{"id":3355,"date":"2009-01-18T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/afc-championship-baltimore-ravens-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-18T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T12:49:00","slug":"afc-championship-baltimore-ravens-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/afc-championship-baltimore-ravens-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Championship: Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet at Heinz Field on Sunday afternoon in the AFC Championship Game. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 6-point favorites versus the Ravens, while the game’s total is sitting at 34. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt<\/st1:GivenName> Stover<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> booted a 43-yard field goal with just 53 seconds remaining to lift the Ravens over the Titans 13-10 last week. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Ravens won that game as a 3-point underdog, while the 23 points fell UNDER the posted total of 34. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derrick<\/st1:GivenName> Mason<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had five catches for 78 yards and a touchdown in that win, while Joe<\/st1:GivenName> Flacco<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> completed 11-of-22 pass attempts for 161 yards with a touchdown. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Steelers defeated San Diego<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> 35-24 as a 6-point favorite last week. The combined score went OVER the posted total (37.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Willie<\/st1:GivenName> Parker<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> rushed for 146 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 27 carries in that win, while Ben<\/st1:GivenName> Roethlisberger<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> passed for 181 yards with a touchdown strike to Heath Miller. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Baltimore<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>: 11-5 SU, 12-4 ATS
Pittsburgh: 12-4 SU, 9-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Baltimore most recently:
When playing in January are 6-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 5-5
When playing within the division are 5-5<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing in January are 7-3
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the division are 9-1<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Baltimore is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Baltimore is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Baltimore is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Baltimore is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Pittsburgh’s last 8 games when playing at home against Baltimore<\/o:p><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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The Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet at Heinz Field on Sunday afternoon in the AFC Championship Game. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 6-point favorites versus the Ravens, while the game’s total is sitting at 34. Matt Stover booted a 43-yard field goal with just 53 seconds remaining to lift the … Continue reading AFC Championship: Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Lines Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}