Las Vegas at New England

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (Interstat) — The Las Vegas Raiders will visit the New England Patriots on Sunday in a National Football League game at Gillette Stadium. The forecast for game time calls for 60°F at the Foxborough, Mass., venue.

Las Vegas enters at 3-1. New England is 2-2. The Raiders are coming off a 30-27 loss to Kansas City in their most recent game. In that defeat, Kirk Cousins completed 31 of 52 passes for 365 yards and two touchdowns. Ashton Jeanty ran 15 times for 58 yards and caught six passes for 68 yards. Mike Washington Jr. added nine carries for 18 yards and one reception for minus-1 yard.

Cousins, the Raiders quarterback, is the player to watch for Las Vegas. He passed for 248 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a 3-yard score in a 35-27 win against New Orleans. He also threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns in a 26-14 win at the L.A. Chargers. Las Vegas also beat Miami this season.

New England has wins against Pittsburgh and Buffalo and losses to Seattle and Jacksonville. Drake Maye is the player to watch for the Patriots. In a 29-26 win at Buffalo in the most recent game, Maye completed 22 of 37 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns and rushed eight times for 53 yards. Rhamondre Stevenson ran 13 times for 47 yards and caught three passes for 27 yards and one touchdown. TreVeyon Henderson ran 14 times for 42 yards.

Maye previously passed for 199 yards and rushed for 18 yards with one tackle in a loss to Jacksonville. He threw for 208 yards and rushed for 17 yards in a win against Pittsburgh. New England opened the season with a loss at Seattle.

Las Vegas will next host Buffalo, while New England will next host the N.Y. Jets. The Raiders and Patriots will meet Sunday with Cousins and Maye at quarterback. Cousins has thrown for at least 248 yards in each of his past three games. Maye has thrown for at least 199 yards in each of his past three games and has rushed for at least 17 yards in each.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of New England 40, Las Vegas 14. Interstat’s ELO system gives New England a 94.7 percent probability to win. Las Vegas has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +3.5. The over/under is 45.5.