The Las Vegas Raiders (2-11) and Philadelphia Eagles (8-5) will face off in Week 15 of the NFL season on Sunday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. ET from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The game will broadcast live on FOX.
The Eagles are 12.5-point favorites over the Raiders on the spread (Eagles -12.5), with the over/under set at 37.5 total points. Philadelphia is a -850 favorite to win outright on the moneyline, while Las Vegas is +575 to pull off the upset.
Let's get into my Raiders vs Eagles predictions and my NFL picks for Sunday, December 14.
Raiders vs Eagles Prediction, Picks
- Raiders vs Eagles pick: Under 37.5 (-110)
My Eagles vs. Raiders best bet is on the under, with the best price currently available at bet365. However, make sure to find the best odds by checking our live NFL odds page.
Raiders vs Eagles Odds for NFL Week 15
| Raiders Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+12.5 -110 | 37.5 -110o / -110u | +575 |
| Eagles Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-12.5 -110 | 37.5 -110o / -110u | -850 |
Las Vegas Raiders vs Philadelphia Eagles NFL Preview
The Eagles offense is broken. It’s not going to be fixed, and if you’re an Eagles fan, this season is basically mirroring Brian Johnson and all the offensive-coordinator issues from a few years ago.
The Eagles started off hot, winning a bunch of close games, and then everything cratered. I think that’s exactly where this team is headed.
They lost in Week 15 last year to a Pete Carroll team with Geno Smith’s backup. They lost to Drew Lock and the Seahawks in Week 15. After that, they lost as 11.5-point home favorites to the Cardinals in December — the crowd was booing hard.
I thought about playing the Raiders at +11.5 with Kenny Pickett. He is going to be in there, and can at least move around, which is what you need behind this offensive line.
The Raiders' offensive line is… woof. It’s worse than what the Browns might put out this week.
The Raiders can’t do anything on offense. They can’t run, they can’t pass protect … Geno just kept taking crippling sacks. Pickett can at least move around a little.
However, the Eagles are good against tight ends, which is bad news for a Raiders passing offense that primarily runs through Brock Bowers.
I don’t think anyone is going to get open for the Raiders. They’re not going to run the ball well.
On the flip side, the Raiders are going to play a lot of zone defense, and the Eagles can't do anything against zone.
Opponents are going to make the Eagles move the ball methodically, and they’re incapable of doing that right now.
The Eagles are playing so slow right now, there’s no creativity. This offense is a disaster.
It’s a Jalen Hurts problem. It really is. People want to blame offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo — and yes, the coordinator has issues with play design, route trees, lack of motion, lack of play-action under center — but Hurts deserves a big part of the blame.
He asked for fewer designed runs, which immediately limits what the coordinator can call. They aren’t replacing those Hurts-designed runs with Barkley-designed runs; they’re replacing them with passes, and Hurts can’t read defenses.
Hurts is scrambling less because he’s trying to get through his progressions and prove he can be the guy, but he’s making bad reads and throwing bad balls.
It reminds me of Broncos-era Russell Wilson, when he suddenly didn’t want to run anymore and wanted to prove he was a pocket passer, and his career unraveled. Hurts is dangerously close to that right now.
Yes, it’s the Eagles, so maybe they figure it out and he comes out running 15 times, but I really do think this is more on Hurts than the coordinator.
Hurts is trying to be somebody that he isn’t, and it’s hurting the Eagles.
You simply can’t survive in the modern NFL as a quarterback if you can’t beat zone. You see zone constantly.
There was a stat earlier this week: Jordan Love and Sam Darnold are the only two quarterbacks with multiple touchdown passes of 40+ air yards this season.
This league isn’t built for constant man-coverage shots anymore. If defenses know you can’t read the field, they sit in zone and force you to make real reads.
Hurts is bottom five in yards per attempt in the 0-9-yard range. He can’t layer the ball, he can’t give his receivers room to run. He just can’t win games right now.
The Eagles' offense is broken, and it’s Week 15. You don’t fix an offense in Week 15.
Head coach Nick Sirianni tried to take some blame and talk about spending more time on it, but Hurts literally had the first two-turnover play in modern history. It’s ridiculous.
Raiders vs Eagles Betting Predictions, Analysis
It’s hard to see this Raiders team sustaining drives offense — though as I mentioned above, Kenny Pickett can at least scramble a little bit and pick up first downs, which helps field position and time of possession, instead of Geno Smith just taking sacks all game.
As for the Eagles, it doesn’t matter who they play, they can go an entire half without scoring. The offense led by Jalen Hurts is broken, slow, predictable, unable to beat zone, and unable to sustain drives.
Honestly, I might sprinkle some on the Raiders moneyline. This could turn into an Eagles meltdown.
Raiders vs Eagles Best Bet
- Under 37.5 (-110)
Raiders vs Eagles Betting Trends
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