{"id":10363,"date":"2010-11-06T20:15:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T01:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10363"},"modified":"2010-11-06T20:18:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T01:18:20","slug":"nfl-handicapping-predictions-miami-dolphins-at-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-handicapping-predictions-miami-dolphins-at-baltimore-ravens-10363\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping Predictions: Miami Dolphins at Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at Baltimore Ravens
\nSunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 39.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Baltimore -230 \/ Miami +190<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baltimore Ravens are 7-2 ATS in their last nine games off a bye week and host an undefeated road team on Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami is a perfect 4-0 on the road this season and placekicker Dan Carpenter may be the most important player in this game come the fourth quarter.\u00a0 He has made five field goals in consecutive games.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s a luxury to have,\u201d said head coach Tony Sparano.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a hard way to do it, but we\u2019re doing it.\u201d\u00a0 The Dolphins are only the fifth team in NFL history to go 4-0 on the road and 0-3 at home in their first seven games.\u00a0 This will be the eighth regular-season meeting between the two teams and Miami leads the series, 5-2, as the Ravens have won both playoff meetings.\u00a0 Miami\u2019s rushing attack has not been as potent as last year\u2019s that finished ranked fourth in the league, averaging just 111.3 yards per game, which is 16th in the NFL.\u00a0 The team is 14-5 ATS on the road the past three years and is currently getting five points on the NFL lines page.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins finally tallied its first rushing touchdown in over 180 carries last week, a stretch that lasted all the way back to Week 1 at Buffalo.\u00a0 Miami is averaging 3.8 yards per carry, while the Ravens are surrendering 4.2 on the ground per touch to opponents.\u00a0 Offensively, the team may be best served to attack Sunday\u2019s opponent through the air, as the Baltimore secondary has been scorched for 318.7 yards on average over the last three contests, including 382 yards versus the Bills.\u00a0 Quarterback Chad Henne is 6-1 as a starter when he has 30 pass attempts or less and 5-8 when throwing for more.<\/p>\n

Baltimore defensive end Terrell Suggs is expecting a \u201cplayoff type\u201d atmosphere on Sunday afternoon and his team will look to push its home record to a perfect 4-0 on the year.\u00a0 \u201cSomething\u2019s got to give,\u201d said Suggs.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re going to come in here and they\u2019re going to try to get a win.\u00a0 We\u2019re definitely going to defend our home.\u201d\u00a0 Over the past decade, the Ravens have the third-best home record in the NFL at 61-22, trailing only the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts.\u00a0 The squad is 15-4 since head coach Jim Harbaugh took over in 2008 at home.\u00a0 Baltimore is 2-0 ATS after a bye week and 12-7 ATS at home the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Ravens know what they need to do in order to stay atop the AFC North Division and already own a road victory over the Steelers.\u00a0 \u201cComing off the bye week we have to have a clear understanding of what we have to do and that\u2019s take care of business,\u201d said tight end Todd Heap.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re in a good position right now.\u00a0 Baltimore has been great off the bye since the 2002 campaign, posting a 7-1 mark and winning both games under Harbaugh by an average of 20.5 points.\u00a0 The Ravens have their most dominant win of the season at home, but they\u2019ve also had to come from behind twice against Cleveland and Buffalo.<\/p>\n

Bettors will note that the Dolphins are 13-3 ATS in their last 16 games as a road underdog, while the Ravens are 7-2 ATS following a bye week.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t even think about playing Sunday\u2019s games until you check out the 20-unit NFL Game of the Year at Maddux Sports from the best NFL handicappers around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at Baltimore Ravens Sunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 39.5 Current Total:\u00a0 41 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Baltimore -230 \/ Miami +190 Miami is a perfect 4-0 on the road this season and placekicker Dan Carpenter may be the most important player […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[608,323,3723,320,3724,3725,3722],"class_list":["post-10363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-chad-henne","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-terrell-suggs","tag-todd-heap","tag-tony-sparano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10364,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10363\/revisions\/10364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}