The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 13 Washington Football Team at Las Vegas Raiders Sunday afternoon game.
| Washington | Rank | @ | Las Vegas | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | Spread | -2.5 | ||
| 23 | Implied Total | 25.5 | ||
| 20.8 | 20 | Points/Gm | 23.5 | 17 |
| 25.6 | 25 | Points All./Gm | 26.8 | 30 |
| 65.2 | 10 | Plays/Gm | 63.5 | 14 |
| 60.7 | 8 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 68.1 | 31 |
| 5.4 | 20 | Off. Yards/Play | 6.1 | 4 |
| 5.9 | 29 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.3 | 9 |
| 45.19% | 9 | Rush% | 37.25% | 26 |
| 54.81% | 24 | Pass% | 62.75% | 7 |
| 37.57% | 6 | Opp. Rush % | 42.06% | 17 |
| 62.43% | 27 | Opp. Pass % | 57.94% | 16 |
- Washington has trailed for just 23.7% of their snaps (zero in the second half) since their Week 9 bye after trailing for 81.1% of their snaps prior, the highest rate in the league.
- The Raiders are first in the league in rate of plays to generate a gain of 20-plus yards (once every 11.1 offensive plays).
- Washington is 31st in the league in touchdowns allowed outside of the red zone (12).
- Derek Carr ranks third in completion rate (74.9%) and third in yards per pass attempt (9.0 Y/A) on first down pass attempts as opposed to a 62.4% completion rate (28th) and 7.8 Y/A (10th) on other downs.
- Just 23.1% of the yardage gained by the Raiders has come via rushing, the lowest rate in the league.
- 74.2% of the yardage gained against Washington has come via passing, the third-highest percentage in the league.
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Quarterback
Derek Carr: Carr is coming off a stellar game on Thanksgiving, completing 24-of-39 passes for 373 yards with a touchdown while tacking on a season-high 21 rushing yards.
Since the release of Henry Ruggs, Carr has now been the QB20 (10.3 points), QB8 (18.2 points), QB23 (8.6 points), and the QB6 (21.0 points).
Carr was aided with the increased usage of DeSean Jackson, who not only contributed on his own (102 yards and Carr’s touchdown pass) but opened up so much more of the offense with his presence. Carr’s depth of target spiked back to 10.4 yards downfield, which was second among all passers in Week 12. This after a 7.3 aDOT the previous three games (22nd in the league).
Carr has another strong draw on paper here against Washington, who has allowed the most passing points per game (19.4) and has allowed back-to-back QB1 scoring weeks to Russell Wilson (19.5 points) and Cam Newton (26.2 points). Washington has allowed multiple passing touchdowns in eight of 11 games on the year. It also helps that Washington has been excellent against the run (something the Raiders are bad at anyways) and is a pass funnel, which is cooked into their points allowed.
The downside is that Carr is likely going to be without another weapon in Darren Waller for at least this week. Carr was still 16-of-24 for 225 yards (9.4 Y/A) without Waller in the second half on Thanksgiving and was the QB13 (19.0 points) without Waller back in Week 7 to alleviate some of that concern, but the receiving weaponry is not objectively strong for the Raiders, leaving Carr as a borderline QB1 streamer and high-floor option in 2QB formats.
