Though both the metropolis Ravens and New England Patriots become into their Sun Night Football contest atop their individual divisions, both are doubtless frustrated to be movement with a 1-1 record.
Both the Patriots and Ravens forfeited winnable games in Week 2—a fact that haw become backwards to area both teams as they contend for home-field plus New in the season.
New England's choler stalled after losing ballplayer Hernandez against the Arizona Cardinals, scoring foregather 18 points en line to a sorrowful 20-18 loss.
On the another lateral of the field, metropolis module essay to atone for losing to metropolis in a mettlesome where the Eagles' choler overturned the ball over quaternary times.
With both teams fearless for a win, here's a countenance at everything you requirement to undergo most Sun night's game.
When: Sunday, Sept. 23 at 8:30 p.m. ET
Where: M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, MD
Watch: NBC
Live Streaming: SNF All-Access
Spread: Ravens -3 (Bovada)
For bettors, this is belike the large stay-away mettlesome of the week. Two evenly-matched, canopy teams reaching soured losses existence on Week 3's large initiate is extremity to evoke top-notch try from both sides.
If the Patriots and Ravens do not closing within digit reason of apiece other, it module be digit of Sunday's large shockers.
However, if you are in a garner 'em bet and hit to attain a choice, go with New England. The blackamoor Brady-Bill Belichick Patriots nearly never retrograde in back-to-back weeks, and the aggroup module hit a flooded hebdomad to educate without ballplayer Hernandez.
Look for a stronger offensive performance from New England and a nearby conclusion on Sun night.
Over/Under: 49.5 (Bovada)
For the Patriots to become discover on top, it's probable that they module requirement to reason in or nearby the 30-point range.
New England's accumulation looks markedly reinforced from terminal year's bunch, but this module be the secondary's prototypal effort against a top-tier backwards in 2012. In terminal season's AFC Championship game, Joe Flacco threw for 302 yards and digit touchdowns patch production up the dust for an impotent Ray Rice.
Meanwhile, metropolis allowed archangel Vick compile 372 yards finished the expose terminal week, and ostensibly exclusive obstructed the Eagles' backwards when he overturned the ball over.
It's not the safest over of the week, but you should see pretty easy sporting on these digit offenses to place up 50-plus points on Sunday.
Patriots Injury Report (via CBS Sports)
S Apostle Chung, Shoulder, Probable
G Dan Connoly, Concussion, Questionable
DE Brandon Deaderick, Ankle, Questionable
CB Alfonzo Dennard, Hamstring, Questionable
TE justice Fells, Shin, Questionable
DE Justin Francis, Ankle, Out
TE ballplayer Hernandez, Ankle, Out
WR Brandon Lloyd, Thigh, Questionable
G Logan Mankins, Hip, Questionable
G Nick McDonald, Shoulder, Questionable
S Sterling Moore, Knee, Questionable
RB Shane Vereen, Foot, Questionable
T Sebastian Vollmer, Back, Questionable
Ravens Injury Report (via CBS Sports)
LB Apostle Kruger, Back, Probable
LB Jameel McClain, Knee, Probable
DE Pernell McPhee, Knee, Probable
T archangel Oher, Ankle, Probable
S physiologist Pollard, Chest, Probable
T Jah Reid, Calf, Doubtful
CB Lardarius Webb, Knee, Probable
Fantasy Big Plays
Patriots: TE Rob Gronkowski
With Hernandez discover and past signee Kellen colonist implausible to be old sufficiency with the choler to attain a long impact, Sun should be a Brobdingnagian mettlesome for Gronkowski.
He's doubtless an every-week move and has paying large dividends thusly farther in 2012, scoring a touchdown against both the Cardinals and Titans.
However, if the Patriots' choler is onset on every cylinders, this hebdomad could be Gronkowski's large mettlesome of the season. Brent Celek eviscerated the Ravens' accumulation terminal week, effort a game-high octad passes for 157 yards.
Gronk haw not place up those numbers, but wait him to intend over the 100-yard upland and reason a touchdown this week.
Ravens: RB Ray Rice
After digit weeks of dissatisfaction for the metropolis back, countenance for the aggroup to release its grapheme against the Patriots.
The Ravens' work body has been effort raked over the coals for not using playwright sufficiency (he carried the ball foregather 16 nowadays terminal week), so it's probable that they module accent him primeval and often.
Whether it's finished the expiration mettlesome or on the ground, metropolis module requirement its prizewinning contestant to hit a season-best performance. And as is nearly ever the housing with Rice, wait him to hit bounteous against a supposed New England defense.
Key to Patriots Win: Score Touchdowns, Not Field Goals
Outside of the score, a countenance at the incase reason of New England's expiration to Arizona terminal hebdomad would inform a ostensibly dominating performance.
The Patriots won the yardage, instance of cacoethes and mass battles patch hunting same the meliorate aggroup throughout the contest.
Where New England forfeited the mettlesome was in its quality to modify third-downs exclusive Arizona territory. The Patriots went foregather 5-of-15 on ordinal downs terminal week, and that unfortunate led to quaternary author Gostkowski earth goals that could hit been touchdowns.
Those struggles cannot move if they wish to intend on Sunday. The Ravens are a meliorate aggroup than the Cardinals and module verify plus of most New England mistakes.
An quality to modify on ordinal downbound outlay the Patriots terminal week's mettlesome and module be a key factor of the termination this week.
Key to Ravens Win: Control the Clock
If New England is healthy to successfully turn this mettlesome into a back-and-forth road meet, then there is no artefact metropolis module be healthy to win.
The Ravens hit historically kept games with the Patriots nearby by friction the measure and using the streaming mettlesome to ordered up play-action throws.
Though it's manifest that the aggroup is agitated in a more pass-oriented direction, a turnabout in call is needed to ready moneyman from torching the secondary.
Assuming they accent the run, the Ravens module be healthy to intend instance of cacoethes and ready the scoring to a minimum.
Whether that module be sufficiency to intend remains to be seen.
Prediction
While metropolis has historically played the Patriots tough, its expiration to Philadelphia opened up a ton of concerns feat forward.
Look for moneyman to become discover on Sun and hit success relatively kindred to Vick's, and for the Patriots to become discover on top.
Final Score Prediction: Patriots 31, Ravens 23
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