Green Bay Packers vs. Baltimore Ravens Preseason Pick

Darin Zank
Date: August 15, 7:30 pm
Location: M&T Bank Stadium
TV: Fox Sports

Betting Odds

Point Spread: Ravens -5
Total: 38.5

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The Baltimore Ravens ride a 14-game exhibition winning streak into a battle with the Packers Thursday night in Crab City. So it would seem Coach Harbaugh takes these games rather seriously. How are we betting this one with our <a href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/nfl&quot; title="NFL Picks Against the Spread">free NFL pick</a>?
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NFL Betting Odds<br />
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Week 2's NFL exhibition betting odds opened Baltimore at -3.5 over Green Bay, with an over/under of 40. Early betting action then pushed the Ravens to -5 and dropped the total to 38.5.
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Packers vs. Ravens Set-Up<br />
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Green Bay opened this exhibition season, its first under new Coach LaFleur, with a 28-26 victory over Houston last Thursday. The Packers began the scoring with a special-teams touchdown in the first quarter, pushed their lead to 28-10 in the third quarter, then held on from there. They also squeaked out the cover as one-point favorites.
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On the night Green Bay actually got out-gained by the Texans 412-237 and lost time of possession by a 32/28 split. But the Packers won the turnover battle 4-1, basically resulting in a plus-14 point differential.
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Back-up quarterbacks <a href="http://www.nfl.com/player/deshonekizer/2557983/profile&quot; title="Deshone Kizer NFL Profile">DeShone Kizer</a> and Tim Boyle combined to go 11/18 for 142 yards and three touchdowns, against zero interceptions, as Aaron Rodgers watched from the sidelines.
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Rodgers might play a series or two Thursday night, but it seems likely Kizer and Boyle will continue their battle for the No. 2 spot on the depth chart.
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Baltimore, meanwhile, opened its exhibition season with a 29-0 victory over Jacksonville last Thursday. Starting QB <a href="http://www.nfl.com/player/lamarjackson/2560757/profile&quot; title="Lamar Jackson NFL Profile ">Lamar Jackson</a> directed the Ravens to 10 first-quarter points on three drives, then sat the rest of the night. Baltimore then pulled away from there and covered easily as a favorite of 3.5 points.
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On the night the Ravens out-gained the Jaguars 288-112, out-rushed Jacksonville 125-68, won first downs 18-8 and won the turnover battle 2-1. Also, back-up quarterbacks Trace McSorley and Joe Callahan – a former Packer -combined to hit on 12/26 throws for 115 yards and one pick.
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Jackson might well play a full quarter again Thursday night, and that would probably be worth at least seven points, against a Green Bay defense that gave up over 400 yards to a Houston offense led by Joe Webb last week.
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These teams met most recently back in November of 2017, a 23-0 Ravens victory at Lambeau Field. Joe Flacco quarterbacked Baltimore that day, while Brett Hundley played in place of an injured Rodgers.
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NFL Betting Trends<br />
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Underdogs on the NFL betting lines won seven of 16 games outright last week.
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The Ravens, as mentioned above, are 14-0 SU, 12-2 ATS over their last three-plus exhibition seasons under Coach Harbaugh.
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Totals Report<br />
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Green Bay's victory over Houston last week played over a total of 36.
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Baltimore's victory over Jacksonville played under a total of 31.
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Overs played 9-7-1 in Week 1 (plus the Hall of Fame game) of this exhibition season, as the games averaged 41 points against an average over/under of 36. The average O/U on this week's games sits at right around 42.
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Packers vs Ravens Prediction 08/15/2019

Baltimore seems to take these exhibition games more seriously than most. Also, Green Bay got out-played last week. Also, the Ravens own the better and deeper defense. We're betting Baltimore here.

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