{"id":35121,"date":"2014-08-28T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35121"},"modified":"2014-08-28T14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T19:48:52","slug":"nfl-preseason-week-4-predictions-baltimore-ravens-vs-new-orleans-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-preseason-week-4-predictions-baltimore-ravens-vs-new-orleans-saints-35121\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Week 4 Predictions: Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints
\nThursday, 8\/28\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New Orleans Saints have performed at a high level in the 2014 NFL preseason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore is 3-0 SUATS in the 2014 preseason, as it comes off a 23-17 victory over the Washington Redskins as 2.5-point home favorites last week, while going UNDER the betting total in two of three opportunities.\u00a0 The Ravens rank first in the league in averaging 156.7 rushing yards per game during exhibition play, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your Week 1 NFL predictions.\u00a0 On the defensive side of the ball, the unit ranks second in allowing just 264 total yards per game.<\/p>\n

The Ravens have four players fighting for two available wide receiver spots, with Michael Campanaro and Kamar Aiken seemingly having the edge.\u00a0 Baltimore is also trying to establish a pecking order at cornerback, with newly signed Derek Cox expected to play Thursday night.\u00a0 For the past two games, Chykie Brown and Dominique Franks have started and rookie safety Terrence Brooks has worked at nickel back.<\/p>\n

New Orleans also owns a perfect 3-0 SUATS record, but it has actually been out-gained by 18 total yards in the process, while the OVER has cashed in two of three affairs.\u00a0 The Saints are still trying to figure out their backup quarterback behind Drew Brees, with Ryan Griffin and Luke McCown battling it out.\u00a0 Griffin\u2019s expected to take a majority of the snaps at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, but head coach Sean Payton hasn\u2019t ruled out a series or two for Brees.<\/p>\n

The Saints still have a handful of starting jobs up for grabs, with the center position and cornerback spots still competitive in nature.\u00a0 New Orleans suffered a 21-6 home loss to Baltimore in the only previous preseason meeting between these teams in 2005, while it has fallen in defeat in four of five regular-season affairs.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Saints due to Payton\u2019s 21-11 ATS mark during his career before the start of the regular season, while the Ravens are 1-6 ATS in their last seven games after a double-digit ATS win.<\/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. New Orleans Saints Thursday, 8\/28\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore is 3-0 SUATS in the 2014 preseason, as it comes off a 23-17 victory over the Washington Redskins as 2.5-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[608,1034,6292,427,3570],"class_list":["post-35121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-drew-brees","tag-mercedes-benz-superdome","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-sean-payton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35121","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=35121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35126,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35121\/revisions\/35126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}