The Baltimore Ravens will travel to face the San Diego Chargers in an NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time San Diego is scheduled for 4PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.
The betting odds came out with the road team Baltimore Ravens favored by -1 point with an over under line of 47 points. Early money has shifted on the home side as San Diego is now favored by -1 point. The total has moved down a ½ point to 46 ½ points.
The Ravens and Chargers went head to head last season and it was San Diego with the 34-14 home win as a +1 point underdog. The total landed over 45 points. NFL Trend: Baltimore Ravens are 3-0 ATS in their past three games.
Baltimore has won three straight games. They improve to 8-2 on the year following a 13-10 road win last week at the Pittsburgh Steelers as a -3 point betting favorite. The total came under 41 points. The Ravens offense put up 200 yards with 47 on the ground on 23 rushing attempts. They have no turnovers and force three away from Pittsburgh. Joe Flacco completed 20 of 32 throws for 164 yards. Flacco has 13 touchdowns and 7 picks on the season. Baltimore allowed Pittsburgh to produce 311 offensive yards with 134 from their run game on 27 tries. Baltimore defensively gives up 382 yards a game which is 25th in football. They struggle in run defense but the Chargers are not a good run team.
San Diego has lost two straight and five of six games to fall to 4-6 on the year. Suddenly they are 4 games back of Denver when you factor the tiebreaker for the AFC West title. They come off the 30-23 road loss to the Denver Broncos last week as a +7 point underdog. The game came in over 47 ½ points. The Charger offense produced 277 yards with only 53 on the ground on 23 attempts. They had three turnovers and took two from Denver. Phillip Rivers hit on 24 of 40 passes for 258 yards with two touchdowns and two picks. The mistakes continue for Rivers with 17 touchdowns and 14 picks this year. San Diego allowed the Denver offense to gain 388 yards with 133 from their run attack on 25 carries. This Chargers team is far from the offensive juggernauts from season pasts. They average 328 offensive yards a game ranking 23rd in college football.
