Game Info
Kickoff: Thursday, November 6, 2025, 8:15 PM ET
Location: Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, CO
Network: AMZN
Las Vegas Raiders
Quarterback
Geno Smith: SIT
Brock Bowers is back. Tyler Lockett signed. Geno Smith throws four touchdowns.
GENO SZN IS BACK BABY! Right?
No. No, it’s not.
Smith did enough against the Jaguars to prevent being benched (for now), but he’s not all of a sudden his 32-year-old breakout once again. Coming into the game, Geno had one touchdown in his last three games, and after throwing four touchdowns and one interception, his TD: INT ratio is even at 11:11. Jacksonville has been kind to opposing quarterbacks this season, allowing the fourth most passing touchdowns, including nine in their past two games. Denver has allowed eight passing touchdowns all season. There’s no chance I’m starting Geno against the Broncos, and it’s going to take more than one nice game for me to consider starting him in any format.
Running Back
Ashton Jeanty: START, Borderline RB1
Ashton Jeanty didn’t surpass 50 rushing yards against the Jags or rush for a touchdown. But he had arguably his best receiving game as a pro, catching all five of his targets for 47 yards and a receiving touchdown. Jeanty has the talent to put up respectable numbers in any matchup, but things stay difficult against Devner. The Broncos have allowed fewer points per game to the position than the Jags (8th most vs 10th most) and held all but one running back to 70 or fewer rushing yards. Some guy named Jonathan Taylor ran right through them in Week 2 for 165 yards. Jeanty’s volume and talent keep him in the RB1 conversation almost every week, but he’s borderline in Week 10.
Wide Receiver
Tre Tucker: START, WR3
Dont’e Thornton: SIT
Jack Bech: SIT
Tyler Lockett: SIT
Jakobi Meyers – Traded to Jaguars
Since his Week 3 fantasy point bonanza, Tre Tucker has scored 10 or more points twice and hasn’t surpassed 70 receiving yards in four of five games. The return of Brock Bowers hurts his potential target volume, but it’s somewhat offset by the Raiders shipping Jakobi Meyers to Jacksonville. He’s a low upside WR3 against Denver, even without Patrick Surtain. The Meyers trade doesn’t move the needle for any of the other Raiders receivers, though. Jack Bech saw zero snaps last week. Dont’e Thornton has zero points since Week 3. And Tyler Lockett was drafted on the same day as the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron. None of them should be anywhere near your starting lineup. Probably your roster, too.
Tight End
Brock Bowers: START, TE1
Brock Bowers is BACK bay bay, and he bought the BOOM.
(Note: That’s an Adam Cole reference, not the Costco Guys. I had to make that perfectly clear.)
Coming into the game, the Jags had given up three touchdowns to tight ends all season and had yet to give up more than 71 yards to the position. Bowers statline? 12 catches, 13 targets, 127 yards, 3 touchdowns. He’s back. Bowers is locked and loaded as week-in, week-out must start TE1. Don’t be surprised if he’s back to fun fact status as soon as Week 11.
Defense/Special Teams
Las Vegas Raiders: SIT
The Raiders’ defense has allowed 61 points over their last two games.
Denver Broncos
Quarterback
Bo Nix: START, Borderline QB1
Bo Nix has been the maestro behind the captivating symphony of comeback magic over the past few weeks, and the Broncos keep finding ways to win. But Nix’s play has been erratic, to put it kindly. He’s thrown for over 300 yards just once this season and fewer than 250 yards in four of his last five games, and has been mediocre against outside of facing the putrid defenses of the Bengals, Giants, and Cowboys. For all the faults of the Raiders, their pass defense has been somewhat decent. They’re tied for the fourth fewest passing touchdowns allowed this season (11), but their pass rush has been nonexistent. They have the sixth slowest time to pressure and are tied with Philadelphia for the fifth fewest sacks (16). Like most quarterbacks, Nix performs better when not facing pressure. But Bo’s numbers drastically drop.
It’s a mixed bag of a matchup against the Raiders, but considering byes and injuries (get well soon, Jayden Daniels), Nix is still a start. Just be prepared for another unpredictable performance.
Running Back
J.K. Dobbins: START, RB1
Rj Harvey: FLEX, RB3
You know all those passing touchdowns Las Vegas isn’t allowing? They’re allowing rushing touchdowns instead. The Raiders are tied with the Giants, Bengals, and Bills with 12 scores given up on the ground, second to Tennessee (with one fewer game played). J.K. Dobbins has just one game over 10 fantasy points in his past three, but he’s had 58.7% of the rushing attempts and averaged 5.8 yards per carry over that span. Fire him up as a borderline RB1. RJ Harvey had just two rushing attempts for five yards, but had a career game through the air. Harvey held on to five catches for 51 yards on five targets and scored his fifth touchdown in his last three games. It was the rookie’s third straight with a rec TD. Harvey’s role in the offense is growing, but he’s still a risky flex play. More often than not, he’ll need a touchdown to get over 10 fantasy points.
Wide Receiver
Courtland Sutton: START, WR2
Troy Franklin: START, WR3
Pat Bryant: SIT
There’s been a big fuss made over Troy Franklin, totaling more targets than Courtland Sutton over the past few weeks. But even with Franklin’s role growing, Sutton’s target share surprisingly has stayed about the same. From Weeks 1-6, Sutton accounted for 19.4% of Denver’s targets, barely dropping to 18.1% over his last three games. Franklin’s target share has ballooned from 17% to 23.3% over the last three games. So where are the targets coming from? The running backs.
From Weeks 1-6, Bo Nix targeted Broncos running backs on 23.2% of passes. Weeks 7-9? The number dropped to 14.6%. From a target share perspective, Franklin and Sutton should be able to co-exist. But it’s not all rainbows and marshmallows for Sutton. Nix targets his first read on about 80% of his pass attempts. Over the first six weeks, that was Sutton 25.9% of the time and Franklin 18%. In the last three games, they’ve basically traded places, Franklin seeing 29.3% with Sutton dropping to 19.5%. Nix is targeting Franklin downfield more, too. Through the first six weeks, the duo had four targets of 20+ yards each. From Weeks 7-9, Franklin has 10 to Sutton’s six.
Sutton should be fine and remain a solid WR2. But Franklin’s emergence as Nix’s first read and downfield threat has sliced the top off of Sutton’s ceiling. Franklin’s likely a little more volatile, but absorbed all the upside.
Tight End
Evan Engram: SIT
My kids’ guinea pig, “Nugget,” had the same amount of fantasy points last week as Evan Engram versus the house. Zero. Point. Zero. Engram’s been a colossal bust, yet to have a single game over 42 receiving yards and just one touchdown on the season.
Wait. It couldn’t be. Could it?
Engram averages about three catches and 27 receiving yards per game. He’s hit double-digit fantasy points once, when he caught a touchdown.
Evan Engram, I dub thee an official member of tHe gLob!
Nugget can be started as a solid streamer.
Defense/Special Teams
Denver Broncos: START
The Broncos are one of six teams allowing fewer than 20 points per game and lead the league in sacks with 40.