#462 ASA PLAY 8* ON New England -6 over Las Vegas, Sunday at 1:00 PM ET - What a great set up for the Patriots here. They are coming off a loss last Sunday @ Seattle in a game they had a chance to win but were stopped at the goal line on the final play of the game. They outgained Seattle 464 to 429 in the game and new QB Cam Newton continue to look impressive. We’re not a Newton fan by any means and felt he was overrated the last few years because he wasn’t 100% healthy. He had a bad shoulder and that showed in his performances last season. However, he now looks completely healthy and has completed over 71% of his passes and is averaging 8.8 yards per attempt (up from 56% and 6.4 YPA last year). He threw for 397 yards @ Seattle and has rushed for 122 yards on the season. The “Bradyless” Patriots look much better than we thought they would. Las Vegas just picked up a HUGE home win in their inaugural game at the brand new Allegiant Stadium. That win over the Saints pushed this team to 2-0 with their other win coming @ Carolina. The fact is the Raiders won both games but were destroyed on a YPP basis last week vs the Saints (7.4 to 5.0) but ran 19 more offensive snaps. The week before vs a Carolina team that many feel is one of the worst in the NFL, Las Vegas needed a TD late in the 4th to pick up the 34-30 win (yardage was about dead even). Now they head back to the east coast for the 2nd time in 3 weeks while coming off a short week having played on Monday night. We also expect an angry New England defense that played very well in week 1 at home but not so well last Sunday in Seattle. That’s not a great match up for a Raider offensive line that is really banged up right now. They were without 2 starters up front on Monday night and now lost a 3rd with OG Incognito out for this game. On top of that their has allowed 6.7 YPP though the first 2 games which is almost worst in the NFL. Belichick has been great off a loss with a 34-13 ATS record and he’s covered over 60% of his games at home. This one sets up nicely for New England to win by a TD or more.