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Week 8 Raiders vs. Ravens NFL Predictions

The Oakland Raiders will face off against the Baltimore Ravens in an NFL contest that is scheduled to kick off at 1 PM ET at M&T Bank Stadium. We preview and pick this Week 8 NFL matchup.

NFL Week 8 Betting – Oakland Raiders at Baltimore Ravens

The Oakland Raiders (2-4 SU, 3-3 ATS) would like to think they are on a high after beating the New York Jets. On Sunday they will tackle the Baltimore Ravens (3-3 SU, 4-2 ATS) in NFL action that is set to get underway at 1 PM ET at M&T Bank Stadium (artificial turf) in Baltimore.

Sunday, October 26
BetUS NFL betting odds: BALTIMORE -7.5, Total 36

NOTABLE STAT: Oakland has gained 18.7 yards per point
KEY NFL FOOTBALL BETTING TREND: Oakland is 3-19 SU in its last 22 road games

In the BetUS NFL football betting odds, the Ravens are listed as a 7.5-point favorite, with a posted total of 36 points.

Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup :

* OAK has lost eight of its last ten games SU
* OAK has played nine of its last 13 games OVER the total
* OAK has lost 19 of its last 22 road games SU
* OAK has played five of its last seven road games OVER the total
* BALT has covered five of its last seven games
* BALT has covered seven of its last 23 games
* BALT has lost 12 of its last 16 games SU
* BALT has played nine of its last 13 games OVER the total
* BALT has covered four of its last six home games
* BALT has won 17 of its last 24 home games SU
* BALT has played five of its last seven home games OVER the total

Also…

* BALT has won and covered seven of the last eight meetings
* Five of the last six meetings have gone UNDER the total

Who’s da man here – rookie Joe Flacco of the Ravens or Oakland’s second-year man JeMarcus Russell? Well, it might take more than just this game to figure that one out. Russell appears to be making some progress, with a 17-for-30 performance and no interceptions last week against the Jets. Oakland, at home, got bailed out in overtime by Sebastian Janikowski’s 57-yard field goal. Of course, the Baltimore defense knows how to drive Russell batty.

And NO ONE runs on the Ravens, who have allowed just 2.9 yards a carry and 69, 47, 76 and 71 in their last four games. So there is going to be an edge with the Baltimore ground attack, which features the pretty decent one-two punch of Willis McGahee (293 yards) and Le’Ron McClain (281).

Flacco has completed 64%, which is good, and although his TD-INT ratio of 2-to-7 is not sensational by any means, he is 75% over the last two games, with 473 yards, so the coaching staff is letting him take more shots downfield. The problem is that the receivers don’t bother anyone; heck, only one of them averages more than 22 yards a game.

Nonetheless, you have to give an advantage to the Baltimore stop unit, which makes its opponents work a heck of a lot more for every yard. And the Ravens have won and covered seven of the last eight between these teams. Let’s lay it with Baltimore, the 7.5-point favorite in the BetUS NFL football bettings odds.

Our PLAY: BALTIMORE -7.5 **

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