2022 · Week 16

Final

Raiders

Las Vegas

QB Derek Carr

10·13

Steelers

Pittsburgh

QB Kenny Pickett

Acrisure Stadium · outdoors · grass · 9°F · wind 21mph

Closing spread

PIT -2.5

Total

38.5

Model margin

+4.4est.

PIT perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Raiders

Steelers

Win probability

  • Steelers
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Steelers 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 mapSteelers
  • +0.009EPA / play+0.012
  • 43.4%Success rate45.1%
  • +0.057EPA / dropback+0.016
  • -0.071EPA / rush+0.006
  • 9.9%Explosive rate7.9%
  • -2.03CPOE+1.33
  • 39.7%Third-down rate43.5%
  • 59.7%Red-zone TD rate55.1%
  • 2.10Points / drive1.65
  • 1.9%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

PIT lead 8–7 since 1999

PIT have won 3 straight. Meetings average 44.2 points. PIT are 6-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W6PIT @ LV32–13PIT
2023 · W3PIT @ LV23–18PIT
2021 · W2LV @ PIT26–17RAIDERS
2018 · W14PIT @ OAK21–24RAIDERS
2015 · W9OAK @ PIT35–38PIT
2013 · W8PIT @ OAK18–21RAIDERS
2012 · W3PIT @ OAK31–34RAIDERS
2010 · W11OAK @ PIT3–35PIT

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultLV–PIT
LVQ1 15:001472Touchdown7–0
PITQ1 6:38618Punt7–0
LVQ1 3:40414Punt7–0
PITQ1 1:24850Missed field goal7–0
LVQ2 11:48412Punt7–0
PITQ2 9:391462Field goal7–3
LVQ2 1:49853Field goal10–3
PITQ2 0:0500End of half10–3
PITQ3 15:00749Turnover10–3
LVQ3 11:4810Turnover10–3
PITQ3 11:39622Missed field goal10–3
LVQ3 7:17520Turnover10–3
PITQ3 4:4030Punt10–3
LVQ3 4:13712Punt10–3
PITQ4 14:54943Field goal10–6
LVQ4 9:47513Punt10–6
PITQ4 5:5639Punt10–6
LVQ4 4:3235Punt10–6
PITQ4 2:551076Touchdown10–13
LVQ4 0:4620Turnover10–13
PITQ4 0:29221End of half10–13

Box score

Individual performances

Raiders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Derek Carr16/3017413

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Josh Jacobs15442.90
Derek Carr3144.70
Brandon Bolden100.00

Steelers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kenny Pickett26/3924411

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Najee Harris16533.30
Jaylen Warren6233.80
Kenny Pickett393.00

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 +2.53.6%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Steelers; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

7.49%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.7%

Expected total

45.2est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.67
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.38