Baltimore Ravens at Atlanta Falcons 2010 NFL Predictions, Odds, and Picks Week 10: Linebacker Ray Lewis will lead his hard hitting Baltimore Ravens on the road to the Georgia Dome to kick off the NFL’s Thursday Night Football against the Atlanta Falcons at 8:20 PM ET on the NFL Network. Baltimore enters the game at 6-2 1st in the AFC North while the Falcons are also 6-2 and 1st in the NFC South making this a possible Super Bowl preview. Both teams are playing on a short week having games last Sunday. “The thing is, that both teams are going through the same thing,” said Ravens Quarterback Joe Flacco. “I’ve never gone through it before. It should be fun. Instead of practicing on Thursday, we’ll be playing a game so I think we’ll all be happy about that.” “We lost two days of our life I think,” Head football coach John Harbaugh said. “Both teams played less than 24 hours before we were back at practice so it was a little different tempo.” The odds makers at BetUS have the Atlanta Falcons -1 point favorites at home against the Baltimore Ravens.
The Ravens are coming off a home win 26-10 over the Miami Dolphins leaving them at 4-3-1 against the spread for the season. Quarterback Joe Flacco completed 20 of 27 passes for 266 yards and 2 touchdowns hitting Derrick Mason 4 times for 42 yards and a score. Ray Rice carried 22 times for 83 yards and also caught 7 balls for another 97 yards. The Ravens defense forced quarterback Chad Henne into three interceptions. Baltimore is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Atlanta. Vegas odds makers have the Baltimore Ravens as +800 odds to win the 2011 Super Bowl.
The Atlanta Falcons were a winner last time out 27-21 in a heated contest with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers moving them to 4-4 against the spread on the year. Quarterback Matt Ryan completed 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown. Running back Michael Turner led the Falcons bruising ground game with 24 carries for 107 and two touchdowns. The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Atlanta’s last 5 games when playing Baltimore. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 44 points combined of the Baltimore Ravens and Atlanta Falcons.
I predict an Atlanta win at home. Go Falcons.