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NFL
Saturday 1/4/25
Trend Report
Cleveland vs Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore
Baltimore is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
Baltimore is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Cincinnati vs Pittsburgh
Cincinnati is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Cincinnati is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati
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Armadillo's Write-up
Week 18
Every game this week is a divisional game
Saturday’s games
Browns @ Ravens (-19.5)
Browns (3-13)
Zappe is 4th different QB to start for Cleveland this year.
He is 4-4 as an NFL starter (with Patriots, 2022-23)
Browns lost last five games, last three by combined 65-16
Cleveland is 1-11 when they score less than 24 points.
Browns’ last seven losses were all by 9+ points.
Team total: under 12-3
Opponents’ team total: over 8-7
Browns are 6-18-1 ATS in last 25 games coming off a loss.
Browns are 1-7 SU/2-6 ATS on road this season.
Browns are 8-15-1 in last 24 games as a road underdog.
Cleveland’s last four games stayed under the total.
Cleveland is 4-13 ATS in last 17 AFC North road games.
Browns are minus-15 in turnovers the last six games.
Zappe could show up drunk, and he’d still be better than Thompson-Robinson
Ravens (11-5)
Baltimore is in playoffs; they’re playing to win division, be home next week.
Ravens won its three post-bye games, scoring 35-34-31 points.
Baltimore is 11-0 if they score 27+ points, 0-5 if they score less than 27
Ravens has four wins this year by 20+ points.
Ravens held four of last five opponents under 300 total yards.
Team total: over 11-5
Opponents’ team total: over 9-7
Ravens are 4-3 ATS as a home favorite this year.
Ravens are 9-6 ATS in last 15 games as a home favorite.
Over is 12-4 in Baltimore’s games this year.
Over is 5-2 in Baltimore home games this season.
QB Jackson is 72-28 as an NFL starter.
Baltimore is 3-7 ATS in last 10 AFC North home games.
Ravens are 20-21 ATS in last 41 games coming off a win.
Last two weeks, Baltimore ran ball for 220-251 yards.
Browns (+7) upset Baltimore 29-24 in Week 8.
Cleveland scored game-winning TD with 0:59 left.
Teams split their last eight meetings.
Underdogs are 9-4 ATS in last 13 series games.
Under is 4-2 in last six meetings.
Bengals (-2) @ Steelers
Bengals (8-8)
Cincinnati needs this win and help Sunday to make the playoffs.
Bengals won their last four games, by 7-10-18-6 points,
Bengals were +5 in turnovers in those four games.
Bengals are 7-1 if they allow 24 or fewer points, 1-7 if they allow more than 24.
Over is 11-4 in their last fifteen games.
Team total: over 10-6
Opponents’ team total: over 10-5-1
Bengals are 5-3 SU/7-1 ATS on road this season.
Bengals are 14-5 ATS last 19 games as a road favorite.
Bengals are 5-8-1 ATS in last 14 games with spread of 3 or fewer points
Cincy is 11-8-1 ATS in last 20 AFC North road games.
Over is 7-2 in their last nine games.
QB Burrow is 41-32-1 as an NFL starter.
Steelers (10-6)
Pittsburgh is in playoffs; they can win division with win here/Ravens’ loss.
Steelers lost their last three games, scoring 13-17-10 points.
Pittsburgh is 8-5 ATS last 13 games coming off a loss.
Last two games, Steelers are minus-3 in turnovers.
Pittsburgh is 7-1 when it scores 20+ points.
Team total: over 6-5 last eleven
Opponents’ team total: over 9-7
Steelers are 5-2 SU/ATS at home this season.
Pittsburgh is 12-4-1 ATS in last 17 games as a home dog.
Pittsburgh was outgained in each of its last four games.
Under is 3-1 in their last four games.
Wilson is 130-83-1 as an NFL QB, 6-4 with Pittsburgh.
Steelers are 13-4 ATS in last 17 AFC North home games.
Pittsburgh (+2.5) upset Bengals 44-38 in Cincinnati in Week 13
Steelers threw for 410 yards in that game.
Steelers won/covered last four series games.
Bengals are 2-6 SU/3-5 ATS in last eight visits to Pittsburgh.
Over is 6-3 in last nine meetings
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