Thursday Night Football: Raiders at Rams (7:15 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread, More

The Raiders come into Inglewood winners of three straight games looking to pull to within a game of .500 against the surprisingly bad Los Angeles Rams. The Rams will be making a game time decision between John Wolford and Baker Mayfield under center tonight, which is just about all you need to know regarding how bad this team has been this season.

With Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Allen Robinson II, and Aaron Donald all out for tonight’s game, the Rams are lacking almost all of the star power that the Amazon Prime schedule makers were banking on when they picked this game for this week’s installment of TNF.

For the Raiders, Josh Jacobs has been on fire of late, but he’s dealing with an oblique injury that might slow him down tonight. Derek Carr can become the third quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 3,000 yards in each of his first nine seasons with just 20 passing yards.

Game Info

Las Vegas Raiders (5-7, 3rd AFC West) at Los Angeles Rams (3-9, 4th NFC West) – Amazon Prime Video (Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung); Westwood One (Ian Eagle, Jason McCourty); Spanish Broadcast (Miguel Gurwitz, Ronaldo Cantu, Mayra Gomez)

Kickoff Time: 7:15 p.m. CT
Site: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, Ca.
Referee: Brad Rodgers
Odds: Raiders -7, O/U 43 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Coaches

Raiders: Josh McDaniels (16-24) vs. Rams: Sean McVay (58-35)

Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats

Raiders: Derek Carr: 20/31, 235 passing yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries, 6 rushing yards

versus

Rams: Game Time Decision

Week 14 projected stats via ESPN projections

Raiders Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Derek Carr
•   RB Josh Jacobs
•   WR Davante Adams, Mack Hollins, Keelan Cole
•   TE Foster Moreau
•   LT Kolton Miller, LG Dylan Parham, C Andre James, RG Alex Bars, RT Jermaine Eluemunor

Defense
•   DE Maxx Crosby, DT Neil Farrell Jr., DT Bilal Nichols, DE Chandler Jones
•   WLB Luke Masterson, MLB Denzel Perryman, SLB Darien Butler
•   LCB Sam Webb, RCB Nate Hobbs
•   FS Trevor Moehrig, SS Roderic Teamer

Specialists
•   Daniel Carlson (kicker), A.J. Cole (punter, holder), Trent Sieg (long snapper), Ameer Abdullah (kick returns), D.J. Turner (punt returns)

Rams Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB John Wolford
•   RB Cam Akers
•   WR Van Jefferson, Ben Skowronek, Lance McCutcheon
•   TE Tyler Higbee
•   LT Ty Nsekhe, LG Matt Skura, C Brian Allen, RG Coleman Shelton, RT Rob Havenstein

Defense
•   LDE Jonah Williams, NT Greg Gaines, RDT Michael Hoecht
•   OLB Leonard Floyd, LILB Ernest Jones; RILB Bobby Wagner, SLB Terrell Lewis
•   LCB Troy Hill, RCB Jalen Ramsey
•   FS Nick Scott, SS Taylor Rapp

Specialists
•   Matt Gay (kicker), Riley Dixon (punter, holder), Matthew Orzech (long snapper), Brandon Powell (kick and punt returns)

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Patrick grew up in Chicago's Bridgeport and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods before moving to the Western Suburbs of Chicago before eventually relocating to the Las Vegas area with his family in 2023. He started with Bleacher Nation in 2021 and has spent time as a Staff Writer and on the Chicago Blackhawks beat. He is currently a writer and editor at Bleacher Nation covering the Chicago Bears and the NFL at large and the author of the Bleacher Nation Newsletter. Patrick is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA).

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