Ravens vs. Bills prediction, pick, odds, spread, where to watch live
In the edition of week 1 of “Sunday Night Football”, football fans will be entitled to one of the first clashes of the season while the Buffalo Bills welcome the Ravens of Baltimore. Should once again be two of the best AFC teams – and the NFL -, the Bills and the Ravens met for the last time during the divisional round of the playoffs last year, with Buffalo which was dramatically victorious.
The game is opposed to the last two MVPs of the NFL against each other while the MVP reigning Josh Allen fights against Lamar Jackson, who won in 2023 and was also appointed first All-Pro team against Allen last year. There are stars in the field on both sides of the ball, from Derrick Henry and James Cook to Kyle Hamilton and Matt Milano and much more.
This is a game that could have massive implications not only in week 1, but for the race for the AFC seeded. Especially after the Kansas City chiefs lost their opening match of the year, the team that took a step ahead of the start could make the other contenders pursue them all year round.
Before decomposing the match, here is an overview of how you can watch the match.
Where to watch the ravens against live invoices
- Date: Sunday September 7 | Time: 8:20 p.m.
- Location: Highmark Stadium (Orchard Park, NY)
- TV: NBC | Flow: Fubo (Try for free)
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Odds: RAVENS -1.5; O / U 50.5 (via Draftkings Sportsbook)
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When the ravens have the ball
The Ravens moved the ball with a relative ease against the Bills in their two games last season.
In the battle of the regular season, Baltimore rushed to 271 absurd yards, with Derrick Henry which takes place on the opening of the Ravens game. The Ravens relied on the Bills from there, with Henry (24 races for 199 yards and the aforementioned touch) and Lamar Jackson (six races for 54 yards and a touch) run through the defense match. Jackson also succeeded 13 of the 18 by spending 156 yards and two affected.
In the playoffs, the Ravens accumulated 416 additional yards – almost corresponding to the 427 they had in the regular season beat. They ran for 176 yards and Jackson went 18 out of 25 for 254 yards and two scores. The problem was that the Ravens overthrew it three times, with Jackson apparently raising an interception and an escape, and Mark Andrews also groped. These problems, as well as Andrews’ drop on what should have been a two -point conversion at the end of the game, combined to undermine an otherwise excellent offensive effort.
The Bills have added a few pieces on the defense of this offseason, the most notable of which is Joey Bosa. To its best, Bosa is an excellent two -directed defender who can precipitate the smuggler and contribute to a high level in the race game. Between him and Greg Rousseau, the Bills must be very good tight-in-laws. Buffalo also added Michael Hoecht in advance, but he is suspended, just like Larry Ogunjobi. The other reinforcements of the defensive line are the recruits of Landon Jackson, TJ Sanders and Deone Walker, who will fill behind Bosa, Rousseau, AJ Epenesa, Ed Oliver and Daquan Jones. They will have to do a much better work against the race than the group in advance last year.
On the second level, Bills could still have problems. They have a blatant hole on the corner of the half -corner n ° 2, where the choice of first round Maxwell Hairston is on the injured reserve and the return of free agent Tre’davious White is listed as doubtful. Christian Benford can be invited to Shadow Zay Flowers whenever Flowers aligns outside, so that he does not get a match against a second much lower corner. (Flowers missed the eliminatory match last year with an injury.) If Benford follows flowers everywhere but the slot machine (where the Bills trust Taron Johnson), then Rashhod Bateman could be set up for a revolutionary performance.
With Isaiah probably because of the injury he suffered during the training camp, we can expect to see Andrews resume a more important role in the game of passes. He had five captures for 61 yards in this loss in the playoffs against the Bills, finding himself several times in the intermediate area of the land. Buffalo hopes that the second round in 2024, Cole Bishop, will be able to help bring the security unit to a different level from that of last year, when it was mainly Damar Hamlin playing next to Taylor Rapp. Anyway, Andrews should have a chance to eat once again.
Bills must find a way to put pressure for Jackson and force him to make mistakes, but it’s easier to say than to do. The Baltimore offensive line has managed well after a slow start of last season, and returned four of the five starters from last year. Jackson has also shown no vulnerability to blitz and / or pressures last season, easily avoiding rushers and extending the game both to be launched and running with regularity. Even against an improved Buffalo defense, let’s hope it, the Ravens are very good at regularly moving the ball and setting up points.
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When the Bills have the ball
Buffalo did not total 273 yards in the Victory in the playoffs against the Ravens, but he managed to maintain the ball for more than half of the match by regularly converting short-yard opportunities, avoiding negative games, going a 6 of the 12 combined on the third and fourth stockings, minimizing the penalties (only one for 10 yards) and set out again with these three Ravens.
Josh Allen’s Superman routine was one of the biggest factors for this effort, of course. He ran the ball 10 times and scored twice on the ground, and he took advantage of his 22 passenger attempts by buying 16 of them. He only launched 127 yards, but he did not seem to make a single mistake and he only took one bag for a loss of one meter. He, James Cook, Ray Davis and Ty Johnson combined for 36 cutting -edge attempts, that the invoices used to control the clock and move the chains. They picked up 147 yards and took into account the three affected Buffalo.
Khalil Shakir was the most targeted player in the Bills Pass game in this eliminatory match, eating on swing and others screens and totaling 67 yards on his seven targets. Shakir has managed an ankle sprained raised as part of almost all training camps, but he practiced his full this week and is not on the injury report. He will face a lot of Marlon Humphrey and / or Kyle Hamilton in the slit, which could prove difficult, especially if he cannot move as he usually does because of the ankle problem.
The Bills added to their receiving body this offseason by questioning Josh Palmer to a three -year agreement, and that should be a lot of him and the second year man Keon Coleman outside against the cornerbacks of Ravens Nate Wiggins and Jaire Alexander or Chidobe Awuzie, according to the health of Alexander after a pair of complete practices at the end of the week.
The secondary of Baltimore was merged into an elite unit by the end of last season, but it is dealing with a lot of changes here. Alexander and Awuzie are both new faces. Ar’darius Washington, whose move to the background helped to consolidate things last year, is probably absent for the season after having torn his Achilles during the intersane program. And the recruit of the first round Malaki Starks will be counted to play a huge role next to Hamilton right away. What things look like at the back of the defense will play a huge factor here.
The same goes for the Ravens’ ability to generate pressure and dispatch Allen’s decision -making process, which they were not really able to do during the playoff match, but very well succeeded during the regular season. Buffalo’s offensive line is quite good and the Ravens are again likely to try to generate pressure with exotic looks and blitz plans rather than pure talents at the front. If the Bills front can stand in front of Allen, it should have time to separate a secondary that has not yet played together, and that will still open things for Buffalo’s racing game.
Prediction
The Ravens, for me, have the best NFL list this season. They are deep and versatile on both sides of the ball, and I think they have enough match advantages here to overcome the field of Buffalo. It looks like another game near, but this time once Baltimore – which has its WR1 in the mix for the game – comes in the lead.
Pick: Ravens 27, Bills 24
