Baltimore Ravens at New Orleans Saints Week 9 Odds & Predictions

<p>The Ravens are 5-3 on the season, but they probably feel they should be 8-0. The Saints are 3-5, and they've also botched a couple of games. So we should be in for a good one when these teams meet for this week's edition of Monday night football betting action at the Superdome.</p>
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<h2>NFL Betting Lines </h2>
<p>The Week 9 NFL betting odds opened Baltimore as a three-point road favorite for Monday night, with an over/under of right around 48. Early betting action then dipped that spread to -2.5.</p>
<h2>Ravens-Saints NFL Betting Preview </h2>
<p>Baltimore owns its first two-game winning "streak" of this season after winning at Tampa Bay last Thursday 27-22. The Ravens started slowly against the Buccaneers, botched a couple of early scoring opportunities, and trailed at the half 10-3. But Baltimore scored the first 14 points of the second half, part of a 24-6 run, to take the lead and held on from there for the victory.</p>
<p>The Ravens out-gained Tampa 453-349, out-rushed the Bucs 231-44, and dominated time of possession by a 38:22 split.</p>
<p>Baltimore has now out-gained three of its last four opponents and out-rushed each of its last seven foes.</p>
<p>Two weeks ago, the Ravens beat Cleveland 23-20, out-rushing the Browns 160-113.</p>
<p>Baltimore is 5-3 overall this season but should be/could be 6-2 or 7-1, considering it held double-digit leads in every game it lost.</p>
<p>New Orleans, meanwhile, just snapped a two-game losing skid with a 24-0 blanking of Las Vegas last Sunday. The Saints took the lead for good with a touchdown late in the first quarter, led 17-0 at the half, then scored the only seven points of the second half for the win.</p>
<p>New Orleans out-gained the Raiders 367-183, out-rushed Vegas 136-38, and won the time of possession by a 35:25 split. In fact, the Saints' defense didn't even allow the Raiders' offense to cross into New Orleans territory until just two minutes remained in the game!</p>
<p>The Saints have now out-gained each of their last four opponents and out-rushed four of their last five foes. It's that -9 turnover ratio that's been killing 'em.</p>
<p>Two weeks ago, New Orleans out-gained Arizona by 168 yards but lost 42-34 because it gave up two pick-6s. And three weeks ago, the Saints lost to Cincinnati 30-26 because they gave up a 60-yard Bengals touchdown with just under two minutes to go.</p>
<p>But even at 3-5 overall, New Orleans only trails first-place Atlanta by one game in the mediocre NFC South.</p>
<p>These two teams have played two common opponents this season; the Ravens played Tampa Bay and Cincinnati to 2-0 SU, 1-1 ATS, and +69 yards per game, while the Saints played the Bucs and Bengals to 0-2 both SU and ATS but +50 YPG.</p>
<p>On the personnel front, Baltimore just added a guy this week who should bolster its 24th-ranked defense when they got LB Roquon Smith in a trade with Chicago.</p>
<h2>Ravens-Saints Recent History </h2>
<p>These teams don't meet too often, just seven times before, the Ravens winning five. Most recently, though, four seasons ago, New Orleans beat Baltimore 24-23 when Ravens All-Universe kicker Justin Tucker missed an extra point that would have tied the game in the last half-minute. Drew Brees quarterbacked the Saints that day against Joe Flacco for Baltimore.<br />
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<h2>NFL Betting Trends</h2>
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<li>Home teams are 66-54 SU and 61-57 ATS in the NFL this season.</li>
<li>Favorites are 74-48 SU and 52-67 ATS in the NFL this season.</li>
<li>Home dogs are 21-28 SU and 27-21 ATS in the NFL this season.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report </h2>
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<li>The Unders are 5-3 in Ravens games this season, which are averaging 49 total points.</li>
<li>The Overs are 5-3 in Saints games this season, which are averaging 50 points.</li>
<li>The Unders are 72-50 in the NFL this season.</li>
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