{"id":25181,"date":"2012-09-23T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25181"},"modified":"2012-09-23T11:13:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T16:13:09","slug":"nfl-week-3-picks-new-england-patriots-vs-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-3-picks-new-england-patriots-vs-baltimore-ravens-25181\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 3 Picks: New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens
\nSunday, 9\/23\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baltimore Ravens are 0-6 SU against the New England Patriots in six regular-season meetings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New England suffered a disappointing 20-18 setback to the Arizona Cardinals as 13-point home favorites last week, but it has a great chance of getting back on the right track in this spot.\u00a0 The Patriots have won all six regular-season meetings with the Ravens, while they\u2019ve dropped back-to-back games just three times since 2003.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t know if we\u2019ve ever had an easy game agains these guys,\u201d commented Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.\u00a0 \u201cThey make you earn every yard you get.\u201d\u00a0 New England is 4-0 ATS as a road underdog over the last two-plus seasons, which is important to note when making your pro football predictions.<\/p>\n

The Patriots have the best regular-season road record at 87-58 since the 1994 season, while going 15-4 all-time against the AFC North since 2002.\u00a0 Brady has won five of six meetings in this series, including the postseason, but has compiled a 69.1 passer rating.\u00a0 \u00a0 He will be tested in a major way inside M&T Bank Stadium, considering one of his main weapons is injured, with tight end Aaron Hernandez being out with an ankle injury that he suffered last week against the Cardinals.<\/p>\n

Baltimore is certainly revenge-minded in his high-profile affair, suffering a 23-20 loss to Sunday\u2019s opponent in last year\u2019s AFC championship game.\u00a0 Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco completed 22-of-36 passes for 306 yards in that contest.\u00a0 Head coach John Harbaugh has delivered in a big way in the season\u2019s opening month during his time on the sideline, leading the franchise to a league-best 10-4 record in September.\u00a0 Baltimore is 8-9-1 ATS as a home favorite over the last two-plus seasons, but has managed to win 17 of those 18 contests in straight-up fashion.<\/p>\n

The Ravens will look to continue their 13-game win streak immediately following a loss, which is the longest such run in the NFL.\u00a0 Baltimore has outscored its opponents by an 861-439 margin in home games since 2008, with the defense surrendering just 13.3 points per game.\u00a0 Under Harbaugh\u2019s leadership, the team is 5-2 against AFC East division opponents, but both losses have come against the Patriots.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Patriots in this contest due to the underdog going 3-1-1 ATS in the last five meetings.<\/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":"

New England Patriots at Baltimore Ravens Sunday, 9\/23\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 48.5 Current Total:\u00a0 49.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New England suffered a disappointing 20-18 setback to the Arizona Cardinals as 13-point home favorites last week, but it has a great […]<\/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":[414,608,396,2842,125,398],"class_list":["post-25181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-joe-flacco","tag-mt-bank-stadium","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25181","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=25181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25182,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25181\/revisions\/25182"}],"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=25181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}