Tennessee Titans at Oakland Raiders NFL Preview – Week 12
Despite the bad performances throughout this entire season, both the Tennessee Titans and Oakland Raiders hold their chances of reaching the postseason very much thanks to the overall terrible form of teams in the AFC division.
Week 12 Pro NFL Odds Courtesy Of 5Dimes USA Mobile Sportsbook
The Pro Football Betting Lines opened up with The Oakland Raiders listed as the -1.5 favorites with the total listed at 41.5. As we look at the Live NFL Betting Lines courtesy of 5Dimes USA Internet and Mobile Sportsbook we can see that the tables have turned. The Titans are laying one point on The Raiders and the total is listed at 41.
The Tennessee Titans and the Oakland Raiders hold their records below .500 and both teams will really look to win this game in order to improve their chances of reaching the playoffs. One of these teams will probably have to see their chances for the postseason extinguished after the Titans play Oakland on Sunday. Tennessee is coming off from a dreadful sequence of losing five out of the last six games; this includes back-to-back defeats combining five points. On the other hand, the Raiders finally won 28-23 away at Houston last week, finally ending their two-game series of losses.
Oakland’s rookie quarterback, Matt McGloin, will try to continue building the successful NFL start which already saw him providing three scoring passes which led the Raiders to a season-high points total. Veteran Raider, safety Charles Woodson commented, “He played flawless football, especially for this being his first start in the NFL.” Titans’ Ryan Fitzpatrick is giving consecutive strong efforts for the team but unfortunately hasn’t got a win to show for it.
LOOK AT THE TITANS (4-6)
Fitzpatrick’s passer rating has been 111.0 plus in each of his previous two games, having completed 44-of-61 for 486 yards, adding three touchdowns and no interceptions. The incredible inconsistency that the running back Chris Johnson had been demonstrating seems to have no end with him failing to go beyond 39 rushing yards in the previous five of the last seven games, however he had two touchdown performances in two of the previous three games improving his overall impression. Tennessee blew their 14-0 lead entering the second quarter to Indianapolis and has dropped 26.2 points on average in the last six games.
LOOK AT THE RAIDERS (4-6)
The Terrelle Pryor sub, a young rookie McGloin, gave an 18-of-32 plus 197 yards performance stepping in for the injured Raiders’ quarterback. Raiders’ backups seem to come up big for their team lately with running back Rashad Jennings reaching his career-high 150 yards and adding a touchdown playing Houston. On top of that he has accumulated 340 yards on the ground in the last three games, subbing Darren McFadden who is out with an injured hamstring. The Raiders are expected to present a big level of run game in which they are ranked fourth in the league, averaging 145.4 rushing yards.
Free Week 12 Pro Football Betting Pick: Oakland Raiders
