Ravens vs. Cardinals: Essential Analysis & Predictions
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00:02 >> All right, finally, another big favorite this week is
00:05 the Baltimore Ravens after that huge win against the Lions.
00:09 And you can see an adjustment here,
00:11 adjustment on the Ravens without a doubt, Warren.
00:14 If let's say Baltimore wins by seven last week,
00:16 there's no way they're nine and a half point favorites this week.
00:18 But they played great, give them credit against Detroit, total 44 and a half.
00:22 We know Kyler Murray is back practicing again.
00:25 I mean, I cannot imagine that he's gonna just start and play in this game.
00:28 Maybe I'm wrong.
00:29 I think it'll be at least another week of dobs.
00:31 And I would expect at some point, by the way, Warren, for
00:34 the Cardinals just to lose like seven in a row or eight in a row.
00:37 I mean, aren't they playing essentially to get the number one pick, I would think?
00:40 Any value at all in this game as well?
00:43 >> I would think that at least my strategy would be exactly as you outlined.
00:49 Well, let's play for the number one pick.
00:51 But I don't know that that's what they're actually going to try to do here,
00:54 which would be a massive mistake.
00:55 But, and I don't think that Kyler is going to play in this game, but
00:59 there still is the question mark of could he?
01:01 I don't think he's going to, I agree with you.
01:03 I think it's gonna be another week away.
01:05 But he seems to be practicing just fine right now.
01:08 So we'll see when he gets to come back.
01:10 But in this game, look, the trend has been for
01:15 the Arizona Cardinals to get started a little bit faster than do absolutely
01:19 nothing in the second half of these games.
01:21 But that actually runs right into the strength of the Baltimore Ravens.
01:24 The Baltimore Ravens are the only team in the NFL this year to score first
01:28 in their games.
01:29 Baltimore Ravens have scored more points than anybody else has in the first quarter.
01:32 The Baltimore Ravens have also held opponents to the fewest points of anybody
01:36 in the first quarter.
01:37 Thus, the Ravens have led on average in the first quarter by the highest margin of
01:41 any team in the league.
01:42 They've led at halftime at the second highest margin of any team in the league.
01:46 And obviously that counters right what the Arizona Cardinals have been able to do
01:50 offensively, which is start a little bit faster.
01:52 So I don't actually have any strong leans or angles in this game.
01:57 I am gonna be looking a little bit at some of the running back props for
02:01 the Baltimore Ravens because this Cardinals run defense,
02:04 after going against the Detroit Lions and having some success,
02:06 you're gonna have even more success against this Arizona Cardinals run defense.
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