Two of the top favorites to reach the Super Bowl the past two seasons have been the Detroit Lions and Baltimore Ravens. So, getting to enjoy them close out NFL Week 3 on Monday Night Football is awesome enough, and with it also being a potential Super Bowl preview, we’ve got you covered from all angles with our NFL best bets for Monday Night Football.

Although we know that fans in Detroit and Baltimore have legal sports betting for their NFL predictions, we’ve also provided a way for NFL picks at Sleeper Fantasy and their guaranteed promo code bonus!

NFL Picks, Predictions & Best Bets for Monday Night Football, 9/22

For Week 2, both the Lions and Ravens came through for our best bets with Detroit leading by more than three at the half and Baltimore doing the heavy lifting for over 45.5 points in their 41-17 win over the Cleveland Browns.

In fact, those two picks are worth keeping in mind as we continue to break down the game and lead into our NFL best bets for Monday Night Football. Perhaps the most important aspect to note is that we were one of the ones not to overreact to the Lions' offense not looking strong in Week 1.

That came against a Green Bay Packers defense that proved to be strong, holding the Washington Commanders while hitting our TNF best bet (Commanders team total under 22.5 points). They bounced back in a big way, dropping 52 points on the Chicago Bears.

We’re not saying that they’ll pull that off in back-to-back weeks, but it’s still enough that we can trust their offense even without Ben Johnson calling the plays.
 

 

 

Monday Night Football Prediction for Lions vs. Ravens

Since it’s not going to be the focus of our NFL best bets for Monday Night Football, we’d also like to suggest backing Detroit to cover the near-touchdown point spread. Of course, if it gets to that key number of seven, we’d love it even more.

The Ravens may be at home, but as two of the top favorites to reach the Super Bowl the past two years, there is simply not that big of a gap between these teams. Speaking of the past two years, Detroit has been remarkable in covering the spread. They lead the NFL in ATS record with three more covers than the next-closest team!

Keep in mind that’s while commonly being heavy favorites, making it that much more impressive. If there is one guy who may ruin that pick, it’s Baltimore's Derrick Henry. The beast got just 11 carries for 23 yards in Week 2 as the Browns made things more competitive than expected.

The Alabama product hasn’t gotten to play Detroit for five years and never with the Ravens, so he could certainly do some damage here. Rather than getting burned by a point spread near such a key number, our NFL best bets for Monday Night Football are focused elsewhere.
 

 

 

Lions vs. Ravens Best Bet for NFL Week 3: Over 51.5 Points (Add Player Pick ‘Ems at Sleeper)

First and foremost, you see that we’re noting to pair our top pick with some Sleeper DFS lineups, as they correlate extremely well. If we’re expecting a ton of fireworks, then of course, we expect players all over the field to hit the “more” for their set stat projection.

With that out of the way - no, we have no issues taking the over despite the total being over 50. Frankly, we expected it to be higher. This could tick all the way to 56.5, and we still wouldn’t care. In other words, oddsmakers simply have not adjusted enough for how incredible these two offenses are.

We could rattle off names like Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Jahmyr Gibbs, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the like, but the scoreboards speak for themselves. In the Ravens' first two games of the season, they’ve scored 41 and 40 points (yet are still 1-1), and when these teams last met, they scored 38 points.

That was without Derrick Henry, and with the bruising back not getting his normal workload last weekend, we expect him to be as hungry and as fresh as ever. Even if Detroit does the majority of the damage, Amon-Ra St. Brown can 100% exploit this Ravens secondary that is still meshing together for some deep bombs.

Unless we see a major adjustment, we have no hesitation locking in the top pick from our NFL best bets for Monday Night Football on over 51.5 points, pairing perfectly with Sleeper Fantasy player pick ‘em lineups. 
 

 

 

Top NFL Player Props & Picks for Monday Night Football, 9/22

For even more targets for your NFL picks at Sleeper Fantasy, here are some of the most popular Lions vs. Ravens player props at traditional sportsbooks fans are targeting for their NFL predictions:

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Anytime TD Scorer: 

  • Derrick Henry: -210
  • Jahmyr Gibbs -120
  • David Montgomery: +120
  • Zay Flowers: +115
     
 

 

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