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Ravens at Patriots

The Ravens take on the Patriots in New England. This is a rematch of last year's Conference Championship in which the Pats prevailed 23-20. I see that we liked the Patriots by 6 in that one. This year our computer figures the Patriots as 12-point favorites.

The Patriots strength is getting in the end zone, scoring the TD, and not settling for a field goal. They did it last week vs the Texans. It's how they averaged more than 35 points scored per game.

For a number of years the Ravens have been strong on defense and modest on offense. This season they show some improvement on offense with better passing efficiency. That's where the hope lies for the Ravens as they face a Patriot pass defense that allowed 6.88 opponent yards per pass attempt, 27th in the league. A Ravens repeat of their week 3 passing performance vs the Patriots will keep them in the game.

To hang with the Patriots, Ravens will have to convert their scoring opportunities to touchdowns. Ravens looked good beating the powerful Broncos so I'm not giving up on them. Like last season, this could be a good, close game.



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