Raiders-Ravens line drops after injuries to Baltimore players

Amid a rash of injuries connected the Ravens, the enactment has dropped connected the Raiders’ play opener against Baltimore astatine Allegiant Stadium connected “Monday Night Football.”

The Ravens dipped from 4½-point favorites to statement 4-point favorites astatine Las Vegas sportsbooks Thursday aft Baltimore mislaid starting moving backmost Gus Edwards and prima cornerback Marcus Peters to season-ending torn ACLs successful practice.

The South Point and Station Casinos each lowered the enactment to 3½.

“I moved it based connected the news,” South Point sportsbook manager Chris Andrews said. “We’re astir adjacent connected the action, but the Ravens could beryllium successful a small occupation with each the injuries they’ve had. I thought the fig was a small excessively high.”

Baltimore moving backmost J.K. Dobbins tore his ACL connected Aug. 28, and moving backmost Justice Hill tore an Achilles tendon Sept. 2. The Ravens are acceptable to commencement Ty’Son Williams, who has nary NFL carries, astatine moving backmost successful Monday’s game.

The enactment didn’t alteration aft Dobbins’ injury, and Westgate SuperBook vice president of hazard Ed Salmons had said helium expected the enactment to ascent arsenic precocious arsenic 6 by Monday’s kickoff with a ton of parlay liability from the play connected Baltimore. But that’s nary longer the case.

“All the worldly we talked astir is retired the window,” helium said successful a substance connection Friday. “The Ravens not lone mislaid their lone remaining moving backmost but they besides mislaid a apical corner.”

Baltimore besides has mislaid wide receivers Miles Boykin and Rashod Bateman to injuries until October, and wideout Marquise Brown missed astir of grooming campy with an injured hamstring.

“A fig of their accomplishment presumption players are retired oregon injured, and this is simply a immense crippled for the Raiders to commencement the season,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said. “It’s going to beryllium the caller Black Hole, and it’s their archetypal crippled astatine location with fans connected ‘Monday Night Football.’”

Fifty-eight percent of the tickets astatine Station were connected the Ravens arsenic of Friday, but Esposito expects that to alteration implicit the weekend.

“It’s akin to what we spot connected the Knights with specified a section bias connected the Raiders,” helium said. “When it gets person to Monday night, you’re going to spot the summons number a 50-50 divided oregon successful favour of the Raiders.

“It wouldn’t astonishment maine if we request the Ravens.”

Before Thursday’s injuries, Circa Sports took a crisp stake connected Baltimore -4 and besides took crisp enactment connected nether the total, which is down to 50½ aft opening astatine 52.

“I deliberation that’s the merchandise of each the injuries connected Baltimore, and it’s a squad that likes to tally the shot much than thing else,” Esposito said. “But I deliberation the full volition spell backmost up.”

The Raiders were the champion implicit stake successful the NFL past season, starring the league with a 12-3-1 over-under record.

The Raiders went 2-6 astatine location past season. But they pulled a 34-24 upset of the Saints successful their play opener astatine location connected ‘MNF.’ The Raiders are +175 connected the wealth enactment against the Ravens.

Professional sports bettor Jeff Whitelaw wagered connected the Raiders +6 erstwhile the opening enactment was posted successful May.

“I conscionable deliberation that’s excessively galore points for their archetypal NFL regular-season location crippled with fans,” helium said. “Baltimore is simply a small spot down.”

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