Baltimore at Cincinnati

Everyone wants to belive that Baltimore will be great this year. They love Ray Lewis and Jamal Lewis and now you've got Deion as well. Last week's huge win over Pittsburgh gave them all reason to believe again after a week 1 dissapointing loss to Cleveland. Is Baltimore for real? Not sure but I do think their offense is suspect, despite Lewis. Kyle Boller hasn't shown me much at all. Despite last week's big win, Boller threw for under 100 yards. And now he's without his only real weapon - Todd Heap. How important is Heap to this Ravens offense? He has led the team in receptions each of the last two seasons and was leading the team this year. You know you are in trouble when you are hoping the 37 year old Sanders will be healthy enough to play receiver. This team, ranked 26th in the league in total offense prior to the loss of Heap, is in trouble. Jamal Lewis has really struggled so far, averaging just 2.7 yards per rush. In this game, Cincinnati should be able to key on him, making it hard for Baltimore to score. In September, home teams that won a close game game the prior week cover the spread two thirds of the time. One unit on the home dog to cover the spread.