A rematch of last January's AFC Championship Game will take place in the 2024 NFL Kickoff Game on Thursday, Sept. 5, when the Baltimore Ravens visit the Kansas City Chiefs. The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs defeated Baltimore, 17-10 in January, to advance to their fourth Super Bowl in five years.

The game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., will kick off at 8:20 p.m. ET. Kansas City is favored by 3 points in the latest Ravens vs. Chiefs odds from the SportsLine consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 47. The Chiefs are -151 money-line favorites, while the Ravens are +127 underdogs. Before you make any Ravens vs. Chiefs 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. Tierney is 154-124-9 in the NFL the past two seasons, returning $1,586 to $100 players. In addition, he is an amazing 48-20-2 on his last 70 NFL picks in games involving the Baltimore Ravens, returning a whopping $2,582. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

Now, Tierney has locked in on Ravens vs. Chiefs. We can tell you he's leaning Over 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 Ravens vs. Chiefs picks of your own.

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