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  • Bills by 1-4

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Bills by 5-9

    Votes: 2 33.3%

  • Bills by 10+

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Ravens by 1-4

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Ravens by 5-9

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Ravens by 10+

    Votes: 1 16.7%
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    6

The Athletic: Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens odds, expert picks, how to watch: Josh Allen vs. Lamar Jackson in primetime​


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Any concern about Josh Allen’s ability to thrive without top target Stefon Diggs can officially be put to bed. The Buffalo quarterback is the MVP frontrunner through three weeks despite throwing to a receiving corps devoid of any household names. But, despite the thorough dismantling of Jacksonville Monday night, Allen and the 3-0 Bills are road underdogs against the 1-2 Ravens.

Home-field advantage is doing a lot of work for Baltimore when it comes to the spread, as Lamar Jackson and company have yet to demonstrate a cohesive passing attack or an ability to finish games. Anyone who watched the Ravens in Week 3 saw them overwhelm the Cowboys for 80 percent of the contest, but the final score illuminates their Achilles heel in 2024. Over three games, Baltimore has been outscored 39-17 in the fourth quarter, and opposing offenses are essentially doubling their productivity against the Ravens in the second half of games. That’s bad news for Baltimore, with Buffalo coming in having scored at least 31 points in all three games and outscoring opponents 102-31 over the last five halves.

Jackson has used his legs to keep games close, and Derrick Henry was able to punish Dallas’ interior rush defense last week, but that won’t be enough to keep pace with the Bills. The Ravens have passed well in the first half of games, but their air attack stalls late, largely due to the absence of an alpha receiver. No pass catcher has accumulated 150 yards or two touchdowns, and without Isaiah Likely’s surprise 111 yards against Kansas City in Week 1, they would have less than 600 receiving yards on the season. In previous years, Baltimore used tight end Mark Andrews to get their passing game unstuck. This season, the three-time Pro Bowler has been ineffective, and second-half drives have stalled without his reliable production. Kicker Justin Tucker is another lost safety net. Long considered automatic, he’s missed three of his eight attempts and is 0-2 from fifty yards or more.

The Ravens badly need to pull their record to even since the Steelers are off to a surprising 3-0 start in the division and have a favorable schedule ahead, so expect fireworks in the first half. But the Baltimore faithful will have to be as relentless as the Bills offense if the Ravens are going to hang with the visitors through all four quarters.

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Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens odds​

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How to watch Bills at Ravens​

  • Venue: M&T Bank Stadium — Baltimore
  • Time: 8:20 p.m. ET, Sunday
  • TV: NBC
  • Streaming: Fubo (try for free)

Expert picks for Bills at Ravens​

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Goats

Sean McDermott. Team looked unprepared, slow, dumbfounded, just off from the word go. Receivers open by 5 yards, Henry untouched 87 yards. Goes for it on one 4th down then punts in an almost identical situation farther up the filed a few plays later. Punted again on a couple more series when he knew his D was not on their day. Just an awful day at the office for McClappy.

Babich. See above. Nobody had a clue of what they were doing

Hamlin. Ouch, clearly was playing above average.

Cam Lewis. Ouch, clearly was playing above average.

Joe Brady. Killed what little shot we had at a comeback with a play call that caught nobody by surprise. Nearly got Allen killed too. Game ended on that turnover.

OL. Allen was under duress all game long.

Blitz pickup / counter. Hand in hand with the above goat. I dont know if it was Allen not picking them up, receivers not adjusting routes, Brady not countering with smarter calls or all of the above. But the Ravens blitz worked every single time.

Bass. Just an awful kicker. The day he loses us a game is coming. Its just a matter of time.



Balls.

I have nothing guys. Maybe Keon coming back strong after the drop. That's it.



Having ranted all that in the grand scheme of things I think most of us had this pinned as an L in our calendars. I know I did. We were not going to go undefeated. So a loss on Sunday night in Baltimore is not the end of the world. I did not care much about being abused though. Its one thing to lose, its another to be embarrassed. But the Ravens are not THAT good, and we are not THAT bad. It was just one of those days. Regroup, put it past you and lets beat Diggs and the Texans next week.
 
Balls.

Sam Brady eeerr Darnold. The dream season continues. Also Jefferson is good. Very good. Like, god like good

Henry. Like an adult running vs little kids. Abused the Bills all day long. Embarrassing. Also, far from the 1st time.

Falcons kicker. Baller kick from 58 to win it. Bass can only make this playing Madden, not with himself of course.

Everything Washington offense. Jayden Daniels, Their OL, Kliff Kingsbury, McLaurin. They are balling.

Joe Flacco. Delivers once again. Glass Richardson was as usual being ass until Flacco came in to save the day.

POS Rashed Rice taken out by Mahomes. A little karma at least.

Bengals. Finally won. It took facing one of the worst teams in the game. But hey. Its a W





Goats

NY Jets. No touchdowns, lost at home vs Bo Nix. lol lol lol AFC East favorite my ass, contender my dirty ass

Steelers. The fakest most unreal 3-0 start in recent memory was exposed.

Chiefs. Winning another game when they looked bad, They are 4-0 and could have easily lost all 4 games. Unreal.

Eagles. Cant say I'm not enjoying the downfall of that jerk Sirianni and the immensely overrated Jalen Hurts.

Rams. Losing to Chicago is embarrassing.
 
Balls:

Shakira - Only player on offense that showed up

Let James Cook - Ran hard

Smoot - Only guy on D that made an impact

Douglas - FF

Ferguson - Excellent snaps all game

Goats:

JA17 - Terrible

KINGcade - crucial drop

Neon Keon - crucial drop

Hollis - useless

OL - Swiss cheese

Oliver - No Show

Jones - No Show

Williams - Burned for TD

Lewis - Invisible

Wrap - Nod good
 
I hope to GOD the first thing that came out on the plane home was NO MORE STUPID TRICK PLAYS, especially against a Defense that was swarming the ball all night long
 
GAWD! That Jets game was like a race to see who could lose first.
Cheifs, not yesterday but that 4-0 record has had some zebra influence to it
 
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