Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots 2010 NFL Predictions, Odds, and Picks Week 6: The Baltimore Ravens head northeast to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough the site of their 33-14 drubbing of the New England Patriots in last year’s playoffs on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET. The Ravens are 4-1 and their defense is third in the NFL while the Patriots are 3-1 and coming off a bye. Last year’s home playoff loss was the first for the quarterback Tom Brady and head football coach Bill Belichick era in New England and 11 in a row dating back to 1978. Can you spell REVENGE? “Anytime your season ends, you remember that game,” Belichick said, “but now we have a chance to play that team again. It’s a new matchup. It’s a new game. Hopefully, we can learn from some of the things that happened in that game.” To add insult to injury Baltimore can end the Pats 7 consecutive wins following a bye and not winning against the Pats in the regular season since they left Cleveland (5 losses). “I think it has to be in the back of their head, obviously, because what we did last year was uncommon for that kind of team,” Rice said. “We went up there, we dominated them.” The odds makers at SBG Global have the New England Patriots -3 point favorites at home against the Baltimore Ravens.
As mentioned the Pat are coming off a bye, but prior to that they went to Miami and spanked the Dolphins 41-14 setting an NFL record by scoring 5 different ways in one game. New England scored touchdowns on a run, pass, interception, kick return, and blocked field goal. It’s been a volatile off week as the Pats traded wide receiver Randy Moss to Minnesota and picked up Deion Branch from Seattle. Branch was the Pats MVP of the 2005 Super Bowl win and played 4 seasons with the team earlier in his career. Vegas odds makers have the New England Patriots as +1200 odds to win the 2011 Super Bowl.
Baltimore won last week defeating the Broncos 31-17 covering the spread and moving to 3-2 ATS for the season. Running back Ray Rice carried the ball 27 times for 133 yards and 2 touchdowns, his best game of the season. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 45 points combined of the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots.
As much as I don’t care for Belichick he has a way of preparing for teams and payback games like this one Sunday. So I predict the Patriots will win and cover at home. Note: Rich Fritz is a Blog Writer on NSAwins.com and not a pro handicapper. For expert NFL Football Predictions against the vegas spreads please visit the NSAwins.com homepage for top predictions today from the National Sports Advisors.