Football Playoffs Point Spread Ravens Vs Patriots Predictions

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NFL Playoff Odds – Ravens and Patriots to play to Instant Classic in AFC Championship Game

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AFC Championship NFL playoff odds action is set to go at Bookmaker Sportsbook on Sunday when the Baltimore Ravens invade Gillette Stadium to battle the New England Patriots.

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The New England Patriots (14-3, 10-7 ATS) put an end to their recent NFL playoff odds futility last week and now get the opportunity to advance to Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, January 22, 2012 when they take on the Baltimore Ravens (13-4, 8-8-1 ATS); kick-off from Gillette Stadium is set to go live on CBS starting at 3:00 ET.

NFL Betting Odds
Baltimore Ravens (+7) -110
New England Patriots (-7) -110
Over/Under 50

The Ravens have been in this situation before being forced to go into Foxboro and beat the mighty Patriots to advance in the postseason. This time however, a win here would send Baltimore back to the biggest game of the year for the first time since defeating the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV. Last time Head Coach John Harbaugh’s squad faced off against Bill Belichick and the Pats in the postseason, the Ravens shocked the Gillette Stadium crowd by putting 24 points on the board in the 1st quarter and waltzed their way to the impressive 33-14 road win and cover as 3.5-point underdogs.

As good as the Ravens were at home this season – last Sunday’s win over the Texans moved them to a perfect 9-0 SU on the year – the story was much different on the road, as Baltimore split its eight road games both SU & ATS losing outright to four teams that failed to qualify for NFL playoff betting odds action. It’s well known that New England sports a defense that can be beaten with regularity, so you know RB Ray Rice is going to get plenty of work as he looks to rip apart the league’s 17th ranked rush defense (117.1 YPG). That said; it will be QB Joe Flacco’s overall performance that gets scrutinized the most. S Ed Reed called him out for shoddy play against the Texans, but this week, he’ll be throwing into a Patriots pass defense that’s surrendered an average of 293.9 passing yards per game (#31). If the Delaware product fails to step up to the plate here, his position as the Ravens field general could become up for debate.

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the Patriots are on the verge of going back to the Super Bowl with another win; something the franchise has not been able to say since 2005. You know, the year they went undefeated up until meeting the heavily dogged Giants in the grand gala. Who knows how many more championship runs this team has in it considering it’s been a decade-plus since Tom Brady was handed the keys to drive this high octane offensive attack.

New England wasted no time in smashing the dreams of those that backed the Broncos plus the points last week in hopes of seeing the aura that had become “Tebow Power” stick around for at least another week. All the team did was go out and batter the “Chosen One” en route to the decisive 45-10 home win and NFL playoff odds cover as near two TD favorites. The win was the Patriots 14th of the season, but if you go back and look at the opposition those wins came against, you’ll notice not one was against a +.500 team. Regardless, the Pats can only play who they are assigned to and it’s not their fault that nobody else in the AFC East was able to churn out a winning overall record.

NFL Playoff Odds Pick – Last week’s win over the Broncos marked the Patriots first pointspread cover in their L/7 postseason tilts and first in their L/6 second season home games. These teams are very familiar with one another having locked horns three times in the L/3 seasons. Baltimore found itself in the dog role only once this season, and came out of that one an outright winner when it scored the game winning touchdown in the closing moments at Pittsburgh in Week 9. New England was able to take advantage of a team that backed into the playoffs and beat a wounded opponent in the first round, but it doesn’t have that advantage this time around. These were clearly the two best teams in the AFC this season, and Sunday’s game should play out as such. With that the case, grab the points with the road pup and look for them to play with confidence on the road when it matters most!

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