{"id":18009,"date":"2011-09-24T15:27:50","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T20:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18009"},"modified":"2011-09-24T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T20:27:50","slug":"baltimore-ravens-at-st-louis-rams-sunday-nfl-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/baltimore-ravens-at-st-louis-rams-sunday-nfl-betting-preview-18009\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens at St. Louis Rams Sunday NFL Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens at St. Louis Rams
\nSunday, 9\/25\/11, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baltimore Ravens are playing their second consecutive game on the road after dropping a 26-13 contest last week versus the Tennessee Titans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore turned in a dud performance last week in dropping a 26-13 contest to the Tennessee Titans as 5.5-point road favorites, getting out-gained by 203 yards in the process.\u00a0 \u201cThe same performance we took responsibility for against Pittsburgh, we take responsibility for against Tennessee,\u201d commented Ravens head coach Jim Harbaugh.\u00a0 Of course, it\u2019s always nice to create seven turnovers like it did in a 35-7 win over the Steelers in the opening week as one-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Ravens will now need to prepare to face a desperate football team on Sunday that\u2019s looking for its first win.\u00a0 Baltimore is 19-17 ATS overall and 14-11 ATS as a favorite.<\/p>\n

The Ravens finished with just 229 yards of total offense last week and turned the ball over three times.\u00a0 Quarterback Joe Flacco\u2019s performance dropped off significantly and is aiming to move his passer rating above 100 again, as the team is 18-2 in that situation.\u00a0 Defensively, the team has spent most of the week preparing for a no-huddle attack from the Rams, as quarterback Sam Bradford is likely to pass the ball all over the field.\u00a0 Baltimore is 0-2 against St. Louis on the road in this series, but captured a 22-3 victory in the last meeting on Oct. 14, 2007.<\/p>\n

St. Louis knows its back is up against the wall after starting off the season with consecutive losses against the Philadelphia Eagles (31-13) and New York Giants (28-16).\u00a0 The Rams failed to cover both of those contests by 14 and five points respectively.\u00a0 Big problems are being found in the red zone, as Bradford is accumulating yards, but not touchdowns.\u00a0 \u201cJust too many mistakes inside the 20-yard line,\u201d commented Bradford.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you get down there you have to come away with touchdowns.\u201d\u00a0 St. Louis is 8-9 ATS in home games and 3-5 ATS when playing in September.<\/p>\n

The Rams will likely want to spread things out and continue using the no-huddle offense, as it created problems for the Giants last week.\u00a0 The receiving core of Mike Sims-Walker, Brandon Gibson and Danario Alexander could exploit a weakened Ravens secondary.\u00a0 It\u2019s also important that the offense marks Baltimore safety Ed Reed, as he\u2019s known for making big plays in crucial parts of the game.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ve got to be aware of where Ed Reed is,\u201d stated Bradford in practice this week.\u00a0 \u201cHe seems to make players every game from out of nowhere.\u201d\u00a0 The perennial All-Pro has made 22 of his 56 interceptions in the fourth quarter and will likely be trying to trap the young signal-caller into making a late mistake.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Ravens due to their 8-3 ATS mark in September, while the Rams are 1-5 ATS in their last six games overall.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens at St. Louis Rams Sunday, 9\/25\/11, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 41.5 Current Total:\u00a0 42 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore turned in a dud performance last week in dropping a 26-13 contest to the Tennessee Titans as 5.5-point road favorites, getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[608,396,623,863],"class_list":["post-18009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-joe-flacco","tag-sam-bradford","tag-st-louis-rams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18009","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=18009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18011,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18009\/revisions\/18011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}