Recent stretch leaves Las Vegas below .500
The Las Vegas Raiders dropped to 4-5 with a 38-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Week 9. It was their third defeat in four games, a stretch marked by consistently high opponent scoring. Las Vegas has allowed at least 33 points in each of those four games. The Raiders lost 33-30 to Buffalo and 35-21 to the Los Angeles Rams before beating the New York Jets 38-33. Against San Francisco, their scoring fell to its lowest total of that stretch. Through nine games, the Raiders have scored 238 points and surrendered 268, leaving them with a minus-30 point differential. The recent results put the defensive challenge in focus: even scoring 30 points has not reliably been enough.
Bowers leads the latest fantasy returns
Brock Bowers delivered 22.3 PPR points in Week 9, comfortably leading the Raiders' listed fantasy performers despite the loss. Kirk Cousins finished with 12.6, followed by Tre Tucker with 9.5. Ashton Jeanty and Matt Gay each posted 7.0. Cousins leads Las Vegas in season fantasy scoring with 170.3 points. Bowers follows at 146.0, ahead of Jeanty at 139.3, Tucker at 109.3 and Gay at 88.0. For fantasy managers, Bowers supplied the strongest Week 9 return among that group. Jeanty's 7.0-point outing was a more modest contribution from the Raiders' third-highest season scorer.
Seattle comes next
The Raiders return to Allegiant Stadium to host the Seattle Seahawks in Week 10 on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 4:05 p.m. ET. Las Vegas enters that matchup needing to reverse a run of three losses in four games. Limiting opponent scoring is the clearest area for improvement after four straight games allowing 33 points or more.