LAS VEGAS (5-5) AT DALLAS (7-3)
KICKOFF: 4:30 p.m. CBS
BETTING LINE: Cowboys by 7½, according to FanDuel SportsBook.
AGAINST THE SPREAD: Raiders 4-6; Cowboys 8-2.
SERIES RECORD: Tied 6-6.
LAST MEETING: Cowboys beat Raiders 20-17 on Dec. 17, 2017, at Oakland.
LAST WEEK: Raiders lost to Bengals 32-13; Cowboys lost to Chiefs 19-9.
PLAYERS TO WATCH: Raiders DE Yannick Ngakoue has all seven of his sacks in the past six games and is the only player in the NFL with at least seven in each of the past six seasons. ... Cowboys LT Tyron Smith appears set to return after missing three games with an ankle injury. The Dallas offense had its two worst showings of the season in those three games, both losses.
KEY INJURIES: Raiders LB Nick Kwiatkoski (ankle) and CB Keisean Nixon (ankle) are unlikely to play. … RB Jalen Richard (ribs) and G John Simpson (oblique) are also dealing with injuries but could play. … Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb didn’t practice early in the short week after leaving the Kansas City game at halftime with a concussion, but he wasn’t being ruled out. … WR Amari Cooper won’t get to play against his former team after testing positive for COVID-19 last week. The Raiders traded Cooper in midseason 2018. … S Donovan Wilson (shoulder/chest) has already been ruled out by coach Mike McCarthy. STATS AND STUFF: The Raiders are 3-4 on Thanksgiving with the last win coming against Buffalo in 1968 in the AFL. … Las Vegas has lost three straight games following a 5-2 start. … During the skid, the Raiders rank last in the NFL in converting third downs on offense (21.4%) and 30th in stopping third downs on defense (53.5%). The Raiders are 2 for 16 on third downs the past two weeks. For the season, the Cowboys are holding teams to 32.2% on third downs, second in the NFL. … Las Vegas has been held to 16 points or fewer in five of the past seven games. … The Raiders had five turnovers in their first seven games and seven turnovers in the past three. … QB
Derek Carr reached the 3,000-yard mark for his eighth straight season with the Raiders. The only other players to do that in their first eight years are Cam Newton, Russell Wilson and Peyton Manning. Carr needs 63 yards passing to become the fifth QB to reach 30,000 in his first eight seasons.