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NFL · Week 16 2026 · Sunday, December 27

Titans vs Raiders prediction and pick

Our Tennessee Titans at Las Vegas Raiders pick: Raiders by 8.7, 74% to win. The forecast starts from what each team’s play has been worth once the luck is adjusted for, adds last season, who starts at quarterback and who is out hurt, and home field. No betting information goes in.

An early look, 13 weeks ahead: it sharpens as the game comes up. Updated every day until kickoff, then frozen and scored. After the game this page shows who deserved to win.

Why the curves are so wide: luck. Even with both teams’ strength known exactly, one game’s bounces, kicks, calls and sequencing move the final margin by about ±12.1 points (one standard deviation, measured from every play since 2019). These forecasts carry ±13.4, so about 81% of the width is that luck; the rest is what nobody knows yet about the teams. That is why a 7-point favorite still loses about 3 times in 10.

Titans at Raiders

Sun, Dec 27, 4:05 pm ET · Allegiant Stadium

Raiders by 8.7 · 74% to win

Show as a table
OutcomeChance
Titans win25.5%
Raiders win74.5%
Middle 50%: Titans by 1 to Raiders by 1850%
Middle 90%: Titans by 14 to Raiders by 3190%
Middle 95%: Titans by 18 to Raiders by 3595%
Exactly Raiders by 37.6%
Exactly Titans by 35.7%
Exactly Raiders by 75.5%
Exactly Raiders by 145.1%
Exactly Raiders by 104.4%
P50
Half of games like this end between Titans by 1 and Raiders by 18.
P90
9 in 10 between Titans by 14 and Raiders by 31.
P95
19 in 20 between Titans by 18 and Raiders by 35.
Where the forecast comes from
This season, adjusted for luckRaiders+3.9
Home fieldRaiders+2.3
QuarterbacksRaiders+1.9
Last seasonRaiders+0.6

The season so far

TeamRecordCoin-flip winsLuck in wins
Titans 0–3 0.8 −0.8
Raiders 3–0 2.0 +1.4

Coin-flip wins: the wins each team’s games were worth with only the kicks, bounces, drops and calls re-rolled, the record adjusted for luck. Luck in wins: actual wins minus what the play was worth.

Titans vs Raiders: questions and answers

Who will win Titans vs Raiders?

Our forecast picks the Raiders, with 74% to win; the Titans win 26% of the time.

What’s the spread for Titans vs Raiders?

Our spread: Raiders −8.7. The betting line isn’t out yet. Ours uses no betting information, so where the two differ is where our read of the teams differs from the market’s.

When is Titans vs Raiders?

Sunday, December 27, 2026, at 4:05 pm ET, at Allegiant Stadium.