Just about anyone you talk to will say they’re taking the Ravens to beat the Jets in Week 1. That includes nearly everyone over at NFL Pick Watch.
A whopping 98 percent of picks at NFL Pick Watch are siding with Lamar Jackson and company straight up. That is the biggest disparity in a game between teams. The other teams seeing at least 90 percent support are the 49ers (at Chicago), Colts (at Houston), Chiefs (at Arizona) and Broncos (at Seattle).
The favoring of the Ravens drops a bit when talking against the spread, but even still, 76 percent of the experts are taking the Ravens to cover the 6.5-point spread. So not only do the experts think the Ravens will win, they think they’ll win pretty comfortably.
Will the Ravens hold serve in New York? Or will the Jets make Daniel Jeremiah look like a genius? We’ll find out Sunday.