Week 9 in the NFL finishes up in New Orleans where the Ravens and Saints will go head-to-head for a “Monday Night Football” showdown at Caesars Superdome.
Both of these teams are coming off wins in Week 8 as the Saints were able to blank the Raiders in a 24-0 win. As for Baltimore, they took down the Buccaneers in Tampa in the Week 8 opener on Thursday. While each club may be riding high off their respective wins, they are a bit banged up. They both saw star wide receivers — Michael Thomas and Rashod Bateman — head to season-ending IR and the Ravens will also be without star tight end Mark Andrews due to knee and shoulder injuries, so they’ll each be battling some adversity.
Here, we’ll specifically be looking at the different betting angles that this game has to offer. Along with the spread and total, we’ll also take a look at several player props and hand in our picks for how we see this showdown unfolding.
All NFL odds via Caesars Sportsbook.
How to watch
Date: Monday, Nov. 7 | Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
Location: Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, LA)
TV: ESPN | Stream: fuboTV (try for free)
Follow: CBS Sports App
Odds: Ravens -1.5, O/U 46.5
Line movement
Featured Game | New Orleans Saints vs. Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens were a 3.5-point favorite in the lookahead before Week 8 and that dipped to a field goal advantage once the weekend came to a close. As the week progressed and more injury news developed with the Saints, this line started to sink. By the time it was clear that Andrews was going to be downgraded to out, the line fell to Ravens -1.5 by Sunday morning.
The pick: Saints +1.5. When everyone is healthy, the Ravens are the better football team. That said, this club is just too banged up to back at the moment with rookie tight end Isaiah Likely and wideout Devin Duvernay being Lamar Jackson’s top two options in the passing game. While the loss of Michael Thomas for the year does sting for New Orleans, Chris Olave has shown he is more than capable of carrying a heavy workload in the passing game,…
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