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Las Vegas Raiders at Arizona Cardinals: Week 17 preview

• The Las Vegas Raiders (3-4) visit the Arizona Cardinals (2-5) on Sun, Jan 3 · 4:05 PM ET.
• The Raiders offense ranks 15th in EPA per play (+0.02); the Cardinals defense ranks 28th (+0.11 allowed). Biggest Raiders edges: yards per dropback, EPA per dropback, explosive pass rate. The Cardinals defense holds the edge in EPA per designed run, havoc rate, rushing success rate.
• The Cardinals offense ranks 19th in EPA per play (−0.02); the Raiders defense ranks 22nd (+0.04 allowed). Biggest Cardinals edges: average 3rd-down distance, non-explosive EPA per play, passing success rate. The Raiders defense holds the edge in explosive pass rate, explosive play rate.
• Luck check: the Raiders have been lucky (+1.7 points per game from kicking and fumble luck).
• Pace: projected for about 132 total snaps, 3 more than a typical game.