The 2024-25 season could have gone much better for the Las Vegas Raiders. Injuries alone have been high, with the team losing its defensive tackle, defensive end, linebacker, starting safety, and a number of starting quarterbacks during and between last year’s games. These hurdles went on to affect the Raiders’ overall performance. As of writing, they hold a standing of 4-13, partly because they were forced to rely on their defensive line for most of their games this season.
However, the team demonstrated remarkable resilience towards the end of the season, decisively outperforming teams such as the Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints. The Raiders are now the only team to record zero turnovers in the last two weeks of 2024. They also pulled off eight takeaways in their last five games, the ninth most compared to other NFL teams within the same period. If the Raiders put in maximum effort during the 2025 offseason, their potential for improvement is boundless.
The right offseason strategy can bode well for sports bettors who avidly monitor the team’s performance. Ohio Today reports that Americans bet over $35 billion on NFL games in 2024 alone, when the league started scheduling matches outside traditional time slots. With every draft pick, roster change, and on-field strategy influencing outcomes, NFL bettors are likely to closely monitor underdogs like the Raiders as they utilize the offseason to enhance their league standing.
With that in mind, here’s what NFL bettors and fans of the Raiders can expect as the team trains for the next season.
What the Raiders should prioritize this offseason…
Sports analysts nationwide have consistently highlighted the team’s potential, arguing that a successful offseason can fully unlock it. The Silver and Black’s 2024 contests were handily carried by its defensive players—including star linebacker Robert Spillane—all of whom will be up for grabs in March. That said, the 2025 offseason for the Raiders will have to start with general manager Tom Telesco getting back as many of them as possible.
However, many believe that what the Raiders really need to work on is their offense. From drafting a more seasoned quarterback to better wide receivers and running backs, the team needs to prioritize procuring and training a better offensive core to bolster its standing next season. Among these options, it is evident that the Raiders should begin their search for a quarterback in the 2025 NFL draft, with ESPN experts identifying Shedeur Sanders of Colorado as the most suitable candidate for the Las Vegas team.
Given the Raiders’ injury reports in 2024, it’s also crucial for the team to work toward improving recovery time and preventing injuries. The Raiders may need to alter their overall offseason program, which, except for a mandatory minicamp, is entirely voluntary.
How fans can expect the Raiders’ offseason to affect bets
Diving into NFL betting odds
Plenty of factors can impact NFL betting odds, including coaching changes, injuries, draft picks, and even the weather. The fact that each team plays just 17 games a season also means it’s harder to place bets based on historical data compared to other sports like basketball and baseball—where each team plays 82 and 162 games per season, respectively. Those factors can also make it more challenging to speculate on both pre-match and live in-play betting markets, where you can place everything from point spreads, moneylines, over/unders, parlay bets, and futures bets. To make more informed decisions, NFL bettors must thus rely on sportsbooks and betting platforms that provide the necessary data on odds and matchup analyses.
A quick look at Thunderpick shows that you can do just that for the Raiders. The site, which facilitates bets for multiple sports, including the NFL, and allows for faster and more secure transactions using cryptocurrencies, provides betting odds on everything from first team to score to highest scoring quarter and under/over, including overtime. For example, the betting odds for the Raiders’ early January match against the Los Angeles Chargers predicted the former to win by 2.76 points, compared to the latter’s 1.41, and provided further breakdowns for each quarter of the game.
What does the data say?
The provided data has proven to be exceedingly useful. Just last September, for example, a Caesars Sportsbook bettor saw a $3 bet give a payout of nearly $11,000 after he accurately predicted that underdogs would win in a whopping nine-leg parlay bet—which included placing the Raiders over the Ravens at 26-23.
NFL bettors and Raiders fans must pay close attention during the offseason, as any strategy they implement will impact the odds offered by these betting platforms. A different coach, a new roster, and the ability to prevent and recover from injuries can all alter betting odds for the Raiders’ 2025-26 games by either improving or reducing their chances of winning against various teams.
How the 2025 offseason can change bettors’ expectations
A number of developments in 2024 are likely to make the Silver and Black’s offseason particularly hectic. These include the team’s poor performance amid Antonio Pierce’s first full season as its head coach, the number of injuries players incurred, and the key positions it urgently needs to fill during the 2025 NFL draft.
Previously, the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero pronounced Pierce’s job security to be in “serious doubt,” especially with the Raiders losing 10 games in a row last year. To compensate, the team welcomed back another coach: Norv Turner, who helped it reach a record 9-23 standing during the 2004-05 season. Given the Raiders’ back-to-back wins in December and the aid of Turner himself, Raider Nation’s bettors can potentially look forward to a productive offseason, more strategic plays during the 2025–26 season itself, and thus better odds. However, Pierce’s removal from his duties has significantly increased the stakes.
The Raiders place a high priority on injury prevention and recovery time, particularly considering the significant rotation of the defensive line during the season to enhance their offense. Here, the Raiders may benefit from offseason program changes that are currently awaiting approval from the NFL. The proposed alterations would alter the third phase of the program, known as organized team activities or OTAs, by requiring players to report between June and July instead of in the spring and ultimately eliminating voluntary fieldwork altogether. The changes aim to improve recovery time and prevent injuries, potentially yielding significant benefits for both players and bettors in the upcoming season.
How will the draft unfold for the Raiders?
The team’s ability to select a quarterback of high caliber remains uncertain, particularly after consecutive victories against the Jaguars and Saints dropped them to sixth place in the 2025 draft order. Fortunately, despite their reduced chances of getting the quarterback they need, the Raiders may get the advantage they need now that New England Patriots Hall of Famer Tom Brady owns a minority stake in the team. Analysts currently predict that Brady will have a “closer to 90% involvement” in running the team, a role they believe will begin to manifest during this year’s offseason. In particular, Brady is expected to handpick the Raiders’ next quarterback.
Given his close relationship with both the Buffaloes and their quarterback, Sanders, Brady is likely to help procure Sanders so the team can build the offensive line it needs, further showing how bettors can expect this offseason to improve the Raiders’ odds of winning in the coming months.
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