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Las Vegas Raiders vs Washington Commanders

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Raiders is the better survivor pick this week

Raiders score 0.426 equity (60.2% win probability) against Commanders at 0.291 — a real gap of 0.135.

LV team page →WAS team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

vs MIAOpponent@ PHI

60.2%Win prob31.9%

0.426Equity score0.291

−3.0Spread11/11 books+5.5

40.5Game total44.5

▲ 0.002Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.005

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 6 meetings · LV 1 — WAS 5. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1373.0ELO rating1464.1

#31ELO rank#24

3-14Record5-12

AFC WestDivisionNFC East

#4Division rank#3

W +2 · L 24 · L 2 · L 31 · L 7Last 5newest firstW +7 · L 7 · L 11 · W +8 · L 31

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

16.1 · #16vs QB19.5 · #30

23.4 · #21vs RB25.6 · #27

33.5 · #22vs WR34.9 · #25

10.1 · #2vs TE15.9 · #27

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

2.12 (2025)Sacks / game2.47 (2025)

6.76Pressures / game7.47

8-14Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows8-14

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

41.4% · #22Pre-snap motion42.3% · #18

12.4% · #9Play action11.9% · #11

3.2% · #23RPO6.3% · #12

4.1% · #12Screen pass3.7% · #16

7.4% · #13No huddle50.2% · #1

54.2% · #19Shotgun71.8% · #1

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

21.9% · #29Man coverage32.0% · #15

22.4% · #26Blitz (5+ rushers)27.5% · #16

27.8% · #27Pressure31.3% · #14

LV scheme profile →WAS scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Las Vegas Raiders

Adam ButlerDefensive TackleQuestionable
Aidan O'ConnellQuarterbackOut
AJ ColePunterQuestionable
Alex CappaGuardQuestionable
Andre Carter IIDefensive EndQuestionable
Ashton JeantyRBFull Participation in Practice
Brock BowersTEDid Not Participate In Practice
Brodric Martin-RhodesDefensive TackleOut
Caleb RogersGuardOut
Charles SnowdenDefensive EndOut
Darnay HolmesCornerbackOut
Decamerion RichardsonCornerbackOut

Washington Commanders

Ale KahoLinebackerOut
Ben SinnottTEFull Participation in Practice
Brandon ColemanOffensive TackleOut
Charles OmenihuDEFull Participation in Practice
Chase EdmondsRunning BackOut
Chris Rodriguez Jr.Running BackQuestionable
Colson YankoffTight EndOut
Darius RushCornerbackQuestionable
Daron PayneDTLimited Participation in Practice
Deebo SamuelWide ReceiverOut
Dorance ArmstrongDefensive EndQuestionable
Eddie GoldmanDefensive TackleOut

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