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2018-08-18T20:00:00.000Z 2018-08-18T20:00:00.000Z - NFL

419 Oakland Raiders
vs.
420 Los Angeles Rams

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Sport/Type

Pick

Score

Odds

Size

W/L

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08/18/2018

NFL Totals

OV OAK/LOS

15-19

38

2

L

-220

Analysis

I'm playing on Oakland/LA to finish OVER the total (2* SPECIAL). Everyone knows that these teams will play again early in the regular season. Most expect that to lead to some extra "vanilla" play-calling and that sentiment, in turn, has provided us with an extra low O/U line (lowest on the Week 2 board) to work with. I believe it'll prove to be too low. While he's not thrilled about having to play them twice, Gruden has said that he's treating the game just like any other preseason one. "It’s a preseason game and we have a lot of really tough evaluations to get through before we start thinking about what play we’re going to call. We’re going to really continue to use this as an evaluation period. You’re going to see a lot of players playing a long period of time that are going to get a chance to show us they belong here. That’s how we’re looking at this game." While Grudent wasn't there, keep in mind that the Raiders played the Cowboys in both the preaseason and regular season last year. The preseason game still produced 44 points. Likewise, in 2016, they combined with the Titans for 41, despite the fact that they'd see them again in the regular season. With the Raiders returning to their old stomping grounds, look for this one to also prove higher-scoring than most will be expecting.

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08/18/2018 4:56 AM
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