Houston at Baltimore

It has become quite clear that this is not the same Baltimore team that won it all a year ago. The Ravens lost a lot of leadership, and were humiliated defensively by Peyton Manning in week one. They were down at home to the Cleveland Browns 6-0 last week before rallying to win 14-6. It looks like this team is going to hold serve defensively at home, while the offense has yet to find its way. Houston is better defensively than they have shown in their first two games, and have been lucky to escape to get to 2-0. After being perfect towards the end of last season and in the playoffs, Joe Flacco has been ordinary at best this season. Ben Tate has broken a run for 60 yards, but otherwise the Houston ground attack has not gotten going at 4.1 yards per carry. The Ravens always step it up on "D" against good teams, as they are 11-4 to the UNDER in their last 15 here vs. a team with a winning road record. Defense prevails here, so take the UNDER.