{"id":29944,"date":"2013-09-05T14:14:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29944"},"modified":"2013-09-05T14:14:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:14:36","slug":"nfl-week-1-picks-baltimore-ravens-vs-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-1-picks-baltimore-ravens-vs-denver-broncos-29944\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 1 Picks: Baltimore Ravens vs. Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens vs. Denver Broncos
\nThursday, 9\/5\/13, 8:30 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco was tremendous in last year’s playoffs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore is the only team in the NFL to earn a playoff berth in each of the last five seasons, as it opens up its 2013 campaign as the defending Super Bowl champions.\u00a0 The Ravens have soared to a 63-30 overall record under head coach John Harbaugh, including a 5-0 mark in season openers, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines Thursday night.\u00a0 \u201cWe are relentless in our pursuit to improve in everything we do,\u201d commented Harbaugh during the offseason.\u00a0 Baltimore is 7-4 ATS as underdogs over the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 6-4-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Ravens will be led defensively by the play of linebackers Elvis Dumervil and Terrell Suggs, who have combined for 148 sacks and 427 quarterback hurries in their careers.\u00a0 Baltimore ranked 17th in the league in total defense a season ago, while the offense led by quarterback Joe Flacco sat behind 15 other teams in total yards gained.\u00a0 He signed a $120.6 million contract during the offseason, which was validated by throwing 11 touchdowns and zero interceptions during last year\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n

Denver is coming off a 13-3 campaign that helped it earn the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs, but it suffered a 38-35 overtime loss to Baltimore as 9.5-point home favorites in the divisional round.\u00a0 The Broncos split their four preseason games, but were outscored by a 104-71 margin, which is important to consider when making your NFL picks.\u00a0 The franchise has compiled a 33-19-1 all-time record in season openers, including a 6-4 mark in its last 10 contests in that situation.\u00a0 Denver is 7-1 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points since 2011.<\/p>\n

The Broncos have gone 42-20 in 62 games played in the first month of a season during the past 17 years, including a 2-2 record with quarterback Peyton Manning in his first year in the Mile High City.\u00a0 Denver is also a dominating 25-4 in home openers during the Pat Bowlen era\u2014the best record in the NFL over that span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Ravens due to their 5-0 ATS record in their last five season openers.<\/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

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Baltimore Ravens vs. Denver Broncos Thursday, 9\/5\/13, 8:30 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore is the only team in the NFL to earn a playoff berth in each of the last five seasons, as it opens up its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[608,570,1123,396,31,282,3724],"class_list":["post-29944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-denver-broncos","tag-elvis-dumervil","tag-joe-flacco","tag-nfl","tag-peyton-manning","tag-terrell-suggs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29944","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=29944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29945,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29944\/revisions\/29945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}