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          ESPN expert picks: Ravens at Steelers

          • Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterOct 31, 2014, 09:45 AM ET
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              Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.
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          The Baltimore Ravens are going to lose consecutive games for the first time this season, according to most of the ESPN prognosticators.

          Of the 13 experts, 10 picked the Ravens to lose at the rival Pittsburgh Steelers. The point spread for this game is even. The Ravens are looking for their third season sweep of the Steelers in the 19-year history of the rivalry (they did so in 2006 and 2011).

          Here are the official ESPN predictions (with their prediction record for the Ravens in parentheses):

          Eric Allen (6-2): Steelers

          Mike Golic (6-2): Ravens

          Merril Hoge (5-3): Steelers

          Ron Jaworski (5-3): Steelers

          KC Joyner (7-1): Steelers

          Chris Mortensen (5-3): Steelers

          Adam Schefter (6-2): Steelers

          Mark Schlereth (4-4): Steelers

          Seth Wickersham (5-3): Steelers

          Tom Jackson (6-2): Ravens

          Keyshawn Johnson (5-3): Steelers

          Mike Ditka (4-4): Steelers

          Cris Carter (6-2): Ravens