NFL Football Views

We’re going to take a look at a game on Friday between the Baltimore Ravens and the Atlanta Falcons for all you sports betting fans.

The Atlanta Falcons responded this past Monday, which happened to be the day that Michael Vick pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, by beating the Cincinnati Bengals by 5 points in the Georgia Dome.

They put up 24 points against the Bengals in that one. Don’t expect the Falcons to come close to putting that many points up against the Ravens in this game.

The Baltimore Ravens are one of those teams that plays hard every down of every play — whether it be in pre-season or the regular season. The Atlanta Falcons defense is pretty awful and Willis McGahee, the new Raven’s running back, should feel good about shredding it a week and two days before the regular season starts.

This game amounts to little more than a work-out for the Ravens who are just a much better team than the Falcons.

The NFL betting line of -3.5 against the Ravens shouldn’t be a problem at all as the Falcons may take a step back four days after their emotional game versus the Bengals. They won’t be fired up at all to play against a Raven’s defense that will be going full throttle in this one.

To put things more in the Raven’s favor, Joey Harrington, the new Atlanta Falcon’s quarterback can’t afford to get hurt in the pre-season. Expect Harrington to play maybe two or three series while the Raven’s first team defense will play well into the third quarter.

The spread is 3.5 points against the Ravens. We pick the Ravens and we’ll try to pad the bankroll going into the regular season.

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