2020 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Raiders

Las Vegas

QB Derek Carr

32·31

Broncos

Denver

QB Drew Lock

Empower Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass · 53°F · wind 10mph

Closing spread

LV -2.5

Total

50.5

Model margin

+1.5est.

DEN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Broncos
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Broncos 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 mapBroncos
  • +0.066EPA / play-0.071
  • 47.4%Success rate40.3%
  • +0.155EPA / dropback-0.051
  • -0.067EPA / rush-0.103
  • 10.3%Explosive rate9.1%
  • +2.18CPOE-5.11
  • 45.5%Third-down rate39.5%
  • 59.9%Red-zone TD rate60.5%
  • 2.49Points / drive1.59
  • 2.3%Turnover rate3.0%

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

DEN lead 31–23 since 1999

DEN have won 4 straight. Meetings average 43.1 points. DEN are 23-29-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W14DEN @ LV2417DEN
2025 · W10LV @ DEN710DEN
2024 · W12DEN @ LV2919DEN
2024 · W5LV @ DEN1834DEN
2023 · W18DEN @ LV1427RAIDERS
2023 · W1LV @ DEN1716RAIDERS
2022 · W11LV @ DEN2216RAIDERS
2022 · W4DEN @ LV2332RAIDERS

Box score

Individual performances

Raiders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Derek Carr24/3837122

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Jacobs15895.92
Devontae Booker5163.20
Derek Carr210.50
Henry Ruggs III100.00

Broncos

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Drew Lock25/4133920

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Melvin Gordon26933.61
Royce Freeman22110.50
Drew Lock273.50
Diontae Spencer111.00
Levante Bellamy100.00

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 -2.54.2%2.8%7.2%7.5%3.0%4.6%2.9%

Positive margins favour Broncos; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

2.07%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

53.0%

Expected total

45.3est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.15
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.08
  • Expected margin+1.47