Sharp money moves line on Raiders-Giants

After the abrupt resignation of manager Jon Gruden connected Oct. 11, the Raiders regrouped and won, covered and went implicit the full successful back-to-back games earlier their bye week.

Now the squad returns to enactment connected the roadworthy against the New York Giants 5 days removed from Tuesday’s fatal car clang involving Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs that claimed the beingness of Las Vegas nonmigratory Tina Tintor.

“With everything that happened, I’m hoping this is simply a circle-the-wagons crippled and not a letdown game,” Treasure Island sportsbook manager Tony Nevill said.

Sharp bettors are banking connected the Raiders (5-2, 4-3 ATS) to beryllium resilient and screen against the Giants arsenic statement 3-point favorites. The enactment had climbed to 3½ connected Friday astatine the South Point, Treasure Island and Circa Sports, which took crisp wealth connected the Raiders.

“(From) a crisp marketplace follower,” Circa sportsbook manager Chris Bennett said successful a text. “And we hadn’t seen thing important connected the Giants.”

Bettors are each implicit the AFC West-leading Raiders astatine Station Casinos, wherever 82 percent of the tickets are connected the favorite.

“The wealth wagered and the summons number are some immense successful favour of the Raiders,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said. “The Raiders are coming disconnected their bye, which gave Josh Jacobs and Darren Waller clip to get healthy. And they’re playing a Giants squad that’s banged up and not precise bully close now.

“Maybe getting retired of municipality for a roadworthy crippled volition beryllium bully for them.”

New York (2-6, 4-4 ATS) has covered its past 2 games: a 25-3 location triumph implicit Carolina followed by a 20-17 nonaccomplishment astatine Kansas City connected Monday night.

But the Giants are expected to beryllium without moving backmost Saquon Barkley and receiver Sterling Shepard, among others, though wideout Kenny Golladay hopes to play aft missing the past 3 games with a genu injury.

The full is astatine 46½ aft opening astatine 47½.

“The full is down due to the fact that the Raiders’ wide receiver corps is intelligibly worse without Ruggs,” Bennett said. “They don’t person a heavy wide receiver corps. He was their No. 1 wide receiver and was playing beauteous good this season.

“That hurts the Raiders’ chances successful this crippled and for the remainder of the season.”

Westgate SuperBook vice president of hazard Ed Salmons said the Raiders are successful a pugnacious spot for respective reasons besidesvthe Gruden resignation and calamity involving Ruggs. The squad has to question crossed the state for a 10 a.m. body-clock crippled and mightiness commencement dilatory coming disconnected of their bye.

“There are a batch of things moving against the Raiders,” helium said. “They had the bye week wherever they were feeling truly bully astir themselves and present they person this going on.

“Sometimes a squad has a bye week and alternatively of moving hard for the adjacent game, they conscionable fundamentally observe what they’ve done. It’s a young team.”

Salmons has been impressed with the Giants’ defence the past 2 games and, barring turnovers, expects New York to cover.

“I would instrumentality the Giants oregon permission the crippled alone,” helium said.

At Caesars Sportsbook, bettors are backing New York.

“We saw immoderate aboriginal enactment for the Giants aft they gave Kansas City their all,” Caesars vice president of trading Craig Mucklow said. “Nothing dense oregon ace sharp. Will decidedly request the Raiders travel Sunday arsenic bettors thin to reason teams successful turmoil.”

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