突襲者隊與聖徒隊的賠率，NFL 第 17 週比賽的專家推薦

NFL賽程表的這一部分總是充斥著這樣的比賽：兩支球隊輸掉了太多比賽，但贏得了足夠的勝利，足以損害他們的選秀位置，在驕傲和實用之間的無人區對峙。

The Raiders can’t be blamed for wanting to win, but their Week 16 victory had to have the Vegas front office in tears. Beating the 3-12 Jaguars dropped them from the likely second pick in the draft down to sixth, a crushing blow to their chances of getting the type of franchise-altering quarterback they desperately need. Now they head to New Orleans as coin-flip underdogs against a fellow team stuck in record purgatory.

不能責怪突襲者隊想要獲勝，但他們第 16 週的勝利不得不讓維加斯管理層流淚。擊敗戰績3 勝12 負的美洲虎隊，使他們從選秀中可能的第二順位下降到第六順位，這對他們獲得他們迫切需要的改變球隊的四分衛類型的機會來說是毀滅性的打擊。現在，他們前往新奧爾良，與陷入創紀錄煉獄的同胞隊進行拋硬幣比賽。

This section of the NFL schedule is always littered with such games: Two franchises who have lost too much to be relevant but won enough to damage their draft position facing off in the no-man’s land between pride and practicality.

NFL賽程表的這一部分總是充斥著這樣的比賽：兩支球隊輸掉了太多比賽，但贏得了足夠的勝利，足以損害他們的選秀位置，在驕傲和實用之間的無人區對峙。

The Raiders have no quarterback, a backfield of former backups and a prospect who is now on the IR after four games, and a receiving corps whose best member is 28 years old and never had a 1,000-yard season.

突襲者隊沒有四分衛、由前替補組成的後場和四場比賽後進入IR的新秀，以及一支最好的球員是28歲且從未打過1000碼賽季的接球隊。

Their best weapon is rookie tight end Brock Bowers, who proved in his first season he could alter the fortunes of any offense and will do so in Las Vegas as soon as there is some semblance of an offense deserving of fortunes. The Raider defense is in better shape, especially with the coverage unit becoming one of the tougher matchups down the stretch, but could badly use a front-seven playmaker to help all-world defensive end Maxx Crosby and linebacker Robert Spillane.

他們最好的武器是新秀近端鋒布洛克·鮑爾斯（Brock Bowers），他在第一個賽季就證明了自己可以改變任何進攻的命運，並且一旦出現值得改變的進攻，他就會在拉斯維加斯這樣做。突襲者隊的防守狀況更好，特別是在覆蓋範圍成為接下來最艱難的對決之一的情況下，但可能會嚴重使用前七名組織核心來幫助世界級防守端鋒馬克·克羅斯比和線衛羅伯特·斯皮蘭。

All this is to say they have a heap of team needs and every incentive to keep their win column right where it is for the sake of their draft fortunes.

所有這一切都表明，他們有大量的球隊需求，並且為了他們的選秀命運而將他們的勝利欄保持在原來的位置。

The Saints have much better immediate prospects on paper, but their two electric wideouts are question marks, with Rashid Shaheed (knee surgery) out and Chris Olave on IR with the latest and most severe in a string of concussions. Olave is out for Sunday’s game. Quarterback Derek Carr has been hurt several times this season, and star running back Alvin Kamara (out) only has so many miles left on the tires.

聖徒隊在紙面上的近期前景要好得多，但他們的兩名電動外接手還存在問號，拉希德·沙希德（膝蓋手術）缺陣，克里斯·奧拉夫在IR上遭受一系列腦震盪中最新也是最嚴重的一次。奧拉夫缺席週日的比賽。四分衛德里克卡爾本賽季多次受傷，明星跑衛阿爾文卡馬拉（Alvin Kamara）（出局）的輪胎只剩下這麼多英里了。

New Orleans spent big this offseason but was never in contention after the injuries began. Winning only hurts the Saints’ already middling draft slot, but seven victories sit better than five after all that cash went out the door. After Monday’s drubbing in Green Bay, however, they don’t look like they have the horses to beat even the Raiders at this point.

新奧爾良隊在休賽期花了很多錢，但在傷病開始後就再也沒有參加過比賽。獲勝只會傷害聖徒隊已經中等的選秀順位，但在所有現金都花光之後，七場勝利比五場勝利要好。然而，在周一綠灣慘敗之後，他們現在看起來甚至沒有能力擊敗突襲者隊。

Luckily for them, and anyone chasing the under, Las Vegas shouldn’t be trying all that hard.

對他們和任何追趕底層的人來說幸運的是，拉斯維加斯不應該那麼努力。

Las Vegas Raiders at New Orleans Saints

拉斯維加斯突襲者隊 VS 新奧爾良聖徒隊