Tennessee (1-4) at Las Vegas (1-4)

BetMGM NFL Odds: Raiders by 4 1/2.

Against the spread: Titans 2-3; Raiders 1-4.

Series record: Raiders lead 30-22.

Last meeting: Titans beat Raiders 24-22 in Nashville on Sept. 25, 2022.

Last week: Titans beat Cardinals 22-21; Raiders lost 40-6 to Colts.

Titans offense: overall (31), rush (28t), pass (32), scoring (31t).

Titans defense: overall (25), rush (30), pass (21), scoring (26).

Raiders offense: overall (18), rush (20), pass (16), scoring (30).

Raiders defense: overall (19), rush (13), pass (22), scoring (25).

Turnover differential: Titans plus-1; Raiders minus-6.

QB Cam Ward. The No. 1 overall pick is coming off his first NFL win and his best game yet as a pro. Ward threw for 193 of his 265 yards in the fourth quarter as Tennessee rallied from a 21-6 deficit in the final 15 minutes. The rookie has to start games like he finished last week to give the Titans a chance at consecutive wins.

QB Geno Smith. His nine interceptions lead the NFL and he looks more like the quarterback who struggled in his early years with the New York Jets than the player who resurrected his career in Seattle. Coach Pete Carroll is giving Smith every chance to snap out of his slump.

Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty vs. Titans run defense. Jeanty has shown over the past two games why Las Vegas drafted him sixth overall this year and now he goes against the league’s 30th-ranked rush defense. If Jeanty can help establish a consistent running game, that will take pressure off Smith. But if the Titans bottle up the back, they will limit what the Raiders are able to accomplish by forcing Smith to pass his way to victory.

Titans: RT JC Latham has missed four straight games with a strained hip, but finally is working his way back into practice. ... Multiple players did not practice early in the week, including DT Jeffery Simmons (ankle), WR Van Jefferson (ankle), DL James Lynch (shoulder) and K Joey Slye (calf).

Raiders: TE Brock Bowers (knee) is day to day. ... P AJ Cole (low ankle sprain) will not kick until Friday, when he will be re-evaluated. ... CB Eric Stokes (knee) was limited in practice.

This is the teams’ first meeting in Las Vegas. ... The Titans have won the past two matchups. Those victories came on the heels of a three-game series winning streak by the Raiders. ... The Raiders are 4-0 in playoff games against the Titans/Houston Oilers, but the most recent one was Jan. 19, 2003. The then-Oakland Raiders won 41-24 to advance to what is their most recent Super Bowl. ... Four of the past five meetings and seven of nine were in Nashville.

Raiders defense. Las Vegas faces one of the NFL’s most ineffective offenses, and the Raiders’ defense often has performed well even when placed in difficult situations. Plus, the defense figures to be motivated after the Colts moved almost at will against it.

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