Raiders vs. Chargers predictions: RJ staffers pick winner of Week 2 game

Adam Hill (1-0)

Raiders bushed reporter

The Chargers are not lone an aggravated squad coming disconnected an disfigured opening-game performance, but besides are fundamentally successful a must-win concern adjacent this aboriginal successful the season. Their adjacent 7 games connected the docket are brutal, including 5 roadworthy games against the apical 5 Super Bowl favorites connected the betting board. The Raiders should spot their champion effort and that’s astir apt enough.

Chargers 24, Raiders 20

Sam Gordon (1-0)

Raiders bushed reporter

The Raiders were astatine a endowment vantage Week 1 against the Dolphins and volition beryllium astatine a endowment disadvantage Sunday astatine SoFi Stadium.

Chargers 27, Raiders 20

Ed Graney (1-0)

Columnist

There is zero accidental the Chargers look similar they did past week. Nobody with their endowment tin beryllium that atrocious this soon aft specified a mediocre performance. Maybe the Raiders instrumentality a leafage from the Arizona playbook and fig retired the champion mode to onslaught the Chargers. But adjacent with a short-passing crippled executed by Kirk Cousins, the Raiders apt don’t gave capable connected some sides to flooded what is simply a touchdown favorite.

Chargers 24, Raiders 17

Bill Bradley (1-0)

Assistant Managing Editor/Sports

The astir awesome portion of the Raiders’ triumph implicit the Dolphins past week was however calm starting backmost Kirk Cousins appeared. The Chargers volition supply doubly the walk unreserved arsenic the Dolphins offered. The Chargers are besides going to privation to regain their swagger aft losing to the Cardinals past week. The Raiders are better, but not bully capable to halt a ticked-off playoff-bound team.

Chargers 31, Raiders 10

Richard Bush (1-0)

Assistant Sports Editor

The Raiders looked coagulated past week down Kirk Cousins astatine quarterback, but they were playing 1 of the worst teams successful the league. So that’s a factor, too. The Chargers person large aspirations this season, truthful they volition beryllium anxious to crook things astir aft past week’s loss. And they frankly can’t spend to suffer to a rebuilding franchise similar the Raiders considering the Chargers’ upcoming schedule.

Chargers 28, Raiders 14