NFL Betting Matchup: Oakland Raiders at Tennessee Titans

September 23, 2016 by Charles Jay

NFL Betting Matchup: Oakland Raiders at Tennessee Titans
Date/Time: Sunday, September 25 – 1 PM ET
Site: Nissan Stadium – Nashville
TV Coverage: CBS

NFL Betting Odds from BetAnySports

Pointspread: Pick’em
Total: 46. points

The Oakland Raiders were ticketed by many people to be a possible contender for the AFC West championship, and they look very potent on offense thus far. But they have to figure out a way to stop people. The Tennessee Titans have really improved their ability to defend, but they have a ways to go as far as implementing their desired offensive game plan. These teams meet up on Sunday at 1 PM ET at Nissan Stadium in Nashville as they both come in with 1-1 records. CBS will televise the game on a regional basis, and BetAnySports customers, who enjoy great Asian casino action with three different outlets, plus reduced juice on a pre-match basis, can also avail themselves of real-time wagering while the game is in progress with the help of Live Betting Ultra.

Oakland, which won in dramatic fashion in Week 1 when it went for two-point conversion at the Superdome against the New Orleans Saints and succeeded, were not able to slow down Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons last weekend, despite having home-field advantage and playing on that surface at the Coliseum, which included the dirt infield still being used by the Oakland Athletics. In each of the first two games of the season they have given up over 500 yards. Do they want to keep getting involved in shootouts? Well, if they do, they are not badly equipped if Derek Carr continues with his development. Carr has completed just a shade under 70% of his passes for over 600 yards, and he is not been intercepted yet. He’s got a pair of wide receivers in Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree who’ve caught 22 of his throws between them, and at this moment the rushing game is working very well, as the Raiders have averaged 6.3 yards per carry.

Tennessee, which planned from the very beginning to have something they termed and “exotic smash mouth” attack, would like to be able to run that well. But they seem to have the components for ball control, with DeMarco Murray as the lead back. Murray, a former NFL rushing champion, has 131 yards to the first two games, and he gets some relief from Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry. There is also a short passing game of some substance, with both of those running backs able to catch passes out of the backfield, while quarterback Marcus Mariota takes advantage of the talents of tight end Delanie Walker (nine catches, 125 yards).

BetAnySports patrons, pay per head customers and Bitcoin sportsbook customers probably remember Dick LeBeau from his days as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive coordinator, and his fingerprints are all over this Titans defense, which might just be the strength of the team. Yes it’s early, but this unit has kept the club in both games thus far, holding Minnesota without an offensive touchdown in the opener and then keeping them close so that Tennessee could make a comeback in the 16-15 victory over Detroit. They will blitz and disguise coverages, but even so, they may have to be in a position where they have to trade points, unless they can chew up some clock.

Oakland’s shortcomings on defense are bit of a surprise, since head coach Jack Del Rio was a former NFL linebacker and has a rich background coaching stop units, including that of the Denver Broncos, for whom he worked before he was hired for the Oakland job.

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