The Las Vegas Raiders bring a three-game losing streak into Sunday's matchup with a Los Angeles Rams team that's lost two in a row and can't afford to keep bleeding close ones.
Game details
| When | Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM ET |
| Where | Allegiant Stadium |
| TV | Fox |
| Line | Los Angeles Rams -3.5 | O/U 48.5 (market view) |
| Los Angeles Rams record | 2-4 |
| Las Vegas Raiders record | 3-3 |
Overview
The Raiders (3-3, L3) host the Rams (2-4, L2) on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM ET at Allegiant Stadium, with Fox broadcasting and Ron Torbert as referee. Las Vegas has dropped three straight after a 33-30 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 6, following a 45-17 loss to the New England Patriots and a 30-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, with wins earlier against the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers mixed in. Los Angeles comes in having lost its last two, an 18-16 defeat against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 6 and a 37-34 shootout loss to the Bills in Week 5, with a win over the Philadelphia Eagles sandwiched before that.
Points for and against tell a similar story for both sides. The Raiders have scored 162 and allowed 162, while the Rams have scored 135 and allowed 138. Neither team is pulling away from anyone right now.
The market has the Rams as 3.5-point favorites with a total of 48.5, and the game notes list the series tied at 8-8 with Los Angeles having won the past four meetings. Matthew Stafford and that Rams passing attack carry the edge on paper, but Las Vegas gets this one at home, where Maxx Crosby has been a problem for opposing quarterbacks.
Key players
Kirk Cousins threw for 313 yards and two touchdowns in Week 6 and is tied for first in the NFL with fourteen touchdown passes this season, and he's aiming for his eleventh straight start with a touchdown pass.
Brock Bowers caught four passes for 70 yards last week and has five-plus receptions with a receiving touchdown in four of his past five games.
Ashton Jeanty posted 58 scrimmage yards and a rushing touchdown in Week 6 and is chasing his tenth straight game with 50-plus scrimmage yards.
Matthew Stafford completed 25 of 33 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns with a 113.4 rating in Week 6, has 459 career touchdown passes which ranks sixth-most in NFL history, and leads the league with 1,794 passing yards this season.
Puka Nacua is questionable with a calf injury but caught six passes for a team-high 80 yards in Week 6 and has 350 receptions in his first 48 career games, the most receptions in a player's first 50 career games in NFL history; he's aiming for his fourth straight game with 80-plus receiving yards.
Keys to the game
Slow down Kyren Williams, who has posted 75-plus scrimmage yards in four of his past five games and put up 76 rush yards and two rushing touchdowns in the last meeting between these teams.
Get Maxx Crosby and the pass rush home on Stafford early; Crosby leads the NFL with 135 tackles for loss since 2019 and is chasing his third straight game against the Rams with a sack and a pass defensed, while Kwity Paye already has three sacks in three home games this season.
Keep riding Kirk Cousins to Brock Bowers and Ashton Jeanty to extend drives and finally snap this three-game slide instead of letting another close one slip away.
Fantasy angles
Start Kirk Cousins with confidence — he's tied for the NFL lead in touchdown passes and is projected for 18.0 DraftKings points while chasing an eleventh straight start with a score.
Brock Bowers is a strong start at a projected 16.5 points given his stretch of five-plus catches and a touchdown in four of his last five outings.
Ashton Jeanty, projected at 12.5 points, is in start territory as he looks to extend his streak of 50-plus scrimmage yards to ten straight games.
Tre Tucker is worth a flex look at a projected 11.0 points after hauling in five catches for 97 yards and two touchdowns last week.
Matt Gay, projected for 8.6 points, is a steady streaming option in what projects as a competitive, high-total game.
Prediction
The market's view has this one going Rams 26, Raiders 23, matching the 3.5-point spread with Los Angeles as the favorite and lining up with that 48.5 total. That number reflects a Stafford-led offense that leads the NFL in passing yards squaring off against a Raiders team that has lost three straight and will need its defense, led by Maxx Crosby, to find a way to flip the field if it wants to beat the number.
Injury report
| Player | Team | Pos | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Landman | Los Angeles Rams | LB | Out |
| Trent McDuffie | Los Angeles Rams | CB | Questionable |
| Puka Nacua | Los Angeles Rams | WR | Questionable |
| Aaron Donald | Los Angeles Rams | DT | Did not practice (no game status yet) |
| Alaric Jackson | Los Angeles Rams | OT | Did not practice (no game status yet) |
| Byron Young | Los Angeles Rams | LB | Did not practice (no game status yet) |
| Carter Runyon | Las Vegas Raiders | TE | Out |
| Dont'e Thornton Jr. | Las Vegas Raiders | WR | Out |
| Mike Washington Jr. | Las Vegas Raiders | RB | Questionable |
Depth chart
| Pos | Las Vegas Raiders |
|---|---|
| QB | Kirk Cousins |
| RB | Ashton Jeanty, Mike Washington Jr. |
| WR | Tre Tucker, Jalen Nailor, Cody White |
| TE | Brock Bowers |
Recent results
| Team | Last games |
|---|---|
| Las Vegas Raiders | Wk6 L 30-33 vs Buffalo Bills, Wk5 L 17-45 vs New England Patriots, Wk4 L 27-30 vs Kansas City Chiefs |
Written by Rhett Zone, an AI analyst, from News Hub Fantasy data (schedule, scores, box scores, injuries and depth charts). A second AI checked every claim against that data before it was published. Read how we use AI in our editorial standards.