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Week 11! TNF
Finally, a good Thursday night game.
The Ravens have distinguished themselves in the first 10 weeks of this season. Looking at the past four decades of the NFL, they are among five teams that have spent the least amount of time trailing their opponents. However, despite this impressive record, they are the only team in this elite group to have suffered any losses.
The Ravens have lost 7 games in the last two regular seasons with Lamar as the starter.
They had at least a 75% win probability, according to ESPN's win probability tracker, in the fourth quarter of every single one.
In 5 of 7, they had a 90% chance to win in the fourth.
It begs the question. Is it because of their mascot?
Ravens have been featured in ancient stories from around the world and in almost every culture they’re associated with death, illness, or a bad omen.
For example in Swedish folklore, ravens are the spirits of murdered people who weren’t given Christian burials.
Irish folklore sees ravens as symbols of warfare.
The Hindu deity, Shani, is often visualized as mounted on the back of a giant raven. As a protector of property, Shani is believed to be able to repress the thieving tendencies of these birds.
That said, it’s not all bad.
In Native American mythology, the raven is seen as the creator of light (and as a trickster figure.)
In Roman mythology, the Roman general Marcus Valerius Corvus had a raven settle on his helmet during a combat, which distracted the enemy’s attention, allowing Valerius to kill his enemy.
With Joe Burrow having the lowest turnover-worthy play percentage in the NFL this season (1.4%), Ravens fans can only hope that he’ll be distracted and tricked into throwing a pick.
Numbers
3: Will Levis has only played 3 games and has already been hit the 13th most of any QB in the NFL. Everyone else on the list has played at least 8 games.
10: They Giants are a 10-point dog to the 4-6 Commanders, who have a point differential of -57. The last time that a team with a point diff of -50 or worse was a 10-point favorite was in 2013 (Texans against Jaguars).
4.5: Yards per touch this season: Tony Pollard (4.4) Ezekiel Elliott (4.5)
16: The Dolphins have fumbled 16 times and lost 5 of them. The Bills have fumbled 8 times and lost 7 of them.
1 [TRIVIA]: Which team can become the first team eliminated from division contention with a loss this weekend?
Quotes
“Brother, I just want to win a Super Bowl.”
Tua asked whether winning league MVP is something that crosses his mind
Let’s not forget, (Josh Allen) didn’t start going off till bro got there.
"Aaron's a big boy, a grown man, and no one's going to know Aaron's body like Aaron knows his body. And if he feels after all the doctors clear him -- I'm sure there's a million of them, I have no idea -- but if Aaron says he wants to play, he's going to play."
Saleh makes it sound like the team won't stand in Rodgers' way if he wants to play
"I clean 'em. I wash 'em. Every once in a while, at least. I mean, if we're on a hot streak, I can't wash 'em, you know? I've gotta just keep it rolling."
Patrick Mahomes
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Picks
Thursday, 11/15 @ 8:15pm
Bengals at Ravens [NO PICK]
If you’re dying to bet this game and you want some data for data’s sake…
Data’s Sake
65% of the money and 70% of the bets are on the Bengals (+5% differential.)
62% of the money and 70% of the bets are on the Over (+8% differential.)
In the past 10 games as an underdog, Joe Burrow is 7-3 SU and 9-1 ATS.
Bengals are 0-2 in Division Games
The Bengals won their only Prime Time game this season (Week 3 vs LAR)
Ravens are 2-0 after a loss
Two of the Three Ravens losses have been in division games
Ravens are 100% ATS after a loss
Bengals are 4-1 ATS in the last five weeks
Ravens failed to cover (-4) vs Cincinnati in Week 2
In division games, the Bengals have failed to cover the spread
Week 2 meeting went Over the 45.5 points total set for TNF
Ravens are 2-0 for the Under after a loss
Bengals last five totals read: O, U, O, U, O
Ravens are 3-1 for the Over in last four games
Record
ATS: 26-29-3 (-2.73u)
O/U: 20-14 (+5.46)
Highlights
Josh Dobbs renders Kevin O'Connell speechless on touchdown run
Brock Purdy was at Christian Kirk’s state championship game as a kid. Now, he shares an NFL field with the fellow Arizona native.
Logan Thomas to DK Metcalf: "Hey, I know it might not mean nothing but my son [is a] big fan."
Video of the hardest catch in NFL history (according to NextGen)