Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 8 Odds & Predictions

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Baltimore seeks its first two-game winning streak of this season while Tampa Bay looks to avoid a three-game losing skid when the teams meet for this week’s edition of Thursday night football betting action. The Ravens are 4-3 but should be better; the Buccaneers, meanwhile, are 3-4 but lead their division. Tampa opened as a short home favorite for this game but now Baltimore’s favored. Which way are we going here with our free Thursday Night pick?
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NFL Betting Lines<br />
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The Week 8 NFL betting odds opened Tampa Bay as a one-point favorite for Thursday night, with an over/under of right around 44. Early betting action then flipped Baltimore into 1.5-point chalk and bumped that total to 45.Late betting has the Bucs as a -2 favorite, and the total has climbed as high as 46.5 on some boards.
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Ravens-Buccaneers NFL Betting Preview<br />
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Baltimore continued its topsy-turvy season with a 23-20 victory over Cleveland last Sunday. The Ravens spotted the Browns the first seven points of the game but rallied to lead 13-10 at the half. Baltimore then scored the first seven points of the second half to go up two scores, allowed Cleveland to get within three points midway through the fourth quarter but held on from there. However, the Ravens came up short against the spread as 6.5-point favorites. Baltimore actually got out-gained by the Browns 336-254 but out-rushed Cleveland 160-113 and won both the turnover battle 2-1 and time of possession by a 34:26 split. The Ravens have now been out-gained by five of their seven opponents this season but they’ve also out-rushed each of their last six foes. Baltimore opened this season with a win over the Jets but it’s alternated L’s and W’s each week since. The Ravens are 4-3 overall but they could be 7-0, considering they’ve blown double-digit, second-half leads in all three defeats. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, is 1-4 SU, 0-5 ATS its last five times out, after losing at Carolina Sunday 21-3. The Buccaneers, favored by 11 points, trailed 7-0 at the half, didn’t hit the board until early in the fourth quarter and never hit pay-dirt all day. In the process Tampa became the first double-digit favorite to lose outright in the NFL this season. The Bucs got out-gained by the Panthers 343-322 and out-rushed 173-46. So Tampa Bay’s now been out-gained by four of its last six opponents and out-rushed by each of its last six foes. Two weeks ago the Buccaneers lost at Pittsburgh 20-18. So over the last two weeks Tampa’s lost games to two opponents with a combined record this season of 4-10. And that’s not a good sign.
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Ravens-Bucs Recent History<br />
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These two teams don’t meet too often, just six times overall, Baltimore winning the last four. Most recently, four seasons ago, the Ravens beat Tampa 20-12 in Baltimore. Lamar Jackson, making his fifth career start, quarterbacked the Ravens that day against Jameis Winston for the Bucs.
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<span style="font-size:16px; color:#008000;">Get more details:</span> <a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/nfl/matchup/1655016">Baltimore at Tampa Bay Week 8 Betting Stats</a>
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NFL Betting Trends<br />
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Home teams are 58-47 SU, 51-52 ATS in the NFL this season.
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Excluding Week 1, home teams on Thursday nights are 4-2 SU, 3-3 ATS.
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Totals Report<br />
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The Unders are 4-0 over the Ravens’ last four games, which averaged 41 total points.
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The Unders are 3-0 over the Buccaneers’ last three games, which averaged 33 points.
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The Unders are 65-42 (61 percent) in the NFL this season. However, that sounds like a lean due for a correction.
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