{"id":26207,"date":"2012-11-18T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26207"},"modified":"2012-11-16T18:59:51","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T23:59:51","slug":"baltimore-ravens-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-sunday-night-football-betting-picks-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/baltimore-ravens-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-sunday-night-football-betting-picks-and-predictions-26207\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Sunday Night Football Betting Picks and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers
\nSunday, 11\/18\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ravens<\/a>
Baltimore Ravens RB Ray Rice has been bottled up the last three weeks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore has won six of its last seven games, including a resounding 55-20 victory over the Oakland Raiders as 9.5-point home favorites, while the OVER has cashed in three of its last four contests.\u00a0 The Ravens have struggled offensively on the road in averaging just 17.5 points per game, while scoring 36.8 points a contest at M&T Bank Stadium.\u00a0 Baltimore is 5-2 ATS as a road favorite of three or fewer points since 2010, which is important to factor when making your Week 11 NFL picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Ravens are 4-0 all-time against the Steelers when not having to face Ben Roethlisberger, who will be out of this week\u2019s action with a sprained shoulder.\u00a0 Baltimore may have earned a blowout victory in its last contest, but its previous five victories came by an average of 4.6 points.\u00a0 Quarterback Joe Flacco will face a stiff challenge in going against the league\u2019s No. 1 pass defense, which is why running back Ray Rice needs to get involved early.\u00a0 He has ran 47 times for 175 combined years in the team\u2019s last three games.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has been involved in some close games during its four-game win streak, including a 16-13 overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs as 12.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Steelers are 69-22-1 all-time when playing at Heinz Field, as they\u2019ve won 11 of their last 12 games in front of their faithful fan base.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 9-5 ATS versus division opponents over the last two-plus seasons, which makes them a dangerous home underdog on the pro football odds page.<\/p>\n

The Steelers are definitely up against it without the services of their star quarterback, but head coach Mike Tomlin has led the franchise to a dominating 20-9 record in primetime games, including an 8-6 mark on Sunday Night Football.\u00a0 Pittsburgh has yielded just 49 points in four home games this season, while surrendering an average of 15.3 points per game at this venue since the 2004 campaign.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Steelers due to their 4-0 ATS mark at home versus winning road teams, while the favorite is 3-7-1 ATS in the last 11 meetings in this series.<\/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 Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, 11\/18\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 45.5 Current Total:\u00a0 40 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore has won six of its last seven games, including a resounding 55-20 victory over the Oakland Raiders as 9.5-point home favorites, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[608,349,3977,396,31,346],"class_list":["post-26207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-heinz-field","tag-joe-flacco","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207","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=26207"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26209,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26207\/revisions\/26209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}