Chargers vs. Ravens Week 10 Betting Odds, Prediction and Picks: Two AFC Disappointments Meet on MNF
Two expected AFC contenders having very disappointing seasons meet on Monday Night Football to conclude Week 10 as the shockingly winless Los Angeles Chargers visit a Baltimore team on its fourth quarterback. The Ravens are -5.5 on the NFL odds with a total of 38.5 points.
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Chargers vs. Ravens Kickoff, Weather, TV, Streaming Info
Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. ET on Monday, November 16 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. ESPN carries the game in the United States. In Canada, the game airs on TSN and RDS and can be streamed on DAZN through NFL Game Pass.
Conditions should be pretty comfortable for mid-November in Baltimore, with temperatures around 8°C at kickoff, light winds and very little chance of rain. Weather is not expected to be much of a factor.
NFL Betting Odds, Point Spread, Trends
The beauty of the NFL is that a team can be terrible one season and a Super Bowl contender the next and also go the opposite way just like that. Los Angeles (0-8) and Baltimore (4-5) were among the preseason favourites to win the AFC but have imploded and are sitting last in the AFC West and North, respectively. No doubt this game would have been flexed out if possible, but the league can’t do that on Monday Night Football until Week 12.
How many games will the Los Angeles Chargers win in the regular season?
The season is over for Los Angeles, which already has cashed under its preseason win total of 9.5. The marriage of coach Jim Harbaugh and first-year offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, the former Dolphins head coach, simply has not worked. Quarterback Justin Herbert has regressed in a big way. There will be a lot of changes coming this winter, although Harbaugh is thought to be safe.
Baltimore’s problems largely come down to the health of quarterback Lamar Jackson, who is on IR and hoping to return late season from thumb surgery. The Ravens are 3-2 in games he started this year and that includes a loss in one he went out after a snap. They are 1-3 without him.
The Ravens have won the past three in the series, last in November 2024 in Los Angeles.
NFL Player Odds and Props
If you aren’t taking Chargers QB Justin Herber for an interception, you aren’t paying attention. At least one in every game this disastrous season. For the Ravens, bet top wideout Zay Flowers for at least 70 yards receiving now that he actually has a competent quarterback.
Los Angeles Chargers
Dating to last season and including playoff, the Bolts lost their 11th straight game Sunday and barely put up a fight doing so, 44-22 at home to Houston. That skid has tied a team record when including the postseason. It is only the sixth in NFL history to start 0-8 a season after making the playoffs. Jim Harbaugh is a marvelous football coach but this is hurting his reputation. Those 44 points allowed were the most in Harbaugh’s NFL head coaching career.
Justin Herbert threw for only 193 yards with a TD and pick and is the third QB in history to start 0-8 with at least one interception in each game. But Herbert is the first ever to start 0-8 the season after a Pro Bowl selection and playoff appearance. He suffered a finger injury Sunday so maybe the Bolts just call it a year and put him on IR. Top wideout Ladd McConkey has been battling injuries all season. He was active in Week 9 but ended up not playing after experiencing back spasms during pregame workouts.
Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore was forced to give undrafted free-agent rookie Joe Fagnano his first NFL start on Thursday night in Week 9 in the rain vs. Jacksonville, and it was an abject disaster in a 33-10 loss – the Ravens’ fourth straight defeat. They have not topped 13 points in any of those and have dropped the past three by at least 17 points each. That’s a franchise first. With a healthy Lamar Jackson, the Ravens averaged 29 points in the first four games, among NFL leaders. The offence is putting up 14.6 points over the last five games, which is 30th in that span.
At least the Ravens will be back to an actual professional QB on Monday in veteran journeyman Jacoby Brissett, who was acquired from Arizona. It won’t matter who is under centre if the offensive line doesn’t improve. Baltimore has been flagged for false starts 24 times this season, the most in the league. The Ravens were flagged only 19 times for such all of last season. Star safety Kyle Hamilton left the Week 9 loss and is in some question.
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