Ravens vs. Chiefs odds, spread, total for NFL 'Thursday Night Football'

Meanwhile, oddsmakers have set the total between 46 and 46.5 heading into kickoff. There’s a sizeable gulf between the number of tickets backing the over (83%) and the amount of money on the under (62%). The 45% differential is the second-largest as of Monday, just behind the 47% difference between tickets and money for the Jets–49ers game.

A major topic heading into Thursday’s season opener is the battle of the quarterbacks. Both Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are two-time league MVPs, but it’s Mahomes who’s gotten the better of Jackson over the years. He’s 3-1 in games in which the two quarterbacks played and 4-1 all-time against Baltimore. He’s thrown 13 touchdowns and just two interceptions while averaging 344 yards per game and a 115.5 passer rating.

The Chiefs are favored to once again win the Super Bowl at +550. They’d become the greatest dynasty in NFL history in doing so as they’d be the first to ever three-peat. The public believes they’ll do just that as 11.3% of all tickets at BetMGM over the summer picked them to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Not only that, but an insane 20.9% of the money backed them to win the Super Bowl, which was a full point more than the two next-closest teams combined.

Meanwhile, the Ravens have the third-best odds to win it all at +1100.  They also had the third-most tickets at BetMGM (6.2%) and fourth-most money (5.8%) when teams reported to training camp.

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