Denver returns home and hosts the Raiders on a short week on Thursday Night Football. The Broncos pulled out a last second 18-15 victory at Houston last week to improve their record to 7-2. Denver is in first place in the AFC West, and this is their best record since 2015 through nine games. Now, the rival Raiders come to town. The Raiders are dangerous even though they are 2-6. Geno Smith has had some recent success against Denver. TE Brock Bowers was awesome last week and he is a threat in the passing game, and rookie Ashton Jeanty is another weapon on offense. This is not a slam dunk, easy win for Denver. This will be a tough game and that worries me. The Raiders have a long history of coming into Denver and knocking off the Broncos in years when Denver was good and the Raiders were bad.
Prediction: Las Vegas (+9.5) over DENVER
Final Score: Raiders-24 Broncos-23
