Many Pundits think John Gruden is TANKING the RAIDERS season so he can get rid of some of the high priced contracts and stock the cupboards with his own draft picks.....He's already traded his best defensive player in Mack and his best offensive WR in Cooper. Whether or not this is true doesn't matter today. The Raiders are 2-8 have been playing horribly and make their 2nd road trip. They will start on East Coast time which is 10am for them and meet a good Ravens Teams whose strengths are good defense and a solid running team. This doesn't set up well for a Raiders team who will be challenged mentally and physically. They are banged up and their best weapons on offense are Doug Martin RB and Jordy Nelson WR.
The Hedgie was hoping to grab Ravens when it opned at -10.5 and buy it down to -10. The line has run away as EVERYONE is on the Ravens . IT's -12 right now and even -13 in some spots as it may go higher. It's always tough to lay double digits in the NFL in any game ...BUT there's always the TEASER option. Today the Hedgie prefer to TEASE THE RAVENS in a few multiple early games: Hedgie has some leans on some road dogs and will use 7 points to tease them all up. Here we go:
RAVENS -5 & BROWNS +8 3 stars - Bengals are with out AJ Green. The line has dropped below -3. Browns have kept many games close all season expect the same here if they don't win outright
RAVENS -5 & SEAHAWKS +10 - seattle's running game has improved which makes for a good road formula. They are 7-3-2 ATS their last 12 road games.
RAVENS -5 & 49ers +9 - both teams dealing with a lot of adversity. 49ers much better coached and siding with the team that will at the very minimum should get a back door cover vs a terrible defense
TEASER: BILLS + 10 and UNDER 44.5 - if you can catch Bills +3.5 that may be the best play. Bills off a bye and Jags may be deflated after terrible 4th Q loss last week
TEASER : Giants + 11 and OVER 41- all the money in on the Giants as people realize how decimated Philly 's secondary is. Big day for ODB , Sharp and Barkley ....