This will be an interesting game most certainly. Normally I would back the Ravens here with utmost confidence on a primetime in their all-black uni's, but I have a feeling this game will come down to a 1 possession game so I could see the final score being anywhere from 3 to 7 pts the line feels like its right where it should be. I would have posted a play during the middle of the week, but I am still trying to gauge how much some of the injuries on defense will impact the Ravens performance tonight. Kyle Van Noy being out made me feel slightly hesitant on playing the Ravens, but not necessarily a deal-breaker. However, losing Madubuike for this game is huge he is a disrupter on the inside, hadn't missed game for the past 2.5 seasons. Losing both players in tandem, will definitely have an effect on the Ravens pass rush tonight, effectively their top 1 and 2 pass rushers last couple seasons. Last time Madubuike missed a game was in 2023 and the Ravens lost at home to the Bills 20-23. Ravens have some promising young rookie pass rushers waiting in the wings to be developed, but asking them to replicate Madubuike and Van Noy's prescence and production is a huge ask. I'm still not confident that the secondary has been whipped back into shape yet. Browns offense is abysmal and didnt pose much of a challenge for the Ravens secondary, but its a different ball game with the Lions, so i expect the Ravens secondary to give up close to 300 yards tonight against Jared Goff, presumably if he is not getting pressured enough. Lion's lost some vets on the O-line and it had an effect when they played the Packers. If Ravens can't effectively pass rush Goff it's going to be a long night for the defense like it was for the Bears. I don't expect them to put up 50+ but 30 sounds realistic. If the Ravens D somehow perform better than expected than we're looking at mid-20's for the Lions.
continuing my thoughts later, maybe i will have a pick not sure yet
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