Baltimore Ravens vs Oakland Raiders NFL Picks Week 17: With so many teams having all these complicated scenarios to get into the postseason, the (8-7) Baltimore Ravens [-11] situation couldn’t be simpler: beat the sports betting odds underdog (5-10) Oakland Raiders [+11] today and you’re into the tournament!
The Ravens vs Raiders showdown is scheduled to get underway at 4:20 PM ET (1:20 PM PT) live from the 
Oakland-Alameda Coliseum on CBS Sports. For those of our readers interested in betting on the Baltimore vs Oakland OVER/UNDER, NFL Picks Week 17 experts at BODOG.com believe these teams will combine to score 38 points in total today.
For the visiting Ravens, this is yet another opportunity for them to clinch the AFC’s Wild Card and get into the playoffs for a second consecutive year with Joe Flacco under center. "We've got an opportunity to get in the tournament," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "To me, that's motivation enough. I'm sure our guys will be ready."
One can assume that as long as the Ravens don’t beat themselves like they did last week against the Steelers, where they committed 11 penalties for -113 yards and two touchdowns, Baltimore should get in.
"It was irritating. All of us felt that," Harbaugh said. "We played too well in so many ways for the outcome to be what it was. Why was the outcome what it was? Well, it was our doing. It was penalties and missed opportunities. But those are things we can fix."
For the Raiders, despite having their playoff hopes expire long ago, they’ve been an AFC North killer this season. But much like the Ravens, the “Silver and Black” also beat themselves last week, in what became a parade of Raiders players being tossed left and right.
Two players were ejected after flagrant plays and 13 penalties cost the Raiders a season-high 126 yards against Cleveland last week.
"I've never seen flags thrown like that," Pro Bowl defensive lineman Richard Seymour said. "It was so ticky-tack. Obviously we have to understand how the game is being played and how the game is being called and play accordingly. We didn't do a good job of that after we understood that they were going to throw it if you looked the wrong way."
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