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Eisenberg: The Joe Flacco Commandments - Baltimore Ravens
Pouting is selfish.
Players lose starting jobs and suffer career setbacks every day. If you mope about it, you’re letting your teammates down.
“We’re right in the middle of a really good playoff run,” Flacco said. “We have a lot of important playoff games ahead of us. I’d firstly be doing my team a big disservice by not preparing the same way I always do, and after that, I’d be doing myself a big disservice, too, because you never know what’s going to happen or when you’re going to have to be called on.”
What’s at stake in NFL Week 15: Score predictions, playoff scenarios, more - ESPN
Jamison Hensley’s pick: The Ravens have all of the motivation in this game, knowing a win will allow them to keep the No. 6 seed in the AFC and possibly move them into first place in the division. The Buccaneers have lost five road games in a row, giving up an average of 39.8 points. This is set up for Lamar Jackson to have his best game of the season. Ravens 31, Buccaneers 10
What’s at stake: The Ravens are trying to hold off three other 7-6 teams for the final AFC wild-card spot, but they also could leapfrog the Steelers into the AFC North lead with a win and a Steelers loss. At the moment, the Buccaneers are solidly in the race for a top-10 draft pick, sitting at No. 8 according to FPI. -- Seifert
Bleacher Report’s Expert Consensus Week 15 NFL Picks
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers haven’t won on the road since they beat the Saints despite giving up 40 points back in Week 1, while the Baltimore Ravens have three home victories by double-digit margins this season.
Coming off what some might consider a moral victory on the road against the high-powered Chiefs, the majority of our crew thinks the motivated Ravens have another one-sided win in their sights Sunday against the deeply flawed, out-of-contention Bucs.
”The Tampa Bay defense wasn’t atrocious from start to finish against the Saints last week, and it gave up only 26 points in back-to-back victories prior to that,” Gagnon said. “But the Bucs aren’t the same outside of Tampa, where they’ve surrendered a silly 39.8 points per game this season. I’m not sure they’ll have an answer for the problems Lamar Jackson has been presenting, and Baltimore’s strong pass defense should have a field day against the Bucs’ one-dimensional attack.”
But again, lone wolves have excelled throughout the season here, and Sobleski isn’t taking a big risk with the underdog. The backdoor will likely at least be open for one of the league’s highest-scoring teams to cover a 7.5-point spread in what could certainly be a defensive battle.
Predictions
Davenport: Baltimore (-7.5)
Gagnon: Baltimore (-7.5)
Sobleski: Tampa Bay (+7.5)
Consensus: Baltimore (-7.5)
Score Prediction: Baltimore 30, Tampa Bay 17
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