{"id":24941,"date":"2012-09-13T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24941"},"modified":"2012-09-12T22:55:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T03:55:22","slug":"nfl-week-2-picks-baltimore-ravens-vs-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-2-picks-baltimore-ravens-vs-philadelphia-eagles-24941\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 2 Picks: Baltimore Ravens vs. Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens at Philadelphia Eagles
\nSunday, 9\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Baltimore<\/a>
Baltimore Ravens LB Ray Lewis is playing at the lightest weight since his rookie season this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore solidified itself as one of the main AFC contenders to reach the Super Bowl this year, considering it tallied a 44-13 blowout win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football.\u00a0 The Ravens enjoyed great success in running their no-huddle offense, with quarterback Joe Flacco completing 21 of 29 passes for 299 yards and two touchdowns.\u00a0 \u201cThe tempo really helped us out because those guys can really get to the passer,\u201d stated Flacco after the game.\u00a0 It will be difficult to enjoy the same type of performance on the road in this spot.\u00a0 Baltimore is 5-5 ATS off a win against a division rival the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Ravens will definitely be motivated to play this football game, with John Harbaugh returning to the Philadelphia area, as he served as the Eagles special teams and defensive backs coach under Andy Reid.\u00a0 Baltimore\u2019s defense is still led by middle linebacker Ray Lewis, who came into camp at his lightest weight since his rookie campaign.\u00a0 The former Miami Hurricanes star tallied a game-high 14 tackles by the third quarter in the season opener.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia out-gained Cleveland by a 246-yard margin, but was only able to manage a one-point victory as nine-point road favorites in Week 1.\u00a0 \u201cYou just have to go on to next week,\u201d commented Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.\u00a0 He suffered through a horrible performance, but many are point out the fact that he didn\u2019t get many reps due to suffering a minor injury during the preseason.\u00a0 Offensively, the team needs to get the ball in LeSean McCoy\u2019s hands, as its won nine of 10 games when he reaches the 100-yard mark in rushing.\u00a0 Philadelhia is 3-0 ATS off a close road win by three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Eagles finished with 456 yards of total offense in the opener, while the defense held the Browns to just 12 first downs.\u00a0 Philadelphia was facing a very youthful offense on the road last week, which won\u2019t be the case in taking on Baltimore in its home opener.\u00a0 These two teams last met on Nov. 23, 2008, with the Eagles dropping a 36-7 decision as one-point road underdogs.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 4-2 ATS mark as a home favorite of three or fewer points, while the Ravens are 2-8 ATS when playing on Sunday following a Monday night affair.<\/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 Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, 9\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43.5 Current Total:\u00a0 46 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore solidified itself as one of the main AFC contenders to reach the Super Bowl this year, considering it tallied a 44-13 blowout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3728,608,396,3723,5425,685,5764],"class_list":["post-24941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andy-reid","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-joe-flacco","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-lesean-mccoy","tag-michael-vick","tag-ray-lewis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24941","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=24941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24942,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24941\/revisions\/24942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}