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2025 NFL Sunday Night Football Week 16 Betting Lines

For the first time this season the NFL exercised the flex scheduling clause putting the Week 16 AFC matchup between the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens into the Sunday Night Football slot. Winning the NFC East became more difficult for the Pats, who blew a 21-0 lead at home to the Bills on Sunday tightening the division race and putting New England a game behind Denver for the No. 1 seed in the conference. This matchup is more appealing than the originally scheduled game between Cincinnati at Miami

There are also playoff implications for the Ravens, who are battling with Pittsburgh for the AFC North lead. Baltimore improved to 7-7 with Sunday’s 24-0 shutout win over Cincinnati and their only likely path to the postseason would be by winning the division. Putting together their best game of the season makes the Ravens a tough out, but hopefully for them it’s not too late. Despite their records Baltimore opened as a 3-point favorite on the early NFL betting line. The game takes place on Dec. 21 at 8:20 p.m. ET from MT Bank Stadium and can be seen on NBC.

Patriots at Ravens SNF Week 16 Lines

Spread: Ravens -3

Total: 48

Money Line: Patriots +127, Ravens -149

Patriots at Ravens Betting Preview

It’s going to be interesting to see how the Patriots respond after having a big lead evaporate in a home loss to division rival Buffalo. Early on it looked like the game was going to be a blowout. The Pats reached the end zone on three of their first four possessions while forcing Buffalo to punt the first three times it had the ball. Midway through the first half the Pats were leading 21-0.

With the AFC East title within reach, the Patriots usual stingy defense collapsed in the second half allowing 28 points, which is more than they had given up in any game this season. And the offense went cold as well totaling just 100 yards over the final two quarters. It was the kind of play we hadn’t seen from the Patriots all season and especially not during their 10-game winning streak, which came to an abrupt and painful end on Sunday.

New England made things much closer in the AFC East, but the Pats are still in good position to win the division. However, based on their recent schedule you could almost sense what happened to them on Sunday happening, though maybe not as extreme. The Pats hadn’t beaten a team that currently has a winning record since upsetting Buffalo in Week 5 with their last eight wins over teams with a combined 73.2 losing percentage.

It wasn’t so much that New England lost to Buffalo, but rather how they did it. Josh Allen had three TD passes and made crucial plays with his running ability. The Patriots couldn’t keep the reining MVP in check and now have to deal with another MVP in Lamar Jackson. The Ravens ended a 2-game losing streak and stayed within a game of the Steelers for first in the AFC North with Sunday’s triumph.

Only one team in NFL history has made the playoffs after starting the season 0-4. It wasn’t that bad for the Ravens but it was close. Baltimore lost five of its first six games and has rallied behind Jackson to win six of eight. The numbers have dipped a bit from those MVP years, but Jackson is playing at a high level. He attempted only 12 passes on Sunday with eight completions and two TDs. For the season the Ravens average 23.9 points to rank 14th and they’ve cashed the UNDER in five of their last seven games.

The teams have met only 16 times previously with some memorable playoff encounters during the 2010s. Three times during the decade the teams played in Foxboro with Baltimore winning the first two. They haven’t played since the 2022 season with Baltimore nabbing a 37-26 victory behind four TD passes with an additional 107 yards and a TD rushing from Jackson.

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