Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2025 · Week 3

Final

Raiders

Las Vegas

QB Geno Smith

24·41

Commanders

Washington

QB Marcus Mariota

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 72°F · wind 6mph

Closing spread

WAS -2.5

Total

43.5

Model margin

+3.5est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Commanders 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 mapCommanders
  • -0.192EPA / play+0.035
  • 38.6%Success rate46.4%
  • -0.130EPA / dropback+0.084
  • -0.304EPA / rush-0.039
  • 6.7%Explosive rate8.6%
  • -0.91CPOE+0.67
  • 34.1%Third-down rate37.2%
  • 55.4%Red-zone TD rate72.8%
  • 1.25Points / drive2.03
  • 2.2%Turnover rate2.0%

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

WAS lead 5–1 since 1999

WAS have won 5 straight. Meetings average 41.3 points. WAS are 5-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2021 · W13WAS @ LV1715WAS
2017 · W3OAK @ WAS1027WAS
2013 · W4WAS @ OAK2414WAS
2009 · W14WAS @ OAK3413WAS
2005 · W11OAK @ WAS1613RAIDERS

Box score

Individual performances

Raiders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Geno Smith19/2928930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ashton Jeanty17633.70
Zamir White5193.80
Geno Smith252.50
Tre Tucker144.00
Dylan Laube320.70

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Marcus Mariota15/2120710

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jeremy McNichols47819.51
Marcus Mariota6406.71
Chris Rodriguez Jr.11393.50
Jacory Croskey-Merritt8263.31
Deebo Samuel Sr.3186.00

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 +2.53.8%6.8%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%2.8%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

7.52%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

58.4%

Expected total

43.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.47
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.32
  • Expected margin+3.49