The teams in the NFL playoff picture will meet on Monday Night Football when the Baltimore Ravens take on the Los Angeles Chargers. Baltimore coach John Harbaugh will also face his brother, Jim, who is in his first season in Los Angeles. The Ravens (7-4) are coming off an 18-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday, while the Chargers (7-3) defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 34-27, last week. The Ravens lead the all-time series 9-6 and have won four of the last five meetings. Chargers receiver Ladd McConkey is officially active despite being limited in practice with a shoulder injury.
Kickoff from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. ET. Baltimore is a three-point favorite in the latest Ravens vs. Chargers from the SportsLine Consensus, while the over/under for total points scored is 51. Before making any Chargers vs. Ravens, be sure to check out what SportsLine NFL expert Mike Tierney has to say, considering his dominance of picks involving the Ravens.
Tierney, a veteran sportswriter whose work appears regularly in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, has covered the NFL for decades and has reported from seven Super Bowls. Tierney is 154-124-9 in the NFL over the past two seasons, returning $1,586 to $100 players. Additionally, he is an incredible 52-22-2 in his last 76 betting picks on games involving the Baltimore Ravens, returning a whopping $2,762. Anyone who has followed him in sportsbooks and sports betting apps is way up there.
Now, Tierney has focused on Ravens vs. Chargers. You can head over to SportsLine to see their picks. Here are the NFL odds and NFL betting lines for Chargers vs. Ravens:
- Difference between Ravens and Chargers: Baltimore -3
- Ravens vs. Chargers plus/minus: 51 points
- Ravens vs. Money Line Chargers: Baltimore -161, Los Angeles +135
- BAL: Ravens have scored last in six of their last seven games (+5.15 units)
- LAC: Chargers are 7-3 against the spread in their last 10 games
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Why the Ravens can cover
Quarterback Lamar Jackson totaled 253 yards (207 passing and 46 rushing) in last week’s loss to the Steelers. He has a 100+ rating in eight of his last nine games and two or more touchdown passes and no interceptions in four of his last five. He has 15 touchdowns (14 passing and one rushing) against one interception with a 111.2 rating in six road starts this season. Jackson is 3-0 in three career starts against the Los Angeles Chargers. Jackson is 6-2 with 22 touchdowns (20 passing and two rushing) with no interceptions and a 124 rating in eight career starts on Monday Night Football. He leads the NFL with a 117.3 rating this season.
Running back Derrick Henry is the fourth player in the Super Bowl era with a touchdown in each of his first 11 games of a season. He leads the NFL with 1,185 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns (13 rushing and two receiving) in 2024 and is the fifth player in NFL history with 13 or more rushing touchdowns in four different career seasons. He has 431 yards from scrimmage (107.8 per game) and four rushing touchdowns in four career games against the Los Angeles Chargers, with a rushing score in each game. He has nine touchdowns (eight rushing, one receiving) in eight career Monday Night Football games. See who to back at SportsLine.
Why the Chargers can cover
Quarterback Justin Herbert threw for 297 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions and a 94.3 rating and had a season-high 65 rushing yards last week against Cincinnati. He hasn’t thrown an interception in nine of 10 games this year and is the only NFL quarterback with 10 or more touchdown passes (13) and two or fewer interceptions (1). He has 250 or more passing yards in four of the last five games and two touchdown passes in three of the last four. He has no interceptions and has a 90+ rating in each of his five home starts this season.
Also powering the Chargers is running back JK Dobbins. He rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns last week against the Bengals, the fourth game of his career with two rushing touchdowns. He has a rushing touchdown in three of the last four games. Dobbins is one of three AFC running backs with more than 50 yards from scrimmage in 10 games this season. He totaled 1,524 yards from scrimmage and 13 touchdowns over the first four seasons of his career as a member of the Ravens (2020-23). See who to back at SportsLine.
How to make picks between Ravens and Chargers
Tierney has analyzed Ravens vs. Chargers from every possible angle, and while we can tell you he’s leaning under the point total, he also discovered a critical X-factor that has him jumping one side of the spread. Head over to SportsLine to see what it is and find out which team to root for.
Who wins Chargers vs. Ravens on Monday Night Football and what critical X factor makes one side of the spread more affected? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of the Chargers vs. Ravens need to jump, all from the expert who is 52-22 on picks involving the Ravens, and find out.
