Bengals vs. Ravens: Thursday Night Football Betting Preview

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00:02 A marquee matchup on a Thursday night to start off a new week in the National

00:07 Football League.

00:08 A three and a half point spread in favor of the Ravens,

00:12 the Bengals a dog for just the second time this year.

00:15 The over under at 46.

00:18 Donnie, you see the numbers right there in front of your face.

00:21 What is your first thought when you examine the spread, the money line, and

00:26 that over under as we enter Thursday night football in week number 11.

00:31 >> I wish it was a Sunday night, a Sunday football game played at 425.

00:34 This game would fly over the 45 and a half or 46.

00:36 But I'm not just saying like, it's prime time.

00:38 They don't sit no prime time is a reason here.

00:40 Most of the prime time games you're gonna play in that Thursday night slot.

00:43 You're just not getting enough time to recover that football game and

00:46 we're game plan here.

00:47 And for both of these teams that know each other well, how many more plays can

00:50 you come up with on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday to surprise Cincinnati or

00:53 Baltimore?

00:54 Because again, you see them so many times.

00:56 But earlier in the week, I was actually honest and saying, you know what?

00:58 I think the Cincinnati Bengals have a legitimate chance to go in and

01:01 win in Baltimore.

01:02 Now you look at that line three and a half, three wherever you're shopping at here.

01:05 Yes, they do have a legitimate chance.

01:07 But as I started looking at the numbers for Wednesday and

01:09 also earlier this morning, it's a Baltimore game for me.

01:13 Because I know we give a lot of respect and

01:14 sometimes it's what you've seen in the past.

01:16 We said man Lou and Aramo what a great defensive coordinator.

01:18 His defense flat out stinks this year.

01:20 They can't stop the run or the pass.

01:21 So he's getting a lot of credit for

01:22 living on the hype of the past two to three seasons.

01:25 They're coming in injured with one of the best pass rushers that's going to be down

01:28 tonight on an underperforming defense.

01:30 And the last thing you want to do is play Baltimore and say, well,

01:33 we don't stop the run.

01:34 We go up five yards per carry.

01:35 Good luck on defending Lamar Jackson and the Gus plus in the backfield at this point.

01:39 And then you say, well, what about their passing off or passing defense?

01:42 7.4 yards per pass attempt.

01:44 So here's the crux of it.

01:45 Against Cincinnati's defense, you can do whatever you want.

01:48 So unless Lamar implodes with three tipped interceptions in the fourth quarter,

01:52 for me it's going to be the Baltimore Ravens winning this game.

01:55 And I do still lean towards the under because it is a Thursday and

01:58 we've seen it time and time again.

02:00 Really good football teams or really bad football teams.

02:02 The game just tends to stay under the total here.

02:05 If it was a weekend game, Ben, I would love everything about this football game,

02:08 including winning by margin for the Baltimore Ravens and going over the total.

02:12 That's the only thought I'm shaky with here is what the final outcome

02:15 is going to be on the scoreboard points wise.

02:17 Not that Baltimore's not going to win.

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