Las Vegas (1-3) at Indianapolis (3-1)

Against the spread: Raiders 1-3, Colts 3-1

Last meeting: Colts beat Raiders 23-20 in Indianapolis on Dec. 31, 2023.

Last week: Raiders lost 25-24 to Bears; Colts lost 27-20 to Rams.

Raiders offense: overall (18), rush (15), pass (14), scoring (24).

Raiders defense: overall (21), rush (13), pass (23), scoring (23).

Colts offense: overall (3), rush (8), pass (4), scoring (4).

Colts defense: overall (17), rush (T-8), pass (21), scoring (12).

Turnover differential: Raiders minus-4; Colts plus-3.

Left tackle Stone Forsythe. With Kolton Miller going on injured reserve with an ankle injury, Forsythe has the challenge of replacing one of the league’s top tackles. The offensive line is coming off its best game, but this is a unit that has struggled most of the first four games. That puts even more pressure on Forsythe to do his part.

QB Daniel Jones. Indy’s new quarterback started fast — throwing three TD passes, running for three more scores and not committing a turnover as the Colts had their first 3-0 start since 2009. Last week, things changed. Jones threw two interceptions in Indy’s first loss of the season, so the question Sunday is whether he — and his teammates — can rebound by cleaning up all the mistakes they made last week.

Raiders DE Maxx Crosby vs. Colts offensive line. Indy’s rebuilt offensive line has allowed just four sacks this season, but Crosby may pose their biggest challenge yet. He’s been one of the league’s top pass rushers for years and though he has only two sacks this season, he does have seven tackles for loss. The Colts need Jones to remain upright to win this week — and that means containing Crosby.

The Raiders top two TEs — Bowers (knee) and former Notre Dame star Michael Mayer (concussion) — did limited work Wednesday. So did CB Eric Stokes (knee) and LB Brennan Jackson (foot). But Bowers and Stokes are expected to play. ... Indy got encouraging news about WR Alec Pierce, a full participant, and RG Matt Goncalves (toe), a limited participant, in Wednesday’s practice. Neither played last weekend. But two starters — CB Kenny Moore II (Achilles tendon) and LB Zaire Franklin (ankle) — did not practice. RB Tyler Goodson (groin) and S Daniel Scott (knee) also were out Wednesday.

The Colts have won two straight and three of the past four against the Raiders. Their lone loss during that stretch came in January 2022, which led to Indy missing the playoffs. ... This 22-game series has featured games played in five cities and six stadiums. ... The then-Oakland Raiders rallied from an early double-digit deficit to beat Indy 38-31 on Sept. 10, 2000 — the same day the late Bob Knight was fired by Indiana University. ... These teams have only met twice in the postseason, but the December 1977 playoff game might be the most memorable. Oakland beat the then-Baltimore Colts 37-31 in double overtime in the “The Ghost to the Post” game that featured Hall of Fame TE Dave Casper making an adjustment to Hall of Fame quarterback Ken Stabler’s high, arching pass that appeared to be overthrown and behind Casper. It set up the tying field goal late in regulation and Casper also caught the 10-yard pass to win it.

It’s a push. Taylor and Jeanty are two of the top backs in the league while Bowers and Warren might be the two brightest, young tight ends in the game. You can’t go wrong with any of them.

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