The Baltimore Ravens will try to maintain their lead in the AFC North when they open Week 11 of the 2023 NFL schedule by hosting the division-rival Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday Night Football. Baltimore (7-3) is just one-half game ahead of Pittsburgh and Cleveland after dropping a 33-31 home decision to the Browns last Sunday. Cincinnati (5-4) is 1 1/2 games back after falling 30-27 against Houston. Both teams had a four-game winning streak snapped on a field goal as time expired.

Kickoff at M&T Bank Stadium is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. Baltimore is a 3.5-point favorite in the latest Ravens vs. Bengals odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 46. Before you make any Bengals vs. Ravens picks of your own, you NEED to see what SportsLine NFL expert Mike Tierney has to say.

A veteran sportswriter whose work appears periodically in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered the NFL for decades and reported from seven Super Bowls. He is coming off a typically strong 2022 NFL season in which he went 68-54-6, returning $815 to $100 players.

In addition, he is an amazing 42-17-2 on his last 61 picks in games involving the Ravens, returning $2,320! Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

Tierney knows Baltimore leads the league with an average of 154.9 yards on the ground, while Gus Edwards has recorded a total of seven rushing touchdowns during his four-game streak. Rookie Keaton Mitchell has a TD run of at least 39 yards in his last two contests.

The expert also is aware that Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter last week, but he finished with more than 345 passing yards (347) for the second straight week and threw a pair of touchdown passes to extend his streak to five straight games with multiple TD tosses. Ja'Marr Chase posted his fourth 100-yard performance of the season.

Now Tierney has locked in on Ravens vs. Bengals. We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total and he's found a critical X-factor that has him jumping all over one side of the spread! You NEED to see his analysis before locking in any Bengals vs. Ravens picks of your own.

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