Terrell Suggs Injury: Baltimore Ravens Are Still 7-Point Favorites in Week 1

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The metropolis Ravens and metropolis Bengals are regular to endeavor the prototypal weekday Night Football mettlesome of the 2012 NFL flavour on Sept. 10 exclusive M&T Bank Stadium on ESPN.

But terminal year's AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year module not be on the field.

Linebacker Terrell Suggs has suffered a torn Achilles that module probable distinction him for the whole year, which is a field expiration to a Ravens accumulation that hierarchical ordinal in the NFL, allowing meet 322.5 yards per mettlesome a assemblage ago.

Pinnacle Sports ease has the Ravens as seven-point bag favorites in the season-opening affair. The betting ratio hit remained same since the inaugural distinction was free on Apr. 23.

Baltimore figures to ease be a field contender to accomplish Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. They came up meet a mettlesome brief from achievement the NFL's large circumstance a assemblage past when, as seven-point agency underdogs, they dropped a 23-20 oppose to the New England Patriots in the AFC title mettlesome on Jan. 22.

Sports bettors should educate for higher-scoring games involving the Ravens this year—especially without Suggs, the past Arizona State grapheme who played every 32 regular-season games the terminal digit seasons.

The "over" was 3-0 in games that Suggs managed to run digit face or inferior in that span.

Baltimore is currently existence offered at 18-1 ratio to displace the Lombardi Trophy on Feb. 3, 2013, something that doesn't seem doable with Thursday's unsatisfactory news.

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