Ravens vs. Titans Point Spread: NFL Wild Card Odds, Prediction
Baltimore is a 3.5-point favourite on the NFL odds with a total of 55.
NFL Playoffs Point Spread and Betting Analysis
To win the conference title, Baltimore is a +500 third-favourite and Tennessee is +1200 on the NFL Futures odds board. To win Super Bowl 55, the Ravens are +900 and the Titans +2800.
This will be the third meeting between these teams in about a calendar year. On Jan. 11, 2020, the Ravens hosted the Titans in the Divisional Round of the postseason and Tennessee pulled off a 28-12 stunner as a 10-point underdog. Derrick Henry was a beast, as he usually is, with 195 yards rushing on 30 carries and he even threw a TD pass on a trick play. QB Ryan Tannehill only attempted 14 passes and had just 88 yards but two TDs and a rushing score. Baltimore entered that game with the NFL’s best record and on a franchise-record 12-game winning streak.
In Week 11 this season, the Titans pulled another road upset, 30-24 in overtime. Henry dominated again with 133 yards rushing and a touchdown on 28 carries. Tannehill threw for 259 and two scores. Lamar Jackson was relatively quiet for the Ravens, throwing for 186 yards with a TD and a pick and only 51 yards rushing.
Baltimore is 3-7-1 against the spread in the past 11 meetings.
Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens, my summer pick to win Super Bowl 55, are definitely peaking at the right time on a five-game winning streak and averaging nearly 38 points per game during that run. Jackson has returned to his 2019 MVP form and the running game is bludgeoning opponents. In Sunday’s 38-3 win in Cincinnati, the Ravens rushed for a franchise-record 404 yards, the fourth-highest single-game total since 1950. Jackson became the first QB with multiple seasons of 1,000 yards rushing.
Second-round rookie running back JK Dobbins has really taken off. The former Ohio State star had 160 yards rushing and two scores on just 13 carries vs. Cincinnati and has rushed for at least one TD in six straight games. That’s tied for the third-longest streak by a rookie in the Super Bowl era. It should be noted, though, that Jackson is 0-2 in his playoff career. Baltimore is 6-0 ATS in its past six playoff road games.
Tennessee Titans
The Titans and Indianapolis Colts tied at 11-5, but Tennessee won the tiebreaker and thus claimed the AFC South title for the first time since 2008. Henry repeated as the NFL rushing champion by a mile with a career-high 2,027 yards. He had 250 in Sunday’s wild win over Houston along with two scores on 34 carries.
Henry isn’t going to win regular-season MVP as Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers will, but Henry deserves and may win Offensive Player of the Year. There’s just no one like him. Baltimore’s defence ranks eighth against the run in allowing 108.8 ypg. Tannehill also had a stellar season with 40 combined touchdowns (33 passing, seven rushing). The glaring weakness on the Titans is a defence that gets little in the way of a pass rush, totalling only 19 sacks. The Titans are 0-3-1 ATS in their past four home playoff games.
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