The New York Giants and the Baltimore Ravens are two teams that rank near the top of the short list for legitimate Super Bowl contenders heading into the 2010 NFL season and Saturday night (August 28th) fans will treated to a betting NFL preseason matchup of these two formidable foes.

Both of these teams are coming off seasons in which they perform quite as well as they wanted and enter the 2010 NFL betting lines actions with huge expectations. The Ravens are one of the best all-around teams in the NFL right now and after getting knocked out in the second round of last year’s playoff definitely have some unfinished business.

QB Joe Flacco has grown into a very good QB (3,618 yards, 21 TDs, 12 INTs) and his numbers should be even better this year with the addition of WRs Anquan Boldin and Donte Stallworth. And as the team proved last year its running game has the capacity to run a defense into ground behind third-year stud Ray Rice and bulldozer Le’Ron McClain.

In a strange twist of fate the biggest concern for the Raven’s squad is its once unbeatable defense.

The Giants will be looking to rebound for a disastrous 2009 in which the team finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs. But all expectations are that this team should be in the NFC East playoff hunt right down the final day of the season. The team has a terrific group of young receivers who should only be better after another year of work with QB Eli Manning. Manning is the NFL’s highest paid player and will have to play like it if this team is go deep into the postseason sports betting action.

But the biggest weakness of this squad and a very big one indeed, is the defense which finished only ahead awful St Louis and Detroit squads in points allowed last season (26.7 ppg). But if this unit stays healthy this year and can keep opponents out of the end zone a bit better, it should finish much better than 8-8.

Still, look for the Ravens to win this game as Manning’s playing status is in question and backup Jim Sorgi is wounded.

Kickoff for this Saturday matchup is set for 7:35 Eastern Time and sbg global sportsbook opened with the? as a ? point favorite with an over/under total at ?