NFL Preview: Las Vegas Raiders (8-7) at Indianapolis Colts (9-6)

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SUNDAY, JAN. 2, 2022 // 1:00 PM ET // LUCAS OIL STADIUM // REFEREE: BRAD ROGERS

ON THE AIRWAVES

TV: FOX (1:00 PM ET): Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Sara Walsh (field reporter)
SIRIUS: 133 (LV), 81 (Ind.), | XM: 382 (LV), 226 (Ind.) | SXM App: 816 (LV), 813 (Ind.)

REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY

LEADER: Raiders lead all-time series, 9-8
STREAKS: Colts have won 2 of past 3
LAST GAME: 12/13/20: Colts 44 at Raiders 27
LAST GAME AT SITE: 9/29/19: Raiders 31, Colts 24

 

RAIDERS NOTES

• QB DEREK CARR completed 20 of 25 atts. (80 pct.) for 201 yards & TD vs. INT for 96.8 rating last week. Has 70+ comp. pct. in 3 of past 4. Has 12 TDs (10 pass, 2 rush) vs. 2 INTs for 108.9 rating in 4 career starts vs. Ind. Aims for his 5th in row vs. Ind. with 2+ TD passes. Ranks 3rd in NFL with career-high 4,363 pass yards, his 4th-straight season with 4,000+ pass yards.

• RB JOSH JACOBS tied career high with 129 rush yards last week. Aims for 6th in row with 70+ scrimmage yards & 3rd in row with 90+ scrimmage yards. Had 108 scrimmage yards (79 rush, 29 rec.) in last road meeting. Needs 4 yards to join HOFer MARCUS ALLEN as only players in franchise history with 1,000+ scrimmage yards in each of 1st 3 seasons.

• TE DARREN WALLER had 7 catches for 75 yards in last meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Ind. with 7+ catches & 50+ rec. yards. TE FOSTER MOREAU aims for 3rd in row with 65+ rec yards. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Ind. with TD catch. WR ZAY JONES aims for 4th in row with 5+ catches & 3rd in row with 50+ rec. yards. HUNTER RENFROW had TD catch last week & has rec. TD in 2 of past 3. Had 5 catches in last meeting.

• LB DENZEL PERRYMAN had 5 tackles last week & has 5+ tackles in each of his 13 games this season. Had 9 tackles & sack in only
career game at Ind. (9/25/16 w/ SD). DE MAXX CROSBY had 2 TFL & 6th sack of season in Week 16. Has TFL in 3 of past 4. Had 2 TFL in last meeting. Had FF in last road meeting. DT QUINTON JEFFERSON had sack last week. Aims for 4th in row with TFL.

 

COLTS NOTES

• QB SAM EHLINGER (rookie) expected to make 1st-career start. Was selected in 6th round of 2021 NFL Draft out of Texas.

• RB JONATHAN TAYLOR aims for 4th in row with 100+ rush yards. Has rush TD in 11 of past 12. Aims for his 7th in row at home with 95+ scrimmage yards & rush TD. Rushed for 150 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. Leads NFL with 19 TDs (17 rush, 2 pass) & 1,962 scrimmage yards (1,626 rush, 336 rec.) & can become 1st player in franchise history with 20+ TDs & 2,000+ scrimmage yards in single season. RB NYHEIM HINES had 75 scrimmage yards (58 rush, 17 rec.) in last meeting.

• WR MICHAEL PITTMAN had 8 catches for 82 yards last week. Has 6+ catches & 75+ rec yards in 2 of past 3. Has 50+ rec. yards in 4 of his past 5 at home. WR T.Y. HILTON had 51 rec. yards & TD catch in Week 16. Had 5 catches for 86 yards & 2 TDs in last meeting. Had 85+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3 vs. Raiders. WR DEZMON PATMON had 1st-career TD catch last week. TE MO ALIE-COX had 42 rec. yards in Week 16.

• LB DARIUS LEONARD has 10+ tackles, FF & PD in 2 of his past 3. Had 11 tackles & TFL in last meeting. Is only player since 2000 with 15+ FFs (15) & 10+ INTs (10) in 1st 4 seasons. LB E.J. SPEED led team with career-high 9 tackles & had PD last week. CB KENNY MOORE has 2 PD in 2 of past 3. Had 5 tackles, INT & FF in last meeting. Has PD in 2 of 3 career games vs. Raiders. S KHARI
WILLIS had 50-yard INT-TD, only career TD, in last meeting. Has TFL in 2 of his past 3 at home.