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It’s hard to get a read on the consensus pick for this game. The early print parlay cards have the Ravens +3. My on-line bookie site has the Panthers +2.5. The Linebacker is predicting a 25-19 win for the Ravens. The Linebacker is usually pretty good though they are rarely perfect any given weekend. I don’t usually play the hard copy parlay card but I couldn’t resist taking the Ravens +3. A one point win by the Panthers would be awesome! Last week I nailed my first two picks Graham Gano Jersey , KC (-6) vs Bengals and Bills vs Colts (Under 43.5). But my third pick was denied by the Cowboys kicker and the swirling wind of RFK stadium. If he makes that field goal to tie the game then provided someone wins the over 41 was a winner. Dan Bailey would have made that kick you dumb asses!Here’s my other two picks to complete my three team parlay.I think the Eagles will be pissed about the loss to us last week and will hammer a disjointed Jaguars team. I think they win by seven or more so giving up 3.5 is a no brainer. I also think Washington is on a roll and will cover a single point in New York. So in both cases I’m going with the hot team. I also liked the Browns (+8) in Pittsburgh. I see the terrorist event being a big distraction for them unfortunately. My apologies if anyone finds my reasoning crass or insensitive. Honestly I liked the Browns and the under before any of that awful event was reported. The Browns seem to go into overtime every week. If the Browns should go into overtime again this week the eight points automatically covers. So I submitted a second card this week, taking the Browns and the same two picks above on the first card, minus the Panthers pick.So what are your thoughts Panthers fans? PITTSBURGH (AP) — The silence coming from the back of the bus offered Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi all the proof he needed that his maddeningly inconsistent team remains fully engaged.For now, that’s all Narduzzi can ask for. Well, that and the hope the small mistakes that piled up into a messy loss at North Carolina last Saturday will soon be erased. Or at least minimized.“I’ve been on a lot of team buses through the years where … you come out of the locker room, you jump on the bus and you’re hearing some talk in the back of the bus Julius Peppers Jersey , and you’re kind of like as a head coach or a defensive coordinator, you’re kind of like, ‘Shut up back there,'” Narduzzi said Monday. “But you know what? I was on the offensive bus, I’m talking the entire time, just silent (elsewhere). So it hurts. And I think when it hurts DJ Moore Color Rush Jersey , that’s when you know your guys care.”Caring is one thing. Winning is another, something that’s proven elusive all six times the Panthers have faced the Tar Heels since Pitt entered the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013. This one may have been the most painful. The Panthers led at halftime against a team that had won just one of its previous 13 games against Power Five conference opponents.And then it all went away. A penalty here. A fumble there. A 38-35 loss that dropped Pitt to 2-2 heading into its most difficult stretch of the season. Three of the Panthers’ next four games are against Top 25 teams. Pitt visits No. 13 Central Florida on Saturday, then hosts surprising Syracuse followed by a visit to No. 8 Notre Dame and a meeting with No. 22 Duke.The Panthers likely need a split to have a legitimate shot at reaching a bowl game after missing out in 2017. Not that Narduzzi wants to talk about it. It’s still September.“Things happen during a game,” Narduzzi said. “It is moving fast out there, and you’ve got to think fast, you’ve got to be locked in. And again James Color Rush Bradberry Jersey , I think our kids are locked in, but you’re going to have mistakes. I’ve never been in a game where you’re not going to have mistakes. But again, one less mistake and we win the football game.”The Golden Knights and the Orange play at a high tempo, turning every game into a bit of a track meet. That’s not exactly great news for the Panthers, who allowed North Carolina’s sputtering offense to roll up 486 yards.The shaky performance came a week after Pitt kept Georgia Tech in check during a 24-19 victory. The Panthers tackled well and never really let the Yellow Jackets back in the game after going up 21-0 at the break. Facing a starkly different test by the Tar Heels, Pitt regressed on a side of the ball that was supposed to be a strength with nine starters returning and Narduzzi — a standout defensive coordinator at Michigan State before joining the Panthers — in his fourth season.Four weeks in Ian Thomas Jersey , the Panthers rank in the bottom half of the ACC in total defense, scoring defense, pass efficiency defense and sacks.The offense has problems of its own. While senior running backs Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall have been dynamic at times, the Panthers have developed little rhythm in the passing game. Sophomore quarterback Kenny Pickett is enduring some growing pains in his first year as the starter, but an inability for his receivers to get separation is also a problem. The Panthers are 118th in the country in yards per completion.“The room sometimes goes lopsided, and the offense plays good enough and the defense doesn’t Curtis Samuel Color Rush Jersey ,” Narduzzi said. “And then all of a sudden the offense doesn’t play good enough, the defense plays their tails off.”It’s part of a frustrating pattern that has repeated itself at Pitt for years. The ACC Coastal Division appears to be wide open. The Panthers believe they should be part of the mix — Narduzzi all but guaranteed a spot in the ACC title game during a kickoff luncheon in August — but to do so, they need to stop the one-step-forward, one-step-backward treadmill.“Coaches want perfection,” Narduzzi said. “You’re never going to get it, but Daeshon Hall Jersey , you know, you need to be excited after wins and after losses you should be having some disappointment. If not, there’s something wrong with your heart.”