2008 · Week 3

Final

Raiders

Oakland

QB JaMarcus Russell

23·24

Bills

Buffalo

QB Trent Edwards

Ralph Wilson Stadium · outdoors · astroplay · 66°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

BUF -10

Total

37.5

Model margin

+1.1est.

BUF perspective

Push chance

2.8%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • Bills
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Bills winsRaiders wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

The rivalry

OAK lead 6–5 since 1999

BUF have won 3 straight. Meetings average 52.1 points. BUF are 4-7 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W2LV @ BUF1038BUF
2020 · W4BUF @ LV3023BUF
2017 · W8OAK @ BUF1434BUF
2016 · W13BUF @ OAK2438RAIDERS
2014 · W16BUF @ OAK2426RAIDERS
2011 · W2OAK @ BUF3538BUF
2005 · W7BUF @ OAK1738RAIDERS
2004 · W2BUF @ OAK1013RAIDERS

Box score

Individual performances

Bills

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Trent Edwards24/3927911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Marshawn Lynch23833.62
Fred Jackson5244.80
Trent Edwards294.50

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +107.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.8%

Positive margins favour Bills; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

2.84%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

52.0%

Expected total

44.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.39
  • Home-field advantage+2.49
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+1.10

One or both ratings are carry-over priors — no games have been played this season yet, so treat this as a starting assumption rather than a read.