Tennessee Titans vs Baltimore Ravens Prediction, 8/11/2022 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Preseason Week 1

Game: Tennessee Titans vs Baltimore Ravens

Date: Thursday, August 11, 2022

Location: M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, MD

TV: NFL League Pass

Odds/Point Spread: Ravens (-2.5)

Total/Over-Under: 33

M&T Bank Stadium is where the Baltimore Ravens (8-9 last season) will attempt to beat the Tennessee Titans (12-5 last year) on Thursday. Baltimore opens as 2.5-point favorites. The total is 33.

The Tennessee Titans finished the year having earned a 12-5 record. In their last game of last season, the Titans faced the Bengals and went home with a loss by a final score of 19-16. Ryan Tannehill went 15/24 with 220 yds through the air and 1 TD. He had a quarterback rate of 66.7 and ended the game with 3 picks. D'Onta Foreman was the rushing leader for the Titans with 4 totes for 66 yards (16.5 yards per attempt). Julio Jones held an average of 10.3 yds per reception by recording 62 yds on 6 receptions. The Tennessee Titans ended up rushing 27 different times and tallied 140 yards, which had them averaging 5.2 yds per carry. Overall, they tallied 52 plays which totaled 353 yds. Tennessee allowed 28 pass completions on 37 attempts for 280 yds, and a completion rate of 75.7%. Against the run, the Titans conceded 65 yards on 18 attempts, which is 3.6 yards per run allowed.

The Titans tallied 5,822 total yards for the previous season. Tennessee accrued 194 1st downs as an offense, and they were hurt by 103 infractions for 973 yds. Tennessee compiled 22 touchdowns via the pass and 23 rushing touchdowns. They surrendered the ball 25 times (14 picks and 11 fumbles). As a team they maintained an average of 141.4 yards on the ground, giving them a rank of 5th in the league. Regarding putting the ball in the endzone, the Tennessee Titans were sitting at 24.6 points per game.

The Titans were ranked 6th in the league regarding the opposition scoring, giving up 20.8 points per game. They allowed 3.9 yards per running attempt and 84.6 yards on the ground per contest for the previous year. Overall, they gave up 1,438 yards via the ground game in 17 outings. In terms of yards through the air, the Titans conceded 4,169 yards which ranked them 25th in football. During their 17 games, they yielded 245.2 yards per contest via the pass in addition to surrendering a completion percentage of 62.9%. They conceded 329.8 yards per contest which put them 12th in football. They allowed 24 touchdowns through the air and 14 touchdowns via the ground game.

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The Ravens finished the season having a 8-9 record. For their last game of last season, the Ravens went home defeated by a final of 16-13 when they played the Steelers. Latavius Murray carried the football 16 times for 150 yds, walking away from the contest with 9.4 yds per carry for Baltimore. Mark Andrews was the leading receiver for the Ravens, snagging 8 footballs for 85 yards (10.6 yards per reception). Tyler Huntley finished the game with 141 yds on 16/31 passing while his quarterback rating was 37.2. He had 2 interceptions and his avg yards per attempt was 4.55 yards. Baltimore surrendered 30 running attempts for 79 yds (2.6 yds per carry). The Ravens passing defense gave up a completion rate of 68.2%, relinquishing 235 yards on 30 for 44 through the air. The Ravens finished the game with 381 yards on 71 plays (5.4 yards per play). Baltimore ran the ball for 6.9 yards per attempt, totaling 249 yards on 36 attempts.

In relation to their ability to score points, the Ravens sat 17th in football maintaining an average of 22.8 points per outing. Throughout last season, the Ravens earned 3,961 yards via the pass in addition to averaging 233.0 passing yards per outing, giving them a rank of 13th in football. They held an average of 145.8 yards per game via the rush and ran for 2,479 yards overall. The Baltimore Ravens maintained an average of 378.8 yards per contest which had them sitting 6th out of all teams in the league. The Baltimore offense racked up 852 penalty yds on 102 infractions, which had them ranked 20th in the NFL in terms of helping out the opposition. They tossed 18 picks while surrendering 8 fumbles and they obtained 209 first downs.

Baltimore gave up a total of 1,436 rushing yards (84.5 yards per outing) as well as 13 touchdowns rushing over the course of last season. They conceded 31 touchdowns via the pass and 278.9 yards per game, which put them in 32nd in the NFL. Their defense earned 15 turnovers (6 fumbles and 9 interceptions) over the course of the prior season. In total, they relinquished 392 total points. The Ravens defense took part in 1,033 plays, which ranked them 6th in the NFL. The Ravens allowed 23.1 points per game, which put them in 19th in the NFL.

Who will win tonight's Titans/Ravens NFL game against the spread?

Guy's Pick: Take the Ravens -2.5

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