Raiders vs. Dolphins predictions: RJ staffers pick winner of Sunday’s game

Raiders-Dolphins predictions

Adam Hill (0-0)

Raiders bushed reporter

It has been a agelong and engaged offseason for the Raiders, who participate the Klint Kubiak epoch with a large woody of optimism for the future. The Raiders aren’t bully yet, but they bash get the payment of drafting a Dolphins squad that is adjacent further distant from contention. Miami is dedicating 60 percent of its wage headdress to players nary longer connected the roster this season, a record-setting $182.8 million. The Raiders don’t person galore games connected the roster that they should beryllium expected to win. This is 1 of them.

Score: Raiders 27, Dolphins 17

Sam Gordon (0-0)

Raiders bushed reporter

Las Vegas is further on successful its rebuild, equipped with much endowment adjacent down Brock Bowers.

Score: Raiders 24, Dolphins 20

Ed Graney (0-0)

Columnist

The cardinal present is that the Raiders’ absorption is doing the close happening successful gathering for the future. But determination volition beryllium games this play wherever they indispensable triumph to amusement advancement from past year’s nightmare decorativeness of 3 wins. This is decidedly 1 of them. The Dolphins aren’t immoderate good, and portion the Raiders are a agelong mode from contending, determination is simply a consciousness of assurance with seasoned backmost Kirk Cousins moving the offense. Brock Bowers (knee) missing the crippled volition hurt, but determination is capable present to bushed a bittersweet Miami side.

Score: Raiders 28, Dolphins 14

Bill Bradley (0-0)

Sports editor

The Raiders received the unsocial acquisition from the NFL docket makers that they volition play each crippled successful the daytime connected Sundays. No premier time, nary nighttime time. They mightiness person received a bigger acquisition by playing the Miami Dolphins successful the season-opening crippled connected Sunday. The Dolphins, on with the Arizona Cardinals, are expected to beryllium vying for the Arch Manning Trophy, aka, the No. 1 prime successful the 2027 NFL draft. After each of the affirmative changes the Raiders made during the offseason, determination volition beryllium a batch of questions successful Henderson if they can’t bushed the Dolphins.

Score: Raiders 34, Dolphins 13

Richard Bush (0-0)

Assistant Sports Editor

I recovered retired this week that the Dolphins are a bigger betting agelong changeable to triumph the Super Bowl than my Panthers. That’s not a spot you privation to beryllium in. The Raiders are gathering for the future, but this is 1 crippled they request to triumph now. And a caller coach, a caller backmost and a caller attitide should beryllium capable to get it done. And it truly shouldn’t beryllium precise difficult. The 2026 play gets disconnected to a affirmative start.

Score: Raiders 28, Dolphins 14