Raiders at Broncos NFL Week 5 Betting Lines

Las Vegas Raiders NFL Week 5 Betting Lines

It’s been quite the roller coaster ride for the Las Vegas Raiders at the quarter pole of the NFL betting season. Antonio Pierce’s troops have alternated wins and losses through the first month of play with this past Sunday’s 20-16 comeback win against Cleveland coming a week removed from spitting the bit at home to Andy Dalton and the Carolina Panthers. Before that, the Silver and Black were manhandled by the division rival Chargers in Jim Harbaugh’s Tinseltown debut only to come up with a shocking comeback win at Baltimore the following week. The Raiders have proven to be as schizophrenic as it gets. On top of that, the locker room seems to be a mess—it’s shocking the team was able to procure a win as volatile it seemed to be heading into last week’s matchup with the Browns. Be that as it may, Vegas presses on with a .500 record looking to be a steadying force within a division that surprisingly has all four teams logging at least two wins against the NFL odds. Its second divisional showdown is set to go in Week 5 betting action, but the betting market seems to be of the belief the Jekyll and Hyde persona continues with Vegas receiving very little love from NFL bettors when taking a gander at current betting splits offered up at the online sportsbook.

The Raiders odds to win Super Bowl LIX slimmed down to +13000 from +14045, while their odds of being the last AFC team standing also shortened up from 70-1 back to 60-1. Initially a 10-1 choice to win the AFC West, their odds of doing so are back down to 22-1 from 28-1, while the team’s in-season win total odds stayed put at 6.5 with heavier juice remaining on the over. The team’s odds to punch a ticket to the playoffs jumped all over the board the first three weeks, but remained static following last week’s win with the “Yes” sticking at +350, and the “No” still demanding NFL futures bettors pony up $500 to make $100.

NFL Week 5 Betting Lines

Las Vegas Raiders +3

Denver Broncos -3

Total: 36.5

Money Line: Raiders +133, Broncos -152

Las Vegas Raiders Week 5 Matchup

On Sunday, October 6, 2024, the Las Vegas Raiders will take on the Denver Broncos from Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, CO. Kickoff time is set for 4:05 p.m. ET with television coverage on FOX. The NFL Week 5 betting lines surfaced with the Raiders dogged by 1.5-point and the Over/Under (O/U) lined 38. Those betting on the NFL with cryptocurrency don’t look to be bullish of the Silver and Black posting back-to-back victories in the first of two scheduled regular season meetings. In fact, they seem to be very bullish of the host Broncos with Vegas only taking in 35 percent of the bets and less than 10 percent of the money per current action reports from linemakers. A market correction to +3 has been enacted because of it. The “MO” goes directly against the recent trend of the rivalry with the Raiders coming out on top in nine of the last 10 meetings both SU and ATS after sweeping each of last year’s meetings. The under cashed in six of those matchups with 43.8 points scored on average. Total bettors expect this tilt to hold true to the total trend with the under getting hammered with around 90 percent of the tickets and handle forcing a 1.5-point line move to 36.5.

Las Vegas Raiders Week 4 Recap

The Las Vegas Raiders secured an outright 20-16 NFL odds win over the Cleveland Browns in Week 4, using a strong defensive effort and an improved running game to hold off a late rally. The Raiders defense, even without star pass rusher Maxx Crosby (ankle), held the Browns to just 241 total yards and 4.2 yards per play. Charles Snowden's game-sealing sack of Deshaun Watson with 41 seconds left preserved the victory, capping off a solid defensive performance. Despite injuries to key players like Davante Adams (business decision) and Crosby, Las Vegas relied on a balanced ground attack, rushing for 152 yards. Alexander Mattison led with 60 yards, and five different players contributed with runs of over 10 yards, marking their best rushing performance since 2010. The Raiders also became the first team since 2010 to have two receivers score rushing touchdowns. Though the Browns jumped out to a 10-0 lead, the Raiders responded with 20 unanswered points before a fourth-quarter fumble was returned for a Cleveland touchdown. A missed extra point by Dustin Hopkins forced the Browns to go for the touchdown. The Raiders' victory brings them to 2-2 both SU and ATS and provides a solid rebound from the embarrassing loss to Carolina, showcasing the team’s resilience in the face of adversity.

2024 Las Vegas Raiders Schedule, Results & Record

Once upon a time, the Las Vegas Raiders were the winningest franchise in professional sports. From 1967 through 2002, the Raiders had the highest winning percentage of all teams in the major professional sports. During that time, the Raiders won three Super Bowl championships and threatened for several more.

Just as incredible are the humble beginnings of the franchise. The Raiders were born in 1960 as charter members of the American Football League. They have been in the same AFC West division with the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, and Denver Broncos from the start of operations.

In the Raiders' early years were heavy losses on the field and the balance sheet. The team nearly folded on multiple occasions. But in 1963, Al Davis was the dynamic leader that changed everything. Davis took over as head coach and general manager in 1963 and improved the Raiders from 1-13 to 10-4 as a rookie. Davis changed the team colors to silver and black and made the team in his image.

However, the final years of the Davis era were sad and pathetic. The Raiders turned into consistently big losers and played before a dilapidated and half-empty Oakland Coliseum. When Al Davis died, the team passed to his son Mark. Knowing he needed a jolt of increased revenue to survive, Mark Davis moved the team to Las Vegas and sparking new Allegiant Stadium in 2020. Since then, the Silver and Black have produced just one winning season and was unceremoniously bounced from the Wild Card Round by the Cincinnati Bengals.

Las Vegas Raiders Past Seasons (2000)

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