2020 · Week 8

Final

Raiders

Las Vegas

QB Derek Carr

16·6

Browns

Cleveland

QB Baker Mayfield

FirstEnergy Stadium · outdoors · grass · 49°F · wind 35mph

Closing spread

CLE -1

Total

48

Model margin

+3.5est.

CLE perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Browns
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Browns 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.

Raidersedge mapBrowns
  • +0.066EPA / play+0.091
  • 47.4%Success rate46.9%
  • +0.155EPA / dropback+0.193
  • -0.067EPA / rush-0.034
  • 10.3%Explosive rate11.2%
  • +2.18CPOE+2.55
  • 45.5%Third-down rate45.5%
  • 59.9%Red-zone TD rate71.8%
  • 2.49Points / drive2.32
  • 2.3%Turnover rate1.5%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

LV lead 8–7 since 1999

Meetings average 38.6 points. CLE are 9-6 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W12CLE @ LV2410CLE
2024 · W4CLE @ LV1620RAIDERS
2021 · W15LV @ CLE1614RAIDERS
2018 · W4CLE @ OAK4245RAIDERS
2015 · W3OAK @ CLE2720RAIDERS
2014 · W8OAK @ CLE1323CLE
2012 · W13CLE @ OAK2017CLE
2011 · W6CLE @ OAK1724RAIDERS

Box score

Individual performances

Raiders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Derek Carr15/2411110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Jacobs311294.20
Derek Carr6416.80
Devontae Booker5295.80
Jalen Richard166.00
Henry Ruggs III111.00

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Baker Mayfield12/2512200

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kareem Hunt14664.70
Baker Mayfield6294.80
D'Ernest Johnson263.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Jarvis Landry411520
Harrison Bryant33250
David Njoku13190
Rashard Higgins13140
Kareem Hunt2370
D'Ernest Johnson1150

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 +13.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Browns; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.4%

Expected total

45.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.80
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.50