{"id":17268,"date":"2011-08-25T11:45:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T16:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17268"},"modified":"2011-08-25T11:36:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T16:36:25","slug":"washington-redskins-at-baltimore-ravens-thursday-night-nfl-preseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/washington-redskins-at-baltimore-ravens-thursday-night-nfl-preseason-17268\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Redskins at Baltimore Ravens Thursday Night NFL Preseason"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Redskins at Baltimore Ravens
\nThursday, 8\/25\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 33.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 33.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ravens<\/a>
The Baltimore Ravens are coming off an impressive 31-13 home win over the Kansas City Chiefs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Washington has started the 2011 preseason with a perfect 2-0 straight-up record (2-0 ATS) and can thank a quarterback competition for the early results.\u00a0 Head coach Mike Shanahan started Rex Grossman during the opening week and sent out John Beck during Week 2\u2019s 16-3 road win over the Indianapolis Colts.\u00a0 Shanahan has yet to announce a starter for tonight\u2019s game, but many believe Beck will get the nod.\u00a0 \u201cIt really doesn\u2019t matter who starts this game,\u201d the second-year coach commented.\u00a0 The former BYU star spent the entire 2009 season with the Ravens franchise and is use to facing their vaunted defense on a weekly basis.\u00a0 Washington is 2-3 ATS on the road during preseason action.<\/p>\n

The Redskins have outscored their two opponents by a 32-10 margin and enter this round of games with the NFL\u2019s top-ranked offense and defense.\u00a0 Washington has played Baltimore twice in the preseason at M&T Bank Stadium, with the most recent meeting coming on Aug. 13, 2009, with the Ravens winning 23-0.\u00a0 Last year, the team ended up on the losing end of a 23-3 contest in the third preseason game for both clubs.<\/p>\n

Baltimore expects to play many of its younger starters at least three quarters in tonight\u2019s game and the game is sort of a neighborhood rivalry due to the two teams stadiums being separated by just 33 miles.\u00a0 Head coach John Harbaugh recognizes that the contest is virtually meaningless, but still wants to build confidence in his football team heading into the regular season.\u00a0 \u201cWe want to see us developing into a winning and a championship football team,\u201d Harbaugh commented.\u00a0 \u201cIf you watch the tape on the Redskins, they are dominating in the preseason.\u201d\u00a0 Baltimore owns the distinction of being the only team in the league to go to and win a playoff game in three consecutive years.<\/p>\n

The Ravens have been concerned with starting quarterback Joe Flacco\u2019s accuracy, as he connected on just 12 of 24 pass attempts in last week\u2019s 31-13 home win over the Kansas City Chiefs.\u00a0 Baltimore has looked at the tape and found an offensive line that has underperformed\u2014causing the franchise to sign veteran tackle Bryant McKinnie.\u00a0 The former Minnesota Vikings star was cut a few weeks ago due to being out of shape.\u00a0 One acquisition that seems to be paying immediate dividends is wide receiver Lee Evans, who caught three passes for 68 yards in an impressive debut in Week 2.\u00a0 Fans at M&T Bank Stadium will be glad to see Evans in a home-colored uniform this year, as he scored three touchdowns against Baltimore as a member of the Buffalo Bills last October.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Ravens due to their 4-1 ATS mark as a preseason favorite, while the Redskins are 2-12 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 7 points.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a huge season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you.\u00a0 Get a long-term package today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Redskins at Baltimore Ravens Thursday, 8\/25\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 33.5 Current Total:\u00a0 33.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Washington has started the 2011 preseason with a perfect 2-0 straight-up record (2-0 ATS) and can thank a quarterback competition for the early […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[608,396,322,3723,2842,1293,5331,345],"class_list":["post-17268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-joe-flacco","tag-john-beck","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-mt-bank-stadium","tag-mike-shanahan","tag-rex-grossman","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17268","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=17268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17269,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17268\/revisions\/17269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}