Oakland Raiders (1-2) at Denver Broncos (1-2)
I thought the Raiders were overrated coming into the season and now they’re even more overrated coming off a “surprising” win over the Steelers. Their upset win over the Steelers was not completely shocking given how much the Steelers have sucked over the last year plus on the road. They are -43 on the road in that time period, including playoffs, and +137 at home. They beat Indianapolis by just 3, Kansas City by just 4, and Cleveland by just 3 last year.
Given that they were missing James Harrison and Troy Polamalu last weekend, this upset was not shocking. There’s a reason I made it a very small pick even though Pittsburgh had the clear on paper advantage. The Raiders are one of 15 1-2 teams in the NFL right now. Some of them are going to make the playoffs, some of them are going to be terrible. I think this team is one of the latter. Remember, they lost 35-13 to the Dolphins just 2 weeks ago.
Their defense has been exactly as you’d ex...
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PLAYERS:
James Harrison,
Troy Polamalu,
Aaron Curry,
Ronald Bartell,
Shawntae Spencer,
Phillip Adams,
Richard Seymour,
Tommy Kelly,
Ben Roethlisberger,
Peyton Manning,
Darrius Heyward-Bey,
Denarius Moore,
Champ Bailey
TEAMS: Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers
TEAMS: Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers
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