Sun, Oct 11, 2026, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at New England Patriots
Weather at kickoff59°F8 mphgusts 13DryWeather watch ›
3-1 · Power #23
17
final
Final
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2-2 · Power #7
45
▲ winner
Closing spread
NE -8.5
✓ NE W
Total
51.5
▲ Over · 62 pts
Model before kickoff
LV 17–25 NE
✓ NE (77%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenNE -8.5
CloseNE -8.5
Total44.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
No change since the open
Total
Up 7 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened NE -8.5 · unchangedmodel NE -4.5
Opened 44.5 · closed 51.5 · moved 7 upmodel 42
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 7.5–9.5 since 2023: won 68%, covered 41% (75 games)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenNE -8.5
CloseNE -8.5
Total44.5 → 51.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 2 games most like NE as an 8.5-point home favorite against LV, the favorite won 1, covered 0, and 1 went over the total.

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This game: NE won 45–17; the favorite covered, as in 0 of the 2 similar games. 62 points went over 51.5, as in 1 of 2.
Favorite won
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 70%
Favorite covered
0 of 10%
Normal range · usually 42%
Went over
1 of 250%
Normal range · usually 61%

Only 2 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 1.5 against an average line of 7.3; 45.5 points a game (usually 47.2). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 2 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Loose
2026 · Week 3 · loose · similar season form
-731–24 P O49.5
Loose
2024 · Week 2 · loose · similar rest & spread
-7.516–20 L U51.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2023 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 5 trends and market moves behind it
Slight Las Vegas Raiders ATS trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger ATS leans went 294-309 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 163-172 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Las Vegas Raiders ATS trend (4-0)
Las Vegas Raiders have covered 100% of their games with a line this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 83-84 (50%)
Las Vegas Raiders 3-0 ATS as an underdog
Covering consistently in the role they have in this game. · Backtest 2023–26: 81-81 (50%)
Total moved up 7
44.5 → 51.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Las Vegas Raiders on a cross-country trip
Las Vegas Raiders cross 3 time zones (2,365 miles); NFL teams on 3-zone trips have covered more often than the line expects. · Backtest 2023–26: 67-60 (53%)
Small sample warning
New England Patriots have 3 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
LV−3.0 →−1.0▲ 2.0#19
NE+1.8 →+1.8–#9
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4

LV
Longer bar = better
NE
#15
Offense
◀ LV better
#22
#11
Defense
Even
#10
+0.8 #9
Turnovers
◀ LV better
−1.3 #30
67 plays #5
Pace
◀ LV faster
63 plays #12
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When LV has the ball
Even matchup
LV offNE defEdge
Points / game 28.8 #7 19.3 #7 Even
Yards / play 5.12 #17 5.13 #10 NE
EPA / play +0.01 #14 −0.01 #13 Even
Success rate 43% #20 42% #10 NE
When NE has the ball
Advantage: LV defense
NE offLV defEdge
Points / game 16.3 #30 21.0 #11 LV
Yards / play 5.24 #15 5.57 #19 Even
EPA / play −0.05 #23 −0.10 #4 LV
Success rate 43% #18 43% #11 LV

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
LV scoring against the NE defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
LV scored
4.3
#13
9.8
#5
14.0
#5
5.8
#11
9.0
#9
14.8
#7
NE allowed
0.0
#1
8.5
#26
8.5
#6
4.3
#12
6.5
#15
10.8
#13
NE scoring against the LV defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NE scored
3.5
#22
5.0
#24
8.5
#26
3.3
#21
4.5
#24
7.8
#28
LV allowed
3.3
#11
5.8
#9
9.0
#7
7.0
#26
5.0
#7
12.0
#16

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
NE +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
59° · 8 mph
gusts 13 mph · at kickoff
Rest
LV7d
NE7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 130 plays
slowavg 124fast
Travel
LV 2,365 mi
3 time zones