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‘Thursday Night Football’ Week 15 expert picks: Chargers at Raiders

The NFL opens Week 15 with a “Thursday Night Football” matchup between AFC West rivals Los Angeles Chargers (+3)

and Las Vegas Raiders (-3), who both hold a 5-8 record entering this game.

The Chargers and Raiders have faced off 128 times in their teams' histories, with Los Angeles holding a 67-58-2 regular season advantage, while Las Vegas is 1-0 in the postseason. Fun fact, the home team has won this matchup in each of the last five contests, with LA winning most recently in early October.

What looked like a potentially interesting matchup when the schedule was made last April has turned into yet another Thursday night game featuring backup quarterbacks.