Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals Week 9 NFL Picks: The Baltimore Ravens are making headway in the AFC North and will try to get some payback on the Bengals today at 1 PM ET. The Bengals will host the Ravens today after defeating Baltimore in their own house 17-14 earlier in the season. Last week Baltimore (4-3) punched the formerly undefeated Denver Broncos in the jaw in a  30-7 win as -4.5 home favorites. Cincy is coming off a bye after destroying a solid Chicago Bears team 45-10 as +1 home underdogs.
 

The Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals Week 9 NFL Picks NFL Betting line is Baltimore -3 with increased juice at Sportsbook.com.

Bengals Offense vs. Ravens Defense: Cincinnati has their big three on offense in QB Carson Palmer, RB Cedric Benson and WR Chad Ocho Cinco who power the Bengals 15th ranked offense. Baltimore counters with their big three on defense in LB Ray Lewis, DT Haloti Ngata and SS Ed Reed who lead the Ravens physical 11th ranked defense. Ngata is batting a nagging ankle injury however and that should open up the running game for Benson (786 yds, 4.4, 5 td) who rushed for 120 yards against Baltimore in the first meeting. This x-factor should be enough for Carson Palmer (1608, 13-7 ratio, 89.2) to make some plays against a Ravens secondary that is thin aside from Ed Reed and is predictable in their play-calling. This match-up is even because the Bengals O-line is only average.
 
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Ravens Offense vs. Bengals Defense: The Baltimore Ravens have their own big three on offense in QB Joe Flacco, RB Ray Rice and WR Derrick Mason who power their offense. The Ravens have opened up the offense more with QB Joe Flacco (1849 yds, 12-5 ratio, 95.6) but their bread-and-butter still lies in their power running game. RB’s Ray Rice (874 yds, 5.5, 5 td) and Willis McGhee (263 yds, 4.3 7 td) will be met by a Bengals run D that ranks 5th against the run and 6th overall. Cincinnati is much improved on D but their D-line is banged up and Baltimore will hold a slight edge here. The Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals Week 9 NFL Picks NFL Betting line Total is at 45.0 points.

Intangibles: The favorite is 14-6 ATS in this series. The Under is 7-1 in Baltimore’s last 8 as the favorite. Baltimore has a big edge on special teams. Cincy has a +3 point home-field advantage.