Majority of Pundits Predict Ravens to Prevail Over Dolphins
The Ravens’ home opener this Sunday will be the third meeting between Lamar Jackson and the Miami Dolphins. To say Jackson experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows in the first two meetings would be an understatement.
In the 2019 season opener, Jackson went 17-for-20 with five touchdown passes and posted a perfect 158.3 quarterback rating to lead the Ravens to a 59-10 win in Miami. The Ravens set single-game franchise records for points and total yards (643).
Last season in Miami, the Dolphins blitzed Jackson relentlessly en route to a shocking 22-10 upset. It’s the fewest points the Ravens have scored in a regular-season game since Jackson became the starter.
The pundits are expecting Sunday’s game to be unlike either of the first two. The majority of the prognosticators we looked at (42 of 50) picked Baltimore to win, but of the 31 who predicted the score, 28 have the game being decided by seven points or less, including 14 who have margin of victory at four points or less.
Both teams are coming off convincing season-opening victories.
“I’ve decided I’m giving a slight edge to the Ravens because it’s their home opener,” CBS Sports’ John Breech wrote. “Not only is Lamar Jackson undefeated in home openers (3-0), but the Ravens have won six straight dating back to 2016.”
Here’s a sample of what the pundits are saying about the game:
How the Ravens offense counters the Dolphins’ blitzes will dictate the outcome of the game.
NFL.com’s Gregg Rosenthal: “How Lamar Jackson and the Ravens’ staff handle the Dolphins’ blitzes will be a great litmus test after these teams’ Week 10 meeting last season, when Miami exposed a hole in the Ravens’ passing game that wasn’t (presumably) plugged until the offseason. Baltimore tried more runs under center last week, without great success, but I’ll take Lamar over Tua Tagovailoa if both offenses are in one-dimensional, figuring-it-out mode.”
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