OAKLAND (3-4) at BUFFALO (4-2)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS
OPENING LINE - Bills by 2
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Oakland 3-4, Buffalo 4-1-1
SERIES RECORD - Raiders lead series 21-19
LAST MEETING - Raiders beat Bills 38-24, Dec. 4, 2016
LAST WEEK - Raiders beat Chiefs 31-30; Bills beat Buccaneers 30-27
AP PRO32 RANKING - Raiders No. 21, Bills No. 9
RAIDERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (22), RUSH (24), PASS (18)
RAIDERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (26), RUSH (19), PASS (23)
BILLS OFFENSE - OVERALL (25), RUSH (14), PASS (29)
BILLS DEFENSE - OVERALL (21), RUSH (7), PASS (26)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Both teams won previous games in final seconds. Raiders won on Michael Crabtree’s 2-yard touchdown catch with no time remaining. Buffalo scored 10 points in final 2:28 and won on Stephen Hauschka’s 30-yard field goal with 14 seconds left. … Raiders won six of past eight meetings, with both losses at Buffalo. … Oakland leads NFL with 24 touchdowns of 20 yards or longer since start of 2016. … QB Derek Carr leads league with 13 fourth-quarter comeback victories since 2015. … WR Amari Cooper had 18 catches for 146 yards and TD in first six games, and 11 catches for 210 yards and two TDs against Chiefs. … Former Bills RB Marshawn Lynch will miss first chance to return to Buffalo while serving one-game suspension for pushing official. Lynch was Bills’ 2007 first-round pick and spent three-plus seasons in Buffalo before traded to Seattle. … DE Khalil Mack spent four seasons at University at Buffalo before being selected by Oakland with fifth pick in the 2014 draft. Mack has 12 tackles, two sacks, forced fumble and fumble recovery in two career games against Bills. … Bills have won five of first seven just twice - 2008 and ’11 - during 17-season playoff drought. … With 3-0 home record, Bills haven’t opened 4-0 at Orchard Park, New York, since 1995. Bills won first four “home” games in 2011, including one at Toronto. … QB Tyrod Taylor’s 268 yards passing against Bucs his second most in victory. … RB LeSean McCoy had 91 yards rushing - most since 110 in season opener - and scored twice last week to snap six-game TD drought. … Buffalo allowed 447 yards offense to Tampa Bay, most in win since giving up 489 in 31-24 victory over Eagles on Oct. 9, 2011. … S Micah Hyde tied for NFL lead with four interceptions. … Hauschka holds share of NFL record in hitting 12 consecutive field goals of 50 yards or longer. … Fantasy Tip: Carr worth consideration against Bills’ defense that allowed combined 712 yards passing and four TDs receiving past two games.
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