NFL Week 14 tips: Raiders to let rip on broken Rams

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Las Vegas Raiders (5-7) @ Los Angeles Rams (3-9)

Match odds: 2/5 | 21/10
Spread: Raiders -6.5
O/U: 44.5

It's the Super Bowl champions versus a popular pre-season dark horse pick on Thursday Night Football, yet both the Raiders and Rams have been two of the biggest disappointments in the entire NFL this season.

The Rams have been an unmitigated disaster this season and are on course to be the worst Super Bowl defending champions on record - they're already guaranteed to be the eighth defending champs to have a losing record after six straight defeats.

Injuries have decimated LA so much that even the Raiders are huge favourites here and it's easy to see why, with Derek Carr throwing at least two TDs in his last five, Davante Adams having a monster game last week with 177 yards and two TDs and Josh Jacobs having three straight 100-yard rushing games.

With Aaron Ronald missing a second straight game it could be a really ugly game for the Rams, who have even claimed QB Baker Mayfield off waivers they're that desperate - and their only chance to stick in the game is to run the ball as they did in a season-high 171-yard ground total on Sunday.

Las Vegas have not been anywhere near solid enough to be comfortable favourites by a touchdown, but the Rams are just broken right now and it's hard to make a case for anything but a road win for the Raiders.

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New York Jets (7-5) @ Buffalo Bills (9-3)

Match Odds: 10/3 | 2/9
Spread: Bills -9.5
O/U: 43.5

The Bills losing Von Miller could be a huge blow to their Super Bowl hopes, but it shouldn't stop them winning here to make it four in a row - plus they owe the Jets one for beating them a month ago.

Both sides are in the play-offs as it stands and both are good enough to stay there, but it'll be more of a battle for the Jets as offensively they'll struggle to put up points even though there's a lot to like about them defensively.

Cleveland Browns (5-7) @ Cincinnati Bengals (8-4)

Match Odds: 2/1 | 2/5
Spread: Bengals -6.5
O/U: 47.5

It's a funny old game when Joe Burrow has beaten Patrick Mahomes three games running but has never beaten the Browns! Cleveland in fact have won the last five and eight of the last nine agains their Ohio rivals.

Deshaun Watson returned last week but was as bad as you'd expect after 700 days off the field for various reasons - yet the Browns still won with everyone else scoring bar their offence.

And the fact they've been Burrow's Kryptonite in recent years makes you wonder - it'd just be like the NFL for Cincy to knock off the Chiefs then go and lose to the Browns. Logic has to win sometimes though, and the Bengals have got it rolling.

Houston Texans (1-10-1) @ Dallas Cowboys (9-3)

Match Odds: 7/1 | 1/12
Spread: Cowboys Cowboys -16.5
O/U: 45.5

The last two meetings have been settled by overtime field goals, but I'd be amazed if this one wasn't done and dusted in regulation with a pretty comfortable Cowboys win.

Dallas are 5-1 since Dak Prescott returned from injury, leading the league in points and ony behind the Chiefs in yards during that span - and when you couple that with a beefy defence then that's a tasty combination.

Minnesota Vikings (10-2) @ Detroit Lions (5-7)

Match Odds: 11/10 | 3/4
Spread: Lions -2.5
O/U: 52.5

The Vikings can win the division with a win or a tie, while four wins in five somehow has Detroit eyeing up an unlikely play-off spot following their 1-6 start.

Detroit can score on anyone, and Minnesota's defence doesn't actually stop teams piling up the yard - they just seem to make a play here or there to win the game. They could be lucky, but it could also just be who they are - either way, give me a 10-win team as a road underdog at odds-against and I'm taking it.

Philadelphia Eagles (11-1) @ New York Giants (7-4-1)

Match Odds: 1/3 | 23/10
Spread: Eagles -6.5
O/U: 44.5

The Eagles can book their play-off spot with a win, the Giants can keep their play-off hopes alive with an upset on their division rivals, but I think they're just a bit short on offence to get this done.

Baltimore Ravens (8-4) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (5-7)

Match Odds: 6/5 | 4/6
Spread: Steelers -2.5
O/U: 36.5

Pittsburgh have won three of four to start a late play-off charge, and they'll get Ravens back-up QB Tyler Huntley on Sunday with Lamar Jackson out injured.

Huntley can play, but so can this improving Pittsburgh defence and with a point to prove this one could get ugly in the trenches, maybe not as ugly as Baltimore's 10-9 win over Denver last week but pretty similar.

Jacksonville Jaguars (4-8) @ Tennessee Titans (7-5)

Match Odds: 8/5 | 1/2
Spread: Titans -4.5
O/U: 41.5

The perfect antidote to two bad losses form the Titans is to play the Jags, who they've beaten in the last five meetings and nine of the last 10. It's also a simple formula - feed Derrick Henry, the guy with 345 rushing yards and two TDs in just his last two games against Jacksonville.

Kansas City Chiefs (9-3) @ Denver Broncos (3-9)

Match Odds: 2/9 | 10/3
Spread: Chiefs -9.5
O/U: 43.5

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-6) @ San Francisco 49ers (8-4)

Match Odds: 6/4 | 8/15
Spread: 49ers -3.5
O/U: 37.5

Carolina Panthers (4-8) @ Seattle Seahawks (7-5)

Match Odds: 8/5 | 1/2
Spread: Seahawks -3.5
O/U: 43.5

Miami Dolphins (8-4) @ Los Angeles Chargers (6-6)

Match Odds: 4/7 | 7/5
Spread: Dolphins -3
O/U: 52.5