Isn’t that amazing? As soon as we move into a new month, we start to get new results. Of course, we can’t take any victory laps, but we are now past the midpoint of the season and hope to be heading in the right direction.
Our attention now shifts to teams trying to put themselves in a position to make a playoff run. We’re well past the point of old perceptions playing a big role, but we do have some historical reputations to consider.
The good news is that, using that same historical outlook, we should be at the part of the year where we can start to take a few calculated risks.
Below are predictions for each game against the spread. Spreads have been taken from various websites and are subject to change. The spread in parenthesis denotes the selected team. Spread is listed as advertised number and odds at either DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook, or Fanatics Sportsbook (formerly PointsBet). All efforts were made to provide picks at -110 or better, with some stretching to a -125 if no reasonable advertised spread was found.
*Confidence Picks – 2024 Season: 30-30 (Last Week: 5-2)
(2023 Season: 63-61-4) (2022 Season: 54-54-5) (2021 Season: 55-50) (2020 Season: 53-42-3) (2019 Season: 57-43-3) (2018 Season: 63-48-4) (2017 Season: 53-48-4) (2016 Season: 53-67-3) (2015 Season: 69-45-2) (2014 Season: 61-46-2) (10-Year Total: 581-504-30)
All Picks Against Spread – 2024 Season: 72-65-1 (Last Week: 9-6)
(2023 Season: 142-135-8) (2022 Season: 143-132-9) (2021 Season: 158-126-2) (2020 Season: 132-128-7) (2019 Season: 142-118-7) (2018 Season: 137-118-12) (2017 Season: 137-119-11) (2016 Season: 123-136-8) (2015 Season: 143-117-7) (2014 Season: 149-114-4) (10-Year Total: 1406-1243-75)
Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens
The Cincinnati Bengals are getting hot at just the right time to make a game against the Baltimore Ravens interesting — this is in contrast to another divisional game this week that lost much of its excitement.
With that, we have Cincinnati potentially moving back to .500 for the first time this season or the Ravens temporarily passing the Steelers in the AFC North — Pittsburgh plays on Sunday.
But the key to this game isn’t the Bengals. And technically, it’s not even the Ravens.
It’s