Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
Favorable matchup
Raiders running game vs. Broncos rush defense
This shouldn’t be a strong matchup on paper, with the Broncos having fielded a decent rush defense over the past couple seasons, but history says otherwise. Josh Jacobs has consistently crushed Denver, with 719 combined rushing and receiving yards and nine touchdowns in six career games. He’s set career highs in single-game rushing yards in each of the past two games against the Broncos, including in Week 4 when he ran for 144 yards and a touchdown. Jacobs went on to break his personal record again the next week, rushing for 154 yards in a loss to the Chiefs, but his career numbers against the Broncos still stand above. It’s expected to be around 40 degrees at kickoff, so the Raiders are likely to stick with the ground game as a big part of their game plan. Broncos linebackers Josey Jewell and Alex Singleton have been above-average run-stuffers but Jacobs has eluded them before.