Once again the Las Vegas Raiders are underdogs. Can they beat the odds again? We shall see. The Raiders head to New Orleans where the Saints are 3.5-point favorites.
This is the same spread the Raiders has as favorites in the season opener against the Dolphins. In a similar situation.
If all things were equal, the home team usually gets about a three-point shift in favorability. Suggesting the teams are pretty evenly matched.
The Saints come in at 1-1 after a high scoring loss to the Lions in the opener and a comeback win over the Ravens this past Sunday. The Raiders are 2-0 after beating the lowly Dolphins to open the season and shocking the Chargers in LA last Sunday.
That win against the Chargers pulled the Raiders out of the bottom five in the power
ranking and into the top 20 in many power rankings.
This article originally appeared on Raiders Wire: Raiders odds: Las Vegas opens as underdogs to Saints Week 3
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