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The Lions had their colours lowered by the Ravens last week but are in a prime bounce back spot against the very ordinary Las Vegas Raiders.
Best Bet
The Detroit Lions have been a line covering juggernaut with Jared Goff at quarterback and despite their poor loss to the Ravens last week, they are in a prime bounce back spot here.
The Ravens offence has a dynamic running game with a true dual threat at quarterback. Neither statement is true about the Raiders, who average a pathetic three yards per carry running the football, and have more interceptions (12) than touchdowns (8) on the season.
Yes, the Raiders do welcome the oft injured Jimmy Garoppolo for this one, but the offence was hardly firing with the former Patriot and 49er under centre.
The Lions are a middle of the road defence but with the Raiders only having scored more than 18 points only once this season, they simply don’t have the firepower to put them under pressure.
There are some strong numbers pointing to Detroit here. They are an excellent 5-2 against the number this season, and 4-1 when favoured. The Lions are 25-11 against the number with Jared Goff at QB.
The Lions should win this comfortably.
Same Game Multi
Suspect the game script means that the Raiders will end up having to pass the ball rather than run it with Jacobs. In any event, they are a top ten run defence only allowing 3.7 yards per carry.
Detroit has actually given up more receiving yards on the season to the opponent’s WR2 than their WR1. Expect them to put the clamps on Davante Adams with Meyers to be the primary receiving outlet.
Value Bet
Jared Goff isn’t renowned as a great scrambler but he is mobile enough when he needs to be, and does boast two rushing touchdowns so far through seven games.
