The Baltimore Ravens (6-2) are likely the best team in the NFL betting odds action at the moment. But that doesn’t mean that they’ll win this week (6-2) against the NFC South leading Atlanta Falcons (6-2).

This will be the first Thursday night game of the season. Fans love the mid-week game, teams hate it. Thursday night games mean a short prep week and little time to game plan for an opponent. That means that little things like turnovers, home field advantage and third-down conversions could play huge roles in a potential win. Read more…

There are a handful of pretty bad teams in the league but the Carolina Panthers take the cake as the worst team in the NFL betting action this season. Sure the Bills, Browns and Forty-Niners are still lacking an entry in the win column and belong to the 0-3 fraternity with the Panthers but anyone of these teams would likely whip the daylights out of this struggling Panther franchise.

Unfortunately for the Panthers they won’t be playing any of these 0-3 teams this week but rather the defending Super Bowl champion Saints and Drew Brees. Read more…

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. Read more…