Baltimore Beatdown

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Mapping a out a blueprint to success in this AFC showdown. The Ravens will host the Las Vegas Raider in Week 2 for their regular season home opener on Sunday afternoon in search of their first victory. Doing so would improve their overall record to 1-1 and would be a nice bounce-back result after coming up short of completing a … [Read more...] about Ravens vs. Raiders: 5 keys to victory

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Yours Truly adventures into the sports gambling waters to give my boring safe picks, along with a bet for the Kool-Aid drinking fanbase. This season, SB Nation has partnered with FanDuel Sportsbook and with it come a few picks from Yours Truly. Last week, I went 1-1 and missed out on my Purple Kool-Aid pick. Derrick Henry scored … [Read more...] about Ravens vs. Raiders Prop Bets: Mark Andrews will score; a 5-leg parlay looks enticing

Photo by Chris Unger/Getty Images The Ravens may be able to have their veteran pass rusher just 10 days after sustaining a fractured orbital bone. The final injury report released on Friday and both the Baltimore Ravens and Las Vegas Raiders ruled out a player or two. For the Ravens, they’ll be without first-round rookie cornerback Nate Wiggins after … [Read more...] about Ravens vs. Raiders Injury Status: Kyle Van Noy may play; Rookie CB ruled out after car accident

Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images The Beatdown staff project the Ravens to get back to .500 with a big-time win at home. Welcome to Baltimore Beatdown’s game predictions, sponsored by FanDuel Sportsbook. Last week, the majority of staff members went 1-0, though it came at the expense of the Ravens going 0-1. But they’re all in agreement this will be a victory for the … [Read more...] about Ravens vs. Raiders Game Picks: Ravens bounce back in a big way

Your new daily word game obsession is here. Try out our new NFL player guessing game. By now, you’ve probably already seen the new SB Nation in-5 daily trivia game. It made its debut over at SBNation.com recently, but we have now decided to switch things up a bit (because we’re still in the figuring-it-out phase here): for the next few days, the game will be posted directly … [Read more...] about Test your NFL knowledge on Sunday with our new daily trivia game