Denver Broncos at Las Vegas Raiders DFS Start Em’ Sit Em’| Week 14, 2025

This matchup between the Denver Broncos and the Las Vegas Raiders will hopefully be higher scoring than their previous meeting, which was a 10-7 win for Denver. Since then, Las Vegas has had a new offensive coordinator after firing Chip Kelly, but he will have a very difficult job going up against one of the best defenses in the league. Basically, outside of one player, it’s going to be really difficult to start any of the Raiders in this game for DFS, so it might be smart to focus on the Broncos players who are in good matchups.

Lock of the Game

Necessity is the mother of invention, and Brock Bowers is easily a necessity for the Raiders to do well. Geno Smith should be targeting Bowers often since he is a tight end that doesn’t have to deal with defensive backs like Patrick Surtain defending him. The stats show that when Brock Bowers is targeted often, he usually plays very well. He had a whopping 13 targets in the game against Jacksonville, and that resulted in 127 yards and three touchdowns. It’s doubtful that he will have the same stats in this game, but basically, Smith is going to need to give him the red zone targets, so Bowers is a good lock to find the end zone at least once.

Start ‘Em

There are a lot of factors going in RJ Harvey’s favor in this game. The biggest one is that J.K. Dobbins is still injured and won’t be playing, making Harvey the number one running back. Looking back to the previous matchup, Denver had an early lead and basically kept it throughout the game. If that happens again, Harvey will get most of the garbage time carries. Therefore, even if he doesn’t get a touchdown, Harvey should be getting north of 90 yards in this game.

Looking at the Broncos’ wide receivers, Sutton is basically the only option that is reliable enough to start. Every Denver receiver is capable of having a good game; there is no doubt about that. The issue is that it’s difficult to predict which one is having a good game. Marvin Mims is only two weeks removed from having zero targets against the Chiefs. Troy Franklin only had two catches last week against Washington. Sutton has been the most reliable pass catcher in terms of targets, so in a game where Denver shouldn’t have to throw often, Sutton is the only Denver receiver DFS players can start with any confidence.

Sit ‘Em

Although the beginning of the season was magical for Tre Tucker, it looks like the magic has run out. He hasn’t had more than 50 yards in any of the last five games, with only one touchdown in that time. It’s not his fault necessarily, since he is on an offense that is going through a rough patch, but that also doesn’t make him good to start against a Denver defense that plays extremely well against wide receivers. It’s almost impossible to find a pathway for Tucker to get good numbers in this game.

Even though losing an offensive coordinator in the middle of the season doesn’t help, the past few games for Geno Smith have been quite disappointing. He has thrown four interceptions in that time frame and couldn’t get more than 200 yards in a couple of those games. Simply based on talent, Geno Smith should be better than the bottom tier of quarterbacks, but he shouldn’t be started against his division rival with the outstanding defense. Smith can still have a decent game against an opponent with a worse defense, just not against Denver.

Fade of the Game

Mostert doesn’t get that many carries with the football nowadays. He gets more work in the air, but in terms of running the football, Las Vegas would prefer Ashton Jeanty to be getting the work. Since Jeanty hasn’t had a great stretch previously, Vegas might focus on getting him as many carries as possible, leaving Mostert as a pass-catching secondary option. Las Vegas also won’t be in the end zone too many times in this matchup, so Mostert’s ceiling isn’t looking too high either. The better time to play Mostert would be in a shootout against a defense other than the one in Denver.