2025 · Week 5

Final

Raiders

Las Vegas

QB Geno Smith

6·40

Colts

Indianapolis

QB Daniel Jones

Lucas Oil Stadium · closed · fieldturf

Closing spread

IND -7

Total

46.5

Model margin

+3.9est.

IND perspective

Push chance

4.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

Availability

The injury report

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

Raiders

Colts

Win probability

  • Colts
  • Raiders

How each play moved the game.

Colts 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 mapColts
  • -0.192EPA / play+0.083
  • 38.6%Success rate46.6%
  • -0.130EPA / dropback+0.104
  • -0.304EPA / rush+0.052
  • 6.7%Explosive rate8.1%
  • -0.91CPOE+0.62
  • 34.1%Third-down rate43.0%
  • 55.4%Red-zone TD rate71.1%
  • 1.25Points / drive2.74
  • 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

IND lead 9–5 since 1999

IND have won 3 straight. Meetings average 51.4 points. IND are 6-8 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W17LV @ IND20–23IND
2022 · W10IND @ LV25–20IND
2021 · W17LV @ IND23–20RAIDERS
2020 · W14IND @ LV44–27IND
2019 · W4OAK @ IND31–24RAIDERS
2018 · W8IND @ OAK42–28IND
2016 · W16IND @ OAK25–33RAIDERS
2013 · W1OAK @ IND17–21IND

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–IND
INDQ1 15:0039Punt0–0
LVQ1 13:111580Field goal3–0
INDQ1 3:211493Touchdown3–7
LVQ2 11:33516Punt3–7
INDQ2 9:2953Touchdown3–14
LVQ2 7:56949Turnover3–14
INDQ2 3:531663Touchdown3–20
LVQ2 0:15226Missed field goal3–20
LVQ3 15:00412Punt3–20
INDQ3 12:571268Touchdown3–26
LVQ3 6:5424Turnover3–26
INDQ3 6:1926Touchdown3–32
LVQ3 5:4949Turnover on downs3–32
INDQ3 3:47344Touchdown3–40
LVQ3 2:271430Field goal6–40
INDQ4 11:39731Punt6–40
LVQ4 6:451370End of half6–40

Box score

Individual performances

Raiders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Geno Smith25/3622802

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ashton Jeanty14674.80
Raheem Mostert7223.10
Tre Tucker199.00
Geno Smith382.70

Colts

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Daniel Jones20/2921220
Anthony Richardson1/2900
Tyler Warren0/1000

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jonathan Taylor17663.93
DJ Giddens5224.40
Ameer Abdullah263.01
Daniel Jones122.00

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 +73.7%6.7%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.8%

Positive margins favour Colts; negative favour Raiders.

Half-point at risk

4.86%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

59.4%

Expected total

41.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.17
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+3.87