The Las Vegas Raiders debut Allegiant Stadium on Monday night against the NFL’s premier offense — led by its most prolific quarterback — of the last 15 years. Mike Mayock may only be in phase one of rebuilding the Raiders defense but the difficult challenges like stopping Drew Brees and Alvin Kamara and Jared Cook behind one of the best offensive lines in the league aren’t going to wait until Vegas believes they’re ready.
They have to be ready this Monday.
To preview the Saints, who won their Week 1 matchup 34-23 over Tom Brady’s Bucs (since 2006, the Patriots lead the NFL with 112 30-point games, followed by the Saints at 106 and third place is all the way down at 82), I’ll go through their current and expected starters for Monday Night Football.