Week 7 picks: Raiders-Rams prediction, Silver and Black Pride’s Pick’em competition

The Las Vegas Raiders could find themselves in a tank-off in their Week 7 matchup with the Los Angeles Rams .

The Raiders have been struggling so far this season with a 2-4 record and traded away star wide receiver Davante Adams on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Rams have been decimated by injuries and hobble into the contest at 1-4. Not to be forgotten is our Silver and Black Pride Pick'em competition as we creep closer to the halfway mark of the regular season.

To get things started, let's take a look at the lines for the Raiders-Steelers matchup, courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook , and make some picks.

Raiders vs. Rams Spread: LAR -7 O/U: 43.5 LAR ML: -330 LV ML: +265 Holder's picks: LV +7, Under 43.5, LAR ML

With how the last two weeks have unfolded, I'm not confident in Las Vegas winning on Sunday. But seven points is too much against a Los Angeles team that will be without several key players. Granted, every game the Raiders have lost has been by double-digits so far, but I think the coaching staff and players will have some extra motivation this week now that Adams and all that drama is officially over.

Pick'em Competition Moving onto S&BP's Pick'em competition , below is a look at how our writers have fared through six weeks.

Matt Holder 60-32 (65%) Ray Aspuria 58-33 (64%) Bill Williamson 57-35 (62%)

Perfection! It certainly helped that all the favorites won last week, but your boy and Bill were a perfect 14-0. That allowed me to take the lead over Ray, who went 12-2. Two wrong picks, does this guy even watch football? Also, that helped Bill close the gap on Ray as the competition among our writers is about as tight as can be.

Community Standings

t-2. Bodega Bay Raider 63-29

t-2. Running With the Night 63-29

t-5. The Assassin 61-31

t-5. Tyree for Prez 61-31

t-7. RaiderJake 60-32

t-7. Kid Dynamite 60-32

t-7. radrntn 60-32

t-7. Roosky Raiders 60-32

t-7. dafe2cat 60-32

t-7. UncleRaider 60-32

Week 6 Top Pickers RaiderJake 14-0

DARTH RAIDER 14-0

Bodega Bay Raider 14-0

Strange Brew 14-0

AZraider11 14-0

JINGLETOWN 14-0

The Assassin 14-0

ScottymusPrime 14-0

Nine people in the community were also undefeated in Week 6 so we had a very impressive showing last weekend, taking advantage of the favorites winning out. That pushed Bodega Bay Raider into second place and just a game behind nevadajohn at the top of the standings. Running With the Night and several other people are still in the mix as well with 12 members within four picks of each other.

Remember to get your picks in this week. Best of luck and may your picks be good.