargers Will Win

The Raiders are banged up.

Everyone is this time of year, but with a short week, Las Vegas is particularly hosed with four starters – defensive backs Johnathan Abram and Damon Arnette, and end Clelin Ferrell and linebacker Nicholas Morrow – out. Throw in RB Josh Jacobs who’s playing, but is nowhere near 100%, and this is the wrong time to be reeling.

Vegas has lost three of the last four – with the only win coming against the Jets – for one major reason – turnovers. The Raiders have given it up ten times over the last three games, the running game hasn’t hit 100 yards in the last four weeks, and the defense is getting gouged, allowing 28 points or more in each of those four.

Why Las Vegas Raiders Will Win

The Charger offense has hit a bit of a wall.

It won against Atlanta last week, and Justin Herbert rebounded from the clunker against the Patriots in a 45-0 loss the week before, but scoring has been tough with 21 points or fewer in four of the last five games. The one outlier came against … the Jets.

What’s going right for the Raiders? The passing game has gone off. Derek Carr pulled out the win over the Jets, and the air show followed it up with a 345-yard day against the Colts. The Charger pass defense hasn’t been awful, but it’s hardly been a rock.

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QB Derek Carr, Las Vegas
Really? You’re going to start Derek Carr in your playoffs? He has been one of the best fantasy quarterbacks over the last two weeks, and everything is there to do it again. He went well over 300 yards through the air in the last two games with five touchdowns, and he has a rushing touchdown in each of the last two games. The D is going to give up yards, the Raider running game isn’t going to be great – it’s all there for Carr to rock again.

What’s Going To Happen

The Chargers had the Raiders beaten in Week 9, but a game-winning touchdown pass just barely came out in a heartbreaking loss. This is the flip.

Last week was when the Chargers finally showed they could win a close game against an okay team, coming through against Atlanta even though things didn’t go all that well.

The LA D that forced three takeaways in two of the last three games will make the Raiders screw up, and the banged up Vegas defense will get ripped through.

Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Prediction, Line

Los Angeles 30, Las Vegas 26
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Las Vegas -3.5, o/u: 53
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 3

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Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Prediction, Game Preview

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Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Broadcast

Date: Sunday, November 8
Game Time: 4:05 ET
Venue: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
Network: FOX

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Why Las Vegas Raiders Will Win

The Chargers continue to have the problem of not knowing how to win, More to the point, it doesn’t seem to know how to close.

This is a good team that could very, very easily be unbeaten right now instead of 2-5. So how can the Raiders take advantage of this?

Get up early, keep the running game going after cranking out a season-high 209 yards last week in the win over Cleveland, and take the ball away. The Chargers have turned it over two times or more in three of the last five games, and all were losses. However …

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Why Los Angeles Chargers Will Win

The Raiders don’t take the ball away.

The defense has only generated four turnovers so far and have yet to come up with more than one in any game. Justin Herbert has to throw without worry of getting picked multiple ties, and it has to stay hot for an offense that’s thrown for 275 yards or more in every game since the opener – the Raider secondary gives up a whole lot of yards.

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QB Justin Herbert, Los Angeles Chargers
Herbert is easily having one of the greatest seasons by a rookie QB in NFL history. His lowest passing yardage total this year was 264 yards, and he has accounted for 15 passing TDs and two rushing TDs in his six starts. Project his starts over a season and you get 40 TD passes, 4,900 passing yards and five rushing TDs.

What’s Going To Happen

This is a really, really strange Raider team. It’s not consistent, it’s not great against the run, and it does a whole lot of things wrong. But it’s been able to win two of the last three games, and until the Chargers can figure out how to win, assume it still can’t.

Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers Prediction, Line

Las Vegas 31, Los Angeles Chargers 30
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PICK, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1

Must See Rating: 3

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