The Kansas City Chiefs are looking for a repeat, but the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens will stand in their way on Sunday in the 2024 AFC Championship Game. The Chiefs (13-6) held off the Buffalo Bills to notch a 27-24 victory last Sunday to earn their sixth straight trip to the AFC Championship Game. The Ravens (14-4) come in as the AFC’s top seed and pulled away from the Houston Texans for a 34-10 victory last Saturday. Kansas City has won four of the past five meetings between the teams, but the Ravens edged the Chiefs in a 36-35 thriller the last time they met, in Week 2 of the 2021 season in Baltimore.
Sunday’s kickoff at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore is set for 3 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. The latest Ravens vs. Chiefs odds list Baltimore as a 3.5-point favorite, according to the SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 44.5. Before you make any Chiefs vs. Ravens picks, you need to see what proven SportsLine NFL expert Mike Tierney has to say, considering his mastery of picks involving the Ravens.
A veteran sportswriter whose work appears periodically in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered the NFL for decades and reported from seven Super Bowls. He had a typically strong NFL season in 2022, going 68-54-6 on his picks and returning $815 to $100 players. In addition, he is an amazing 48-19-2 on his last 69 NFL picks in games involving the Ravens, returning a whopping $2,702. Anyone who has followed him is way up.
Now, Tierney has broken down Chiefs vs. Ravens and just revealed his picks and predictions. You can visit SportsLine now to see his picks. Now, here are several NFL odds and betting trends for Ravens vs. Chiefs:
- Ravens vs. Chiefs spread: Baltimore -3.5
- Ravens vs. Chiefs over/under: 44.5 points
- Ravens vs. Chiefs money line: Baltimore -186, Kansas City +154
- KC: Chiefs are 20-10-1 as road underdogs under Andy Reid (since 2013)
- BAL: Ravens are 14-7 ATS in the playoffs under John Harbaugh (since 2008)
- Ravens vs. Chiefs picks: See picks at SportsLine
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Why Ravens can cover
Baltimore’s defense led the NFL in sacks (60) and takeaways (31) in the regular season and allowed just 16.5 points per game, fewest in the NFL. The likes of Justin Madubuike (13 sacks), Jadeveon Clowney (9.5) and Kyle Van Noy (nine) should make it rough on Patrick Mahomes….
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