{"id":26902,"date":"2012-12-26T20:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26902"},"modified":"2012-12-26T19:20:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T00:20:03","slug":"nfl-week-17-predictions-baltimore-ravens-vs-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-17-predictions-baltimore-ravens-vs-cincinnati-bengals-26902\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 17 Predictions: Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals
\nSunday, 12\/30\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ravens<\/a>
Baltimore Ravens RB Ray Rice has put up some great numbers against the Cincinnati Bengals recently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore clinched its second consecutive AFC North division title last week, as it snapped a three-game losing streak in picking up a 33-14 victory over the New York Giants as one-point home underdogs in Week 16.\u00a0 \u201cNo doubt about it, guys are excited about winning the division,\u201d stated Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.\u00a0 The Ravens have won 12 of their last 13 games versus division rivals, including seven straight away from M&T Bank Stadium.\u00a0 Baltimore is 5-7 ATS in December the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 3-1 in that situation in 2012.<\/p>\n

The Ravens have committed just 15 turnovers through 15 games, which is on pace to set a franchise single-season low in that category.\u00a0 Baltimore has also managed to score 381 points this year\u2014just 11 points shy of breaking the franchise single-season record.\u00a0 Running back Ray Rice is the player to watch offensively, averaging 110.0 rushing yards and scoring seven touchdowns on the ground in his last four games versus the Bengals.\u00a0 The squad has won six consecutive season finales, while winning 10 of its last 12 opportunities in that situation.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati returns home after sweeping its two-game road trip against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles, as it will participate in the playoffs as the No. 6 seed in the AFC.\u00a0 The Bengals have won five of their last seven home games in this series, as they\u2019ll have revenge on their minds after suffering a humiliating 44-13 setback to the Ravens as seven-point road underdogs in this year\u2019s season opener.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 0-4 ATS as a home favorite of three or fewer points over the last two-plus season, which is important to consider when making your NFL picks against the spread.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are 12th in the NFL in scoring 24.5 points per game, while sitting tied-for-eighth in surrendering 20.2.\u00a0 Cincinnati will need quarterback Andy Dalton to up his production in order to close out the regular season with a victory, considering he\u2019s completed just 54 percent of his passes for 826 yards with one touchdown and four interceptions in three games against the Ravens in his career.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bengals in this divisional affair, as the Ravens are 2-5 ATS in their last seven trips to Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

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Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 12\/30\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 41 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore clinched its second consecutive AFC North division title last week, as it snapped a three-game losing streak in picking up a 33-14 […]<\/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":[2583,3386,608,302,396,1069],"class_list":["post-26902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-north","tag-andy-dalton","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-joe-flacco","tag-ray-rice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26902","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=26902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26903,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26902\/revisions\/26903"}],"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=26902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}