{"id":17959,"date":"2021-07-09T04:16:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=17959"},"modified":"2021-07-10T04:26:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T04:26:30","slug":"las-vegas-raiders-2021-win-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/las-vegas-raiders-2021-win-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS RAIDERS 2021 WIN PREDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Gruden was wooed out of the Monday Night Football booth three seasons ago to the tune of a reported 10-year, $100 million contract with the Las Vegas (then Oakland) Raiders. Since then the team has gone 19-29, with its best campaign coming last year when they finished 8-8. By my math, the Raiders have paid Gruden nearly $1.6 million a victory. Money well spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no more excuses for Las Vegas this season. Gruden has enjoyed all the time he needs to build \u201chis team\u201d and, even though the Raiders happen to be in the same division as the Kansas City Chiefs, they need to make the playoffs this year or Gruden should be sent back to the booth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s an outside chance Las Vegas can find itself in the Aaron Rodgers sweepstakes and he would certainly make a difference, but Derek Carr isn\u2019t the problem here. Frankly, he\u2019s the best quarterback Gruden has ever had under center as a head coach and 10 games under .500 is the best he\u2019s done with him. Mark Davis, if his haircut is any indication, is a man willing to put up with a lot. But getting jumped by the Los Angeles Chargers and their first year coach Brandon Staley in the AFC West standings and Wild Card race shouldn\u2019t be one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAS VEGAS<\/strong> RAIDERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season:<\/strong> 8-8, 2nd<\/sup> place AFC West<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 odds:<\/strong> over 7 wins -115, under 7 wins -115<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 NFL Draft:<\/strong> Alex Leatherwood, OT, Alabama \u2013 Round 1, Trevon Moehrig, Safety, TCU \u2013 Round 2, Malcolm Koonce, LB, Buffalo \u2013 Round 3, Dvine Deablo, Safety, Virginia Tech \u2013 Round 3, Tyree Gillespie, Safety, Missouri \u2013 Round 4, Nate Hobbs, CB, Illinois \u2013 Round 5, Jimmy Morrissey, C, Pittsburgh \u2013 Round 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UDFAs:<\/strong> Dairus Stills, DT \u2013 Washington, Dillon Stoner, WR \u2013 Oklahoma State, Max Richardson, LB \u2013 Boston College, Trey Ragas, RB \u2013 Louisiana, Devery Hamilton, OT \u2013 Duke, D.J. Turner, WR \u2013 Pittsburgh, Garrett Groshek, RB- Wisconsin, T.J. Morrison, DB \u2013 Stony Brook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquisitions: <\/strong>Yannick Ngakoue, Edge \u2013 Free Agent, Casey Hayward, CB \u2013 Free Agent, Nick Martin, C \u2013 Free Agent, John Brown, WR \u2013 Free Agent, Kenyan Drake, RB \u2013 Free Agent, Solomon Thomas, DL \u2013 Free Agent, Quinton Jefferson, DL \u2013 Free Agent, Willie Snead, WR \u2013 Free Agent, Karl Joseph, Safety \u2013 Free Agent, Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB \u2013 Free Agent, De\u2019Vane Bausby, CB \u2013 Free Agent, Rasul Douglas, CB \u2013 Free Agent, Matt Dickerson, DL \u2013 Free Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Losses:<\/strong> Trent Brown \u2013 RT, Rodney Hudson \u2013 C, Tyrell Williams \u2013 WR, Gabe Jackson \u2013 RG, Lamarcus Joyner \u2013 Safety, Maliek Collins \u2013 DL, Jason Witten \u2013 TE, Jeff Heath \u2013 Safety, Takkarist McKinley \u2013 Edge, Erik Harris \u2013 Safety, Raekwon McMillan \u2013 LB, Devontae Booker \u2013 RB, Vic Beasley \u2013 Edge, Arden Key \u2013 DL, Maurice Hurst \u2013 DL, D.J. Killings – CB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESUMED STARTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QB:<\/strong> Derek Carr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB:<\/strong> Josh Jacobs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Henry Ruggs III<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Bryan Edwards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> John Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TE:<\/strong> Darren Waller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LT:<\/strong> Kolton Miller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LG:<\/strong> Richie Incognito<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C:<\/strong> Andre James<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RG:<\/strong> Dencelle Good<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT:<\/strong> Alex Leatherwood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDE:<\/strong> Clelin Ferrell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDT:<\/strong> Quinton Jefferson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDT:<\/strong> Johnathan Hankins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDE:<\/strong> Yannick Ngakoue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Cory Littleton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLB: <\/strong>Nick Kwiatkoski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Nicholas Morrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Casey Hayward<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Trayon Mullen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SS: <\/strong>Johnathan Abram<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FS:<\/strong> Trevon Moehrig<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K:<\/strong> Daniel Carlson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P:<\/strong> A.J. Cole<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FORECAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Raiders face a murderer\u2019s row in the first five games of the season, playing three playoff teams (the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears), the Los Angeles Chargers and the Miami Dolphins, who won 10 games in 2020. They do get the Dolphins and Ravens at home, which should matter, but the game at the Chargers could loom large and, if Las Vegas is embarrassed, Gruden might want to dust off his old Fired Football Coaches Association visor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now, the Raiders\u2019 biggest obstacle to the Wild Card is the Chargers, but if the Denver Broncos pull off a preseason trade for Aaron Rodgers, everything flips as they would all but be guaranteed a Wild Card spot if at worst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way, there is no room for error for Las Vegas this season. And they need to open 3-2 in those first five games or they could be in real trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Record Prediction:<\/strong> 10-7, possible AFC Wild Card<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL season begins on Thursday, Sep. 9 and the Week 1 Schedule is already up and taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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