The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 8 Las Vegas Raiders at New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon game.
| Las Vegas | Rank | @ | New Orleans | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2 | Spread | 2 | ||
| 25 | Implied Total | 23 | ||
| 27.2 | 3 | Points/Gm | 25 | 7 |
| 25 | 26 | Points All./Gm | 28.6 | 31 |
| 61.2 | 21 | Plays/Gm | 65.7 | 9 |
| 63.3 | 19 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 60.7 | 7 |
| 6 | 7 | Off. Yards/Play | 6.1 | 5 |
| 5.8 | 23 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.6 | 18 |
| 38.69% | 19 | Rush% | 41.74% | 14 |
| 61.31% | 14 | Pass% | 58.26% | 19 |
| 40.00% | 10 | Opp. Rush % | 44.24% | 25 |
| 60.00% | 23 | Opp. Pass % | 55.76% | 8 |
- The Saints have allowed six teams to reach their implied team total, the most in the league.
- The Saints have hit their implied total offensively five times, tied for the most in the league.
- The Raiders have scored on 54.4% of their drives, the highest rate in the league.
- 30.0% of the Raiders' offensive plays on first and second down have resulted in a first down or touchdown, second in the league behind the Chiefs (30.5%).
- New Orleans has scored a touchdown on 28.6% of their red zone plays, second in the league.
- Opponents have converted 75.0% (15-of-20) of their red zone possessions for touchdowns against the Raiders, the third-highest rate in the league.
- The Raiders are forcing 2.2 sacks plus takeaways per game, the fewest in the league.
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Quarterback
Derek Carr (TRUST): Carr played a solid game last week, completing 21-of-27 passes for 241 yards (8.9 Y/A) with a touchdown, but he was limited to a QB15 scoring week (13.5 points) due to Josh Jacobs soaking up all of the touchdowns on the ground.
Carr has finished in the back half of weekly scoring just twice this season through six games, but also inside of the top 10 just once. He has lived in that QB10-QB15 range.
He will try to access more of a ceiling this week against a New Orleans defense that has allowed three straight top-10 scorers. The Saints are one of the more disappointing units of the season. They are dead last in the league in pressure rate (21.2%), allowing 7.3 yards per pass attempt (20th), 11.7 yards per completion (24th), a 4.5% touchdown rate (23rd), and 0.47 passing points per attempt (27th) this season.
We will see if the Saints can at least get Marshon Lattimore back on the field this week, but Carr is set up to be one of the better back-end QB1 options on the week.
