Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:25 PM EDTWeek 3 · Neutral site
Closing spread
BAL -3
Push
Total
54.5
▲ Over · 65 pts
Model before kickoff
BAL 27–24 DAL
✓ BAL (61%) won
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBAL -2.5
CloseBAL -3
Total52.5 → 54.5
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Market
Open → close
Spread
OpenBAL -2.5
0.5 → BAL
CloseBAL -3
0.5 pts toward Baltimore Ravens
Total
Open52.5
▲ 2
Close54.5
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BAL -2.5 · closed BAL -3 · moved 0.5 toward BALmodel BAL -3 matches the line
model BAL -3 = line ✓
Opened 52.5 · closed 54.5 · moved 2 upmodel 50.5
model 50.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Moved onto 3Too few earlier games to rateⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBAL -2.5
CloseBAL -3
Total52.5 → 54.5
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Similar games
The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out
In the 1 games most like
BAL as a 3-point neutral-site favorite against DAL, the favorite won 1, covered 1, and 1 went over the total.
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This game: BAL won 34–31; the favorite pushed, as in 0 of the 1 similar games. 65 points went over 54.5, as in 1 of 1.
Favorite won
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 63%
Favorite covered
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
1 of 1100%
Normal range · usually 47%
Only 1 close matches, too few to read much into. Average result: favorite by 6 against an average line of 5.5; 56 points a game (usually 44.6). Of the 1 over, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›
All 1 games
| Match | Game | Line | Final | Covered | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose |
2025 · Week 10 · loose · similar rest |
-5.5 | 31–25 | W | O48.5 |
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2023 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found
Signals
The data signal, and 2 trends and market moves behind it
No clear signal on the spread
Slight Over trend Hit
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 163-172 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.
Total moved up 2
52.5 → 54.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
Small sample warning
Baltimore Ravens have 2 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
Totals
Over/under before kickoff
Went over in Q4. Of 20 earlier overs in games with totals 51.5–57.5, 40% had cashed by the end of Q3.
When games like this go over ›Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-5 50% | 3-7 30% | 6-4 60% | |
| 5-5 50% | 3-6 33% | 9-1 90% |
Recent meetings
Last 1 since 2023
BAL 7–1 DAL
BAL leads · 8 games since 2000 · BAL has won the last 3 meetings
All-time series from nflverse.
| Date | Result | Line | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 2024 | Baltimore Ravens 28 @ Dallas Cowboys 25 | BAL -1.5 | BAL W |
Matchup stats
Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
BAL+0.7 →+2.1▲ 1.4#7
DAL−0.6 →−0.9▼ 0.3#19
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW2
Longer bar = better
#4
Offense
Even#6
#14
Defense
◀ BAL better#27
0.0 #17
Turnovers
Even+0.5 #16
60 plays #16
Pace
◀ BAL faster53 plays #30
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| BAL off | DAL def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 29.0 #7 | 24.0 #21 | BAL |
| Yards / play | 6.82 #2 | 5.80 #24 | BAL |
| EPA / play | +0.22 #4 | +0.22 #30 | BAL |
| Success rate | 57% #2 | 55% #32 | BAL |
| DAL off | BAL def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points / game | 28.5 #8 | 23.5 #18 | DAL |
| Yards / play | 5.43 #10 | 4.69 #5 | BAL |
| EPA / play | +0.22 #3 | −0.03 #13 | DAL |
| Success rate | 51% #4 | 44% #18 | DAL |
Points by quarter and half
Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 24 teams
BAL scoring against the DAL defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10.5 | 12.0 | 22.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 6.5 | |
3.5 | 8.5 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 |
DAL scoring against the BAL defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 16.5 | |
3.0 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 14.0 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
Neutral site
No home edge
Weather
73° · 5 mph
gusts 16 mph · 0.004 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
BAL7d
DAL7d
Even
Tempo
Slow 113 plays
slowavg 122fast
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