Philadelphia Eagles vs Baltimore Ravens Prediction, 8/12/2023 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Preseason

Game: Philadelphia Eagles vs Baltimore Ravens

Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023

Location: M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, MD

TV: NFL NET

Odds/Point Spread: Ravens (-3)

Total/Over-Under: 36

The Baltimore Ravens (10-7 last year) will compete against the Philadelphia Eagles (16-3 last season) at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday. Philadelphia is 3-point underdogs from oddsmakers. The total has been set at 36.

The Philadelphia Eagles ended the season holding a 16-3 record. In their last game, the Eagles took the field against the Chiefs and went home with a loss by a final score of 38-35. Jalen Hurts connected on 27/38 with 304 yards passing and 1 touchdown. He had a quarterback rating of 103.4 and walked away from the contest without throwing an interception. A.J. Brown had an average of 16.0 yards per catch by earning 96 yards on 6 catches. Kenneth Gainwell was the best rusher for the Eagles with 7 totes for 21 yds (3.0 yards per carry). On the day, they ran 72 plays which totaled 417 yds. The Philadelphia Eagles rushed the ball a total of 32 times and compiled 115 yds, earning them an average of 3.6 yds per attempt. In the running game, the Eagles gave up 158 yards on 26 attempts, which is an average of 6.1 yards per run allowed. Philadelphia surrendered 21 pass completions on 27 tries for a total of 182 yards, and a completion percentage of 77.8%.

Concerning scoring, the Philadelphia Eagles were sitting at 28.1 points per contest. Offensively they held an average of 147.6 yards on the ground, giving them a rank of 5th in the NFL. The Eagles attained 6,614 total yards last year. Philadelphia had 195 1st downs as an offense, and they committed 90 infractions for 682 yards. They surrendered the football 19 times (9 picks and 10 fumbles). Philadelphia amassed 25 passing touchdowns and 32 touchdowns on the ground.

In terms of yards through the air, the Eagles conceded 3,057 yards which had them sitting in 1st in the NFL. Over the course of their 17 games, they gave up 179.8 yards per contest via the pass and allowed a completion percentage of 62.9%. They gave up 301.5 yards per contest which put them 2nd in football. They allowed 22 touchdowns via the pass as well as 15 touchdowns on the ground. The opposition ran for 4.6 yards per rushing attempt and 121.6 yards on the ground per contest for the previous year. Over the course of last year, they gave up 2,068 rushing yards through 17 games. The Eagles ranked 8th in the league when it comes to the opposition scoring, giving up 20.2 points per game.

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The Ravens finished the season holding a 10-7 record. The last time they stepped on the football field, the Ravens took a loss by a final score of 24-17 against the Bengals. Tyler Huntley (2 touchdowns) finished the game with 226 yards on 17/29 passing while his quarterback rating was 92. He tossed 1 interception and his average yds per pass attempt was 7.8 yards. Mark Andrews was one of the featured targets for the Ravens, hauling in 5 footballs for 73 yards (14.6 yds per reception). J.K. Dobbins carried the football 13 times for 62 yards, finishing the contest with 4.8 yards per carry for Baltimore. The Ravens finished the game with 364 yds and they ran 66 plays (5.5 yds per play). Baltimore ran for 4.4 yards per attempt, finishing with a total of 155 yds on 35 carries. Baltimore conceded 18 attempts on the ground for 51 yards (2.8 yards per carry). The Ravens secondary allowed a completion percentage of 71.9%, surrendering 183 yds on 23 out of 32 passing.

The Baltimore Ravens held an average of 338.8 yards per game which had them sitting 16th out of all teams in the NFL. They had an average of 160.0 rushing yards per game and ran for 2,720 yards in total. The Baltimore offense totaled 678 yds of penalties on 82 infractions, which had them ranked 27th in football in terms of giving up free yards. They threw 13 interceptions while losing 8 fumbles and they tallied 149 first downs. Last year, the Ravens threw for a total of 3,040 passing yards as well as an average of 178.8 passing yards per contest, which ranked 28th in football. When it comes to how much they scored, the Ravens were 19th out of all teams in the league by scoring 20.6 points per outing.

They gave up 20 touchdowns via the pass as well as 232.2 yards per game, which had them ranked 26th in the league. Baltimore gave up a total of 1,566 yards rushing (92.1 yards/game) as well as 11 touchdowns by way of the ground game last season. They tallied 25 turnovers (11 fumbles recovered and 14 picks) in the prior season. The Ravens defense took part in 1,047 plays, which was good for 10th in the NFL. Over the course of the season, they surrendered 315 total points. The Ravens allowed 18.5 points per contest, which put them in 3rd of all teams in the NFL.

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

Tony's Pick: Take the Eagles +3

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