{"id":32034,"date":"2013-12-26T12:04:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T17:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32034"},"modified":"2013-12-26T12:04:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T17:04:42","slug":"nfl-week-17-picks-baltimore-ravens-vs-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-17-picks-baltimore-ravens-vs-cincinnati-bengals-32034\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 17 Picks: Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals
\nSunday, 12\/29\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Cincinnati Bengals are 8-0 SU as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore has a chance to make the AFC playoffs for a sixth consecutive season and seventh time in the last eight years, as it looks to bounce back from a 41-7 setback to the New England Patriots as 1.5-point home underdogs in Week 16.\u00a0 Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has been bothered by a left knee injury that he suffered on Dec. 16, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks, as he completed 22 of 38 passes for 206 yards with two interceptions last time out.\u00a0 Baltimore is 4-5 SU and 6-3 ATS as underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Ravens have played nine games this season that have been decided by three or fewer points\u2014posting a 5-4 record in those contests.\u00a0 Baltimore has won 10 of its last 13 regular season finales, including four of five under head coach John Harbaugh.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is 26th in the league in averaging 20.2 points per game, while it ranks 29th in gaining 313.1 yards a contest.\u00a0 The franchise is 24-11 SU versus division foes since 2008\u2014the fifth best mark in the league in that situation.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati is in the postseason for a third straight season for the first time in franchise history, which is important to consider when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 The Bengals have already been crowned as AFC North Division champions and are still alive for a possible No. 2 conference seed if they pick up a victory in this spot and the New England Patriots falter.\u00a0 Overall, this particular series is tied 7-7 in the last 14 meetings, while the franchise is 10-7 all-time at home.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 8-0 SU and 6-1-1 ATS as a home favorite of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 5-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Bengals need a big performance out of third-year quarterback Andy Dalton, who has completed 53.1 percent of his passes for four touchdowns and six interceptions in five career games against the Ravens.\u00a0 He\u2019ll likely target wide receiver AJ Green in the passing game, as he caught eight passes for 151 yards in the first meeting this season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bengals due to the favorite being 4-0-1 ATS in the last five meetings in this rivalry.<\/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 vs. Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 12\/29\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore has a chance to make the AFC playoffs for a sixth consecutive season and seventh time in the last eight years, as it looks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2583,1279,3386,608,302,396,31],"class_list":["post-32034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-north","tag-afc-playoffs","tag-andy-dalton","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-joe-flacco","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32034","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=32034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32035,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32034\/revisions\/32035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}