Last week, Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr was nearly the sole holdout in picking the Raiders to edge past the Buffalo Bills. Well, anyone backing the Raiders in Week 7 has a lot more company, with a good chunk of the experts giving them a real shot against the Rams Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.
Computer models favor LA, but human analysts are embracing the Las Vegas upset.
Covering the spread against Buffalo apparently buys a team some respect. The computer models still like the Rams comfortably, but some of the humans are far less sure, and a few of them switched sides from last week. Even the Raiders Wire staff is on board too, picking the Raiders 3-1 with an average score of 27-25.
Three of NFL.com’s five analysts picked the Rams, with Jeremy Bergman at 24-17, Gennaro Filice at 27-24 and Dan Parr at 31-27. The other two went with the Raiders, and both picks come with a story.
Source: Yahoo Sports
