{"id":35189,"date":"2014-09-04T16:01:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T21:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35189"},"modified":"2014-09-04T16:01:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T21:01:44","slug":"nfl-week-1-predictions-cincinnati-bengals-vs-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-1-predictions-cincinnati-bengals-vs-baltimore-ravens-35189\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 1 Predictions: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens
\nSunday, 9\/4\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baltimore Ravens went 4-0 during the 2014 preseason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati is enjoying one of its most successful stretches in franchise history, but it has also dropped four consecutive road games against Baltimore, which is important to consider when making your NFL predictions.\u00a0 The Bengals need quarterback Andy Dalton to come up with a major performance, but he\u2019s lost all three of his road games in this series\u2014throwing three touchdowns and seven interceptions.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 4-2 SU and 4-1-1 ATS as road underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bengals need to create some turnovers in hopes of pulling off a slight upset, as they rank third in the league with a plus-40 differential since 2003.\u00a0 Cincinnati head coach Marvin Lewis is 4-7 in season openers, including a 3-5 mark on the road, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 Dalton will try to target wide receiver A.J. Green in the passing game, as he has 21 catches for 334 yards and two touchdowns in five career games in this rivalry.<\/p>\n

Baltimore missed the playoffs for the first time under head coach John Harbaugh in 2013, as the squad finished with an 8-8 record after winning the Super Bowl the previous year.\u00a0 The Ravens figure to be better offensively this season with the offseason hiring of former Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, but they\u2019ll be playing without the services of running back Ray Rice due to a league suspension.\u00a0 The team averaged a league-high 171 rushing yards en route to a perfect 4-0 record during the preseason.\u00a0 Baltimore is 16-3 SU and 9-9-1 ATS as favorites since 2012.<\/p>\n

The Ravens open the season with three-straight AFC North clashes, but they\u2019ll be in good hands with quarterback Joe Flacco, who has never missed a game in his career.\u00a0 Baltimore has also won 14 consecutive games at home in the month of September\u2014a streak that dates back to the 2006 campaign.\u00a0 The franchise has also compiled a 39-9 record at M&T Bank Stadium since 2008.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Ravens due to the home team being 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings.<\/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":"

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens Sunday, 9\/4\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 42.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cincinnati is enjoying one of its most successful stretches in franchise history, but it has also dropped four consecutive road games against Baltimore, which is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3386,608,302,396,2842,31],"class_list":["post-35189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andy-dalton","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-joe-flacco","tag-mt-bank-stadium","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35189","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=35189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35190,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35189\/revisions\/35190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}