NFL Week 7 MNF Preview: Ravens vs. Buccaneers Analysis

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00:00A doubleheader of Monday night football for the third week in

00:06the last four to end out another week in the NFL. Week

00:10seven comes to a close tonight with two games. DRS, we had a

00:14couple of early starts in the first two Monday night football

00:17doubleheaders of this season. It's a little bit later of a

00:21start tonight. A regularly scheduled game that begins at

00:25around 815 PM Eastern Time in Tampa between the Buck and

00:29ears and the Ravens in one out in the desert in Arizona that

00:33will kick a little bit after 9 PM Eastern. Let's start with

00:37that first one between the Buccaneers and the Ravens in

00:41this matchup. Baltimore on a four game win streak after a

00:45witness. Owen to start is a three and a half point road

00:48favorite against the Bucks. Total 49 and a half. Donnie,

00:52what are your early thoughts for this game to kick off the

00:55doubleheader of Monday night football? A lot of respect for

00:58the Baltimore Ravens going on the road in favor by three and

01:01a half points. So we'll start there. But I do think we're

01:03finally starting to kick in what makes the Ravens such a dominant

01:06team and why I think they have a legitimate chance to win the

01:08AFC championship and head to a Super Bowl. Yes, they blew the

01:11game against Vegas to drop the Owen to 26 to 23 unacceptable

01:15beat the Dallas Cowboys 2825. Don't look at that score. That

01:18was a blowout victory beat the Buffalo Bills down 35 to 10 an

01:22absolute bust. Then you saw them come back in since then a wild

01:25one. But then also Washington last week. Hey, beat a rookie

01:28quarterback. Washington looks like they're a pretty good

01:30offensive machine. They beat them by a touchdown. So we'll

01:32start right there at this point for me. The Baltimore Ravens are

01:35the better football team. If I think they win and I do, I'll be

01:38willing to lay the three and a half. We'll go into some other

01:40things outside of that. But I initial thoughts are let's move

01:43it towards the Ravens. I like the Ravens this year and no

01:45surprise for straight wins looking for five in a row.

01:48Closing number on FanDuel six and a half consensus in the

01:52marketplace 740 week ago and that Ravens matchup against the

01:56commander. So in this four-game win streak, either they have

01:59covered in all four or their 301 against the number. Donnie, the

02:04flock has gone over in five of six games. This year. We'll talk

02:08about the point total in just a moment, but I do want to

02:11highlight Tampa a football team that is a winning football team

02:15at this moment. Also with a four and two record. It is the best

02:20record currently in the NFC South and the Buccaneers have

02:24been an underdog twice this season or three times. Rather,

02:27they have won outright in two and in a game where they really

02:31coughed up an opportunity in overtime against the Falcons.

02:34They were unable to cover that game, but a team as a dog that

02:39is now 11 and five against the spread with Baker Mayfield added

02:43starting quarterback eight of those 11 covers in outright

02:48victory. I actually think the Buccaneers keep this game within

02:52margin. I think it's close. I think it's a really good one on

02:55this Monday night in Tampa. So let's talk the offensive

02:59production total at 49 and a half as we shared the flock over

03:04in five of six games this year. Not many better than the Ravens

03:08defending the run. Not anybody worse in the NFL than Baltimore

03:12defending the past the worst passing defense in the National

03:16Football League. Just how many points do we see tonight?

03:19Yeah, I think we do get a chance to see that 49 and a half go

03:22over. Here's the one thing I'm leery about. If we had a full

03:25go Tampa Bay team, you say, you know what they should be able

03:28to get after that secondary for the Ravens, but that one key

03:30injury Mike Evans popping up on that injury report with that

03:33hamstring and struggling with this week missing some practices

03:35that can go at any point which means it's going to be up to

03:37Chris Godwin to sort of change the game and not have his

03:40counterpart on the other side. I do think that will hurt coming

03:43in from a Baltimore perspective. They're coming in relatively

03:45healthy and also the reemergence back in of Mark Andrews,

03:48which is such a big part of their double tight end sets along

03:51with Isaiah likely, but if you just continue to use the formula

03:54that has gotten here over the past four weeks, let Lamar

03:56Jackson spend it about twenty twenty to five times a game.

03:59Let him run about seven to eight times a game. Give it off

04:02to Derrick Henry. Everything opens up in your passing game

04:05and your running game and the entire playbook would be available

04:07to you there. That's the way I'm going to operate at this

04:09one. I'm not so sure how much that Buccaneers team can slow

04:12this football team down. Also, when you look at some of the

04:14games that the Bucs played inexplicable losses, the Denver

04:1726 to 7. Yes, you beat the Philadelphia Eagles, but let's

04:19remember the Philadelphia Eagles with no wide receivers in

04:22that game to think of heading into their bye week the next

04:24week. They got slaughtered and didn't even show up and I do

04:27give them credit because they did beat Detroit Lions on the

04:29road. But if you remember Ben, that's the game where the Lions

04:31repeatedly went down the field and just couldn't score touchdowns

04:34in the red zone going one for seven. So there are some

04:36opportunities to score some points here. And what do we love

04:39about Baker Mayfield? Also, he's a big game player, which means

04:42if he runs, if excuse me, the plays there from the run, he

04:44will do that. But more importantly, if it's double coverage

04:47to make a big play, he'll throw it. If it's double coverage to

04:49get an interception to turn the tide, he'll do that too. The

04:52Saints couldn't get out of their own way for so many times

04:54here with Spencer Rattler the past two weeks. We see that

04:56final score 51 to 27 with a Spencer Rattler started game

05:00for New Orleans. There's a chance that this game can really

05:02get high scoring and it depends on what Baker Mayfield wants

05:04to do. Touchdown passes and interceptions. Yeah, this game

05:07goes over.

05:12Yeah.

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