{"id":31893,"date":"2013-12-19T13:49:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T18:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31893"},"modified":"2013-12-19T13:49:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T18:49:32","slug":"nfl-week-16-predictions-new-england-patriots-vs-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-16-predictions-new-england-patriots-vs-baltimore-ravens-31893\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 16 Predictions: New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens
\nSunday, 12\/22\/13, 4:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Patriots<\/a>
New England Patriots QB Tom Brady has thrown for 4,049 yards and 23 touchdowns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New England had its three-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered a 24-20 setback to the Miami Dolphins as 2.5-point road underdogs, while going UNDER the betting total for the first time in four contests.\u00a0 The Patriots rank eighth in the league in averaging 390.7 yards per game, with quarterback Tom Brady leading a passing attack that sits behind just five other teams.\u00a0 He has completed 352 of 578 passes for 4,049 yards and 23 touchdowns with 10 interceptions.\u00a0 New England is 2-0 SUATS off a loss against a division rival the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Patriots have lost four of their last five road games, while posting a 7-0 home record, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting predictions in Week 16.\u00a0 New England hasn\u2019t lost consecutive games since Week 3 of the 2012 campaign, as it attempts to gain revenge from last year\u2019s loss in the AFC Championship game.\u00a0 Brady is searching for his 11th division title by picking up a victory in this spot.<\/p>\n

Baltimore is fighting to make the AFC playoffs for a sixth consecutive season, as it comes in riding a four-game winning streak, including a 18-16 victory over the Detroit Lions as 4.5-point road underdogs on Monday Night Football.\u00a0 The defending Super Bowl champions are the league\u2019s only team to earn a postseason berth in each of the last five seasons, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 This will be the seventh meeting between these two franchises since 2009, with each side picking up three victories.\u00a0 Baltimore is 5-5 SU and 2-8 ATS in December the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Ravens are just two victories behind the Patriots for the most wins in the NFL since the start of the 2008 campaign.\u00a0 Baltimore has also played a league-high nine games decided by three or fewer points\u2014posting a 5-4 record in that situation.\u00a0 In the team\u2019s last four victories, placekicker Justin Tucker has been the story, as he\u2019s accounted for 50 of the squad\u2019s 88 points.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Patriots due to their 35-17-1 ATS mark following a SU loss.<\/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 vs. Baltimore Ravens Sunday, 12\/22\/13, 4:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New England had its three-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered a 24-20 setback to the Miami Dolphins as 2.5-point road […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[414,608,7896,125,31,398],"class_list":["post-31893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-justin-tucker","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31893","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=31893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31894,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31893\/revisions\/31894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}