There are a lot of factors going into the BAL/CIN game and it really could go either way. Baltimore will be missing starting All-World tackle Jonathan Ogden, starting defensive end Trevor Pryce (both are currently listed as questionable), and while both #1 WR Mark Clayton and #2 CB Samari Rolle are listed as probable, it's with ankle injuries. Now, on Cincy's side they're missing their big play #3 WR Chris Henry until November and Tab Perry hasn't shown a damn thing. Also, starting CB Jonathan Joseph is questionable with a foot injury which could open things up for the Ravens.
CIN -3
BAL/CIN O41
I really, really, really want to take the superior Ravens (IMO) on the road getting points but I can't do it. I can't do it with the #2 QB in the NFL firing to the #1 WR in the NFL. I don't have much faith in the Cincy defense but with the aging line in Baltimore, I wouldn't be surprised to see them get a decent pass rush all night.
McNair is definitely creeping on retirement and Derrick Mason is no longer the big-play threat he once was in Tenessee. That role is Mark Clayton's but will he be slowed by the ankle problem that kept him out of the preseason? Heap is surely to get his but will the Ravens running game look better than it did in August? McGahee has a lot to prove and so does the Bengals' D.
Baltimore is 6-13 ATS in its last 19 games on the road
Baltimore is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cincinnati's last 10 games when playing Baltimore
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Last edited by SeanyBullets1; 09-10-2007 at 07:29 AM.
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