'Monday Night Football': NFL betting odds, picks, tips - ESPN

Week 16 of the 2023 NFL season wraps up Monday night with three games on Christmas Day, including one of the biggest matchups of the year as the Baltimore Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers. Aside from that game, the Las Vegas Raiders face the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Giants play the Philadelphia Eagles.

What can we expect from a betting standpoint?

Betting analysts Eric Moody, Seth Walder, Tyler Fulghum and Aaron Schatz provide their thoughts.

Note: Odds by ESPN BET

Schatz: I'm driving the Baltimore Ravens bandwagon, because my DVOA stats have Baltimore higher than any other advanced metric does. And yet, even I am leaning towards the 49ers in this game because of specific matchups. For example, Baltimore is the No. 1 run offense by DVOA, but the 49ers' run defense has improved in the second half of the season. Lamar Jackson throws in the middle of the field 25% of the time, one of the highest rates in the league, and San Francisco has the best pass defense in the NFL against middle passes. Meanwhile, the Ravens' defense allows 0.8 more yards per play in base than in nickel, and the San Francisco offense is designed to make you play base. Since Week 10, the 49ers have had the best defense in the league and the Ravens have only been 11th. Everything is trending the 49ers' way, so 49ers -6.

Fulghum: Since coming out of their Week 9 bye, the San Francisco 49ers have won six consecutive games by 12 points or more. Over the past 25 years, only the 1999 Rams (7) and the 2007 Patriots (8) can say they've done that (h/t @benbbaldwin on X). Those are literally two of the greatest football teams of all time. The 2023 49ers are trending towards a similar historical legacy. The Ravens are a fantastic football team, but