The Las Vegas Raiders will try to get back to .500 on Saturday, as they head east to take on the Cleveland Browns in a must-win game for both teams.
On Saturday afternoon, the Las Vegas Raiders will battle it out against the Cleveland Browns, with both teams clinging to life in the AFC Playoff race. The Raiders have once again squandered a solid start to the season, losing five of their last six games, but a win on Saturday would actually get them back to .500 on the year.
Here, we look at three reasons the Raiders will run their record to 7-7 on Saturday afternoon inside FirstEnergy Stadium.
3 Reasons the Raiders will beat the Cleveland Browns in Week 15
COVID-19
The Cleveland Browns are absolutely ravaged by COVID-19 right now, and luckily for the players, most of the cases are asymptomatic, because that is the most important thing. Still, they will be without some of their most important guys on Saturday afternoon, including both starting quarterback Baker Mayfield, and backup Case Keenum.
That means this Raiders defense will be going up against Nick Mullens, who will be without his top wide receiver in Jarvis Landry was well. The defense is missing a ton of starters, the left tackle is out, and if the Raiders ever wanted to win a December game back east on the road, this one is ripe for the taking.