NFL odds Week 1: How to bet Ravens-Jets, pick

That Baltimore Ravens at New York Jets Match Sunday Matches a team that won a Record 23 consecutive preseason games against a squad that honored notable actions to win Super Bowl LVII despite finishing 4-13 last season.

The Ravens have quarterback Lamar Jackson, the 2019 NFL MVP of the season. The Jets have Zach Wilson, who has sparked betting interest to become this season’s MVP but is on the opener after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee have to do without.

Here’s everything you need from a betting perspective on the Ravens-Jets game, from point spread, moneyline and overall over/under (odds via FOX Bet):

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Baltimore Ravens @ New York Jets (1 p.m. ET Sunday, CBS)

Point distribution: Ravens -7 (Ravens prefer to win with more than 7 points, otherwise Jets cover)
money line: Ravens – 303 favorites to win (bet $10 to win $13.30 total); Jets +250 Win underdogs (bet $10 to win $35 total)
Total score over/under: Both teams scored 44.5 points together

With 33 more passing yards, Jackson becomes eighth in NFL history with 10,000 career passing yards and 3,500 rushing yards. A win against the Jets makes Jackson the sixth QB in NFL history to win at least 38 of his first 50 regular season starts. He is 37-12.

In 2021, the Ravens had the NFL’s best rushing defense (allowed 84.5 rushing yards per game) but also had the worst passing defense (allowed 278.9 passing yards per game).

The Ravens didn’t cover the span last season (0-4 ATS) when playing as at least a 7-point favorite.

The Jets ranked 32nd in both total defense (397.6 yards allowed per game) and scoring defense (29.6 points allowed per game) in 2021. The Jets allowed the NFL-worst 28 rushing touchdowns in 2021.

As underdogs with 7 points or more, the Jets went 3-5 ATS last season.

The Jets hit the over in the over/under (O/U) ten times in 17 games last season.

The Ravens lead the all-time streak 9-2.

FOX sports betting expert Warren Sharp:

The making of Raven’s rookie tight end Isaiah probably This preseason has been a lot of fun. He was a fourth-round pick-out Coastal Carolina this off-season and appeared in games managed by Tyler Huntley how Lamar Jackson did not play this preseason.

He caught all 12 goals thrown at him in the two games he played, averaging 12.0 YPC and delivering +0.96 EPA per goal while scoring a touchdown.

However, for most fans in the league thinking of the Ravens in 2022, “likely” is an afterthought. At least the Ravens have a decent backup for Mark Andrewsthey might think.

And yes, based on how the Ravens have used their tight ends over the past two seasons, I can see why fans might be thinking along those lines.

Let’s examine the usage rate of 2+ TE sets for the Ravens over the past two seasons (on early downs in Quarters 1-3):

2021: 22.5% (25th place)

2020: 25.3% (in 17th place)

But guess what? This use was not intentional, but because they did not have a sufficiently powerful tight end.

Let’s go back.

In 2019, Jackson set records. Jackson won the MVP by unanimous decision, throwing a career-high 36 TDs in 15 games, completing a career-high 66% of passes and hitting an insane 9.0% touchdown rate.

And in 2019, the Ravens used 2+ TE sets at the third-highest rate of any team. They used 2+ TEs at a 54.2% rate on early downs in Quarters 1-3.

That’s over 50% of offensive snaps.

And check out Jackson’s splits on these early downs in Quarters 1-3:

0-1 TE: +0.20 EPA/att, 49% success, 7.6 YPA, 115 knockbacks

2+ TEs: +0.41 EPA/att, 57% success, 8.9 YPA, 143 dropbacks

He was solid with only 1 TE. He was spectacular with 2+ TEs.

But the Ravens lost TE Hayden Hurst in free agency ahead of the 2020 season, and they didn’t replace him. They counted on TE Nick Boyle still more to play, but Boyle wasn’t the receiving threat that Hurst was. Then Boyle went down with an injury and lost mid-season. In 2021, the Ravens were traded for TE Josh Oliver, but he disappointed and hardly played. And then Boyle went down again with an injury and was lost for most of the season.

This explains why the Ravens have gone from a usage rate of 54% with 2+ TE devices in 2019 to just 23% and 25% over the next two years.

And even when the Ravens had more than 2 TEs on the field, they were terrible because the TEs behind Andrews were incapable of receiving threats.

Compare Jackson’s efficiency on passes with multiple on-field TEs to what he did in 2019:

2019 2+ TEs: +0.41 EPA/att, 57% success, 8.9 YPA, 143 setbacks

2020-21 2+ TEs: -0.03 EPA/att, 45% success, 6.8 YPA, 118 dropbacks over two years

According to the evidence, this was a monumental drop in efficiency, even in rare situations where the Ravens often had two tight ends on the field.

With a real receiving threat available in Likely this season, I think that’s a big deal for the Ravens in 2022.

Far more important than any other discussion.

Andrews said he thinks it’s likely.shock the world‘ and praised the rookie’s ability to win one-on-ones and find zones thanks to his feel for the game.

Thanks to Likely’s talent, not only could Baltimore double the rate of 2+ TE sets in the last two years, but the efficiency of those sets has the potential to skyrocket.

It would be difficult for Jackson to replicate his insane results from the 2019 season, but there’s no doubt that an efficiency boost from another TE on the field, coupled with more snaps from 2+ TE sets, will do wonders for the passing attack of the Ravens could effect in 2022.

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In Week 1, the Ravens take on that nozzles. Last year, no defense allowed more yards against 2+ TE sets than the Jets. They allowed the most YPA (9.2) and ranked 29th in allowed success rate and 26th in allowed EPA/att in the 121 dropbacks they defended against 2+ TE sets.

While not your standard advantage teaser going through both the 3 and 7, given John Harbaugh’s history in the Week 1 games, dragging the Ravens down from -7 to -1 is an appealing option.

His Ravens are 10-4 SU and ATS in Week 1 since he became coach in 2008. And no team has played more games in Week 1 since 2008 than their Ravens. They have been 5-1 for SU and ATS since 2016, with the only loss coming in overtime last year against the robber. A game in which the Ravens were never behind regulation and led after the first quarter, second quarter and third quarter but lost 33-27 in overtime.

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