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A look at the top storylines around the NFL in Week 7.
The Review-Journal’s Vegas Nation staff makes their best guesses on five weekly proposition wagers on Raiders’ games.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay leads the contest with an 18-10-2 ATS record. Sportsline.com handicapper Micah Roberts is second at 18-11-1.
Two players are now questionable to play in Sunday’s game when the Raiders host the Eagles in a 1:05 p.m. game at Allegiant Stadium.
In six games, the 26-year old hasn’t allowed a sack and is third-best pass blocking tackle in the league, according to Pro Football Focus.
Rod Marinelli is overseeing a unit that has as much to do with the team’s 4-2 start as anything.
A look at the adjustments offensive coordinator Greg Olson made in his first game as playcaller to help the line and give quarterback Derek Carr more space, which paid dividends last Sunday.
The Raiders will look for another win before heading into the bye week when they host the Eagles on Sunday.
The DraftKings bettor hit the first three legs of the parlay Wednesday, then needed the Cleveland Browns to come through Thursday to rake in the payday.
Raiders running back Josh Jacobs is finally feeling great physically, and that could bode well for a strong second half to the season for him and Kenyan Drake.
The interim head coach wants his teams to care about each other and be relentless when they take the field against the Eagles on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.
Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with NFL tech notes and trends.
Amber Hanover, who won Station Casinos’ NFL Last Man Standing contest last season, rebounded from her first loss to post an easy winner last week.
The combination of Alex Leatherwood’s rookie struggles at right tackle and the Raiders’ need to improve the interior of their line raised the necessity of moving him to right guard.