I’ve had a running joke this year that you cannot trust “Thursday Night Football” games between divisional opponents. Get together two teams who know each other well and put them on a short week, and anything can happen. Look no further than the 49ers’ upset of the Rams, the Giants’ upset of the Eagles, and the Bengals’ upset of the Steelers in this season’s Thursday night games alone.

However, I’m not sure that will hold true again this week.

The hapless 2-6 Las Vegas Raiders are up against the 7-2 Denver Broncos. Denver enters the game as 8.5-point favorites, and that seems a bit modest from the Vegas oddsmakers. But you never know. I can think of a team who was favored by just about that much last week that didn’t end up winning.

So if you’re interested in this AFC matchup and think

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