Silver Minings: Raiders’ winning despite poor point differential in 2021
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By: Bill Williamson
Las Vegas has been outscored by 68 points this season
This has been an unusual season for the Las Vegas Raiders to say the least.
They started put 3-0 and then had a late-season collapse, dropping five of six games. Now, though, they have saved their season by reeling off three straight wins and will make the AFC playoffs with a home win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday night.
However, the 9-7 Raiders have not been point differential heroes in 2021. Of the 15 teams with winning records, the Raiders are the only team that has a negative point differential and it’s not close. They are -68 in point differential for the season.
Point differential of 15 teams w/ winning records per Sunday night:
Bills +177
Patriots +168
Cowboys +147
Bucs +134
KC +112
Colts +101
Cardinals +91
Rams +91
Bengals +89
Eagles +84
Titans +62
Packers +59#49ers +59
Chargers +18#Raiders -68— Josh Dubow (@JoshDubowAP) January 3, 2022
The reason? Well, the simple answer is when the Raiders win, it’s usually in close games … and when they lose, the games aren’t usually close. The Raiders have won the last three games by a total of nine points. They are 6-2 in one-score games and 3-5 in other games.
But, of course, if they continue to win, who cares what the score is?
In other Raiders’ links:
- AFC playoff picture: Pro Football Talk takes a closer look at the crazy AFC playoff picture, which, of course, the Raiders are right in the middle of.
- Power Rankings: Check out were ESPN.com has the Raiders placed in their Week 18 NFL Power Rankings.
- Getting to know Kolton: The Raiders’ website has a feature on standout left tackle Kolton Miller.
Originally posted on Silver And Black Pride