{"id":27229,"date":"2013-01-11T22:29:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T03:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27229"},"modified":"2013-01-11T22:29:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T03:29:17","slug":"nfl-playoff-predictions-baltimore-ravens-vs-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-playoff-predictions-baltimore-ravens-vs-denver-broncos-27229\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Playoff Predictions: Baltimore Ravens vs. Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos
\nSaturday, 1\/12\/12, 4:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ravens<\/a>
Baltimore Ravens RB Ray Rice is an important player to handicap Saturday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore lands in this spot after picking up a 24-9 victory over the Indianapolis Colts as 7.5-point home favorites in the opening weekend of the NFL playoffs, while going UNDER the posted total of 47.5.\u00a0 \u201cWe all have a goal in mind, and we\u2019re focused in on that goal,\u201d commented Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin.\u00a0 The Ravens set a single-season franchise record by scoring 398 points, but 254 of those came at M&T Bank Stadium, as they now travel west.\u00a0 Baltimore is 2-4 ATS as an underdog this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL picks against the spread Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Ravens defense is the healthiest its been in awhile, but it still allowed 350.9 yards per game, which ranked 17th in the league.\u00a0 Baltimore did a tremendous job of protecting the football this year, surrendering just 16 giveaways, which could be a key statistic to focus in on when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 The offense is also explosive at times\u2014producing 72 offensive plays of 20-or-more yards this season.<\/p>\n

Denver is the top seed in the AFC and will play until getting knocked out at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, as it compiled a 7-1 record at home during the regular season, while going 10-1 ATS as favorites.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s been quite a year for me,\u201d stated Broncos signal-caller Peyton Manning.\u00a0 He finished the year with a 105.8 passer rating, while also throwing 37 touchdowns.\u00a0 Denver is 19-6-1 ATS after a bye week in its last 26 opportunities, with the UNDER going 14-12 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Broncos closed out the regular season with 11 consecutive wins, but they\u2019ll need to start fast against a veteran-laden squad, especially with frigid temperatures expected for this affair.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s defense may be good enough to win this game on its own, allowing just 237.3 total yards and 13.5 points during its six-game win streak in front of the home fans.\u00a0 It will need to focus on stopping Ravens running back Ray Rice, who totaled 1,621 yards from scrimmage this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Broncos due to their 6-1 ATS mark in home playoff games, while the Ravens are 1-5 ATS in divisional playoff games.<\/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 Denver Broncos Saturday, 1\/12\/12, 4:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 45.5 Current Total:\u00a0 45 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore lands in this spot after picking up a 24-9 victory over the Indianapolis Colts as 7.5-point home favorites in the opening weekend […]<\/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":[414,608,570,31,604,282,7307],"class_list":["post-27229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-denver-broncos","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-peyton-manning","tag-sports-authority-field-at-mile-high"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27229","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=27229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27230,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27229\/revisions\/27230"}],"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=27229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}