The Baltimore Ravens made some big moves during their bye week to try to turn things around from their 1-5 start.

They removed the ping-pong table, cornhole boards, basketball hoop and video game consoles from the locker room. Big stuff. The players should also respond well to, oh, I don’t know … getting Lamar Jackson back from a hamstring injury.

It was seven years ago that the most dynamic player in the NFL first saved John Harbaugh from speculation about his job security. Can he do it again — and show that Derrick Henry is not washed up? Why not?

There are certainly believers out there — at 25-1, the Ravens have the same odds to win the Super Bowl as the 5-2 Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (I think you’re better off just taking Jackson to win MVP at 35-1 — c’mon, Baker Mayfield and Drake Maye? — but what do I know.)

The defense has to get a lot better, and I don’t even like the Ravens that much against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, despite it being a best bet (shhh, we’ll explain in a bit). But at least the players won’t have cornhole to distract them. Maybe the coaches are sneaking in and playing for beers late at night, too.

Hey, we happened to get the bag in the hole on four of our five best bets last week to make it two straight winning weeks. Our one loser scored 33 points in the fourth quarter. The ugly overall record? Nobody cares about that but the people in the comments section.

Last week’s record: 7-8 against the spread, 4-1 on best bets

Season record: 48-56-4 against the spread, 18-17 on best bets

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Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Chargers (-3.5) | 8:15 p.m. ET Thursday, Amazon Prime

Carson Wentz is starting again for the Vikings, who yelled “short week” as they look for any possible reason to not play J.J. McCarthy. Amazing that they had Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones last year. The Chargers’ defense will show some pride at home after getting blown out by the Colts.

The pick: Chargers

Chicago Bears at Baltimore Ravens (-6.5) | 1 p.m. ET Sunday, CBS

The Bears have won four in a row (3-0-1 ATS), and we have had them every week. Feels like a bad time to jump off, as this spread seems way too big for a 1-5 team hosting a 4-2 team, but we’re glad you asked — since 2003, teams with a win percentage of .200 or worse and favored by three or more points over a team with a winning record have gone 30-14-2 ATS, per Bet Labs.

So, throw out the fact that Caleb Williams completed 7 of 8 passes for 102 yards against Saints blitzes last week, and that the Ravens rank 13th in blitz rate but are the only team without a sack when sending an extra rusher. As a wise man named Fast Fat Frank once told me, if there is no reason to lay 6.5 points, sometimes you gotta lay 6.5 points.

The pick: Ravens

New York Jets at Cincinnati Bengals (-6.5) | 1 p.m. ET Sunday, CBS

The shoddy Bengals defense was overshadowed by the punchless Steelers defense last week, and old man Joe Flacco got all the flowers. He might not be 40 like Flacco, but new (not official yet) Jets QB Tyrod Taylor is no spring chicken, and he would like a moment in the sun, too. He actually poses a threat when throwing the ball.

The Bengals don’t stop or cover running backs — they have the league’s lowest stuff rate, and RBs average 7.8 yards per target against them (fifth-most) — so Breece Hall is about to have quite the trade-showcase game. Trey Hendrickson was back at Bengals practice Wednesday, while Jets receiver Garrett Wilson was not. That should push this spread up past 7, and we’re all in if Taylor plays.

The pick: Jets

Miami Dolphins at Atlanta Falcons (-7.5) | 1 p.m. ET Sunday, CBS

Mike McDaniel and Tua Tagovailoa apparently sat down Monday for a chat. Probably to discuss the best tapas spots in Madrid. The Dolphins hit Spain to play the Commanders in Week 11, and the brass must not want to fire McDaniel before the bye the following week.

The only thing worse than Tua is the run defense — it’s on pace to allow 2,707 yards (the 1978 Bills somehow allowed 3,228) and now has a date with Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier.

The pick: Falcons

Cleveland Browns at New England Patriots (-7) | 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Fox

Mike Vrabel got his ounce of blood in Tennessee last week (such an easy pick), and you would think the 5-2 Patriots might be in for a letdown here. Even going against big, bad Dillon Gabriel. The last quarterback to throw the ball 100 times with two touchdowns and zero interceptions in his first three starts was Raiders owner Tom Brady.

But we think more than 4-yard dump-offs will be required here, as the Patriots can stop the run, and Gabriel won’t jump on someone’s shoulders and throw off Vrabel’s impressive first-year march to the playoffs.

The pick: Patriots

San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans (-1.5) | 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Fox

Maybe the biggest matchup edge on the whole board: Niners play caller Kyle Shanahan versus Texans offensive coordinator Nick Caley. The 49ers lost another pass rusher in Bryce Huff but somehow do it again as Mac Jones improves to 5-1.

The pick: 49ers

Buffalo Bills (-7.5) at Carolina Panthers | 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Fox

The Bills have lost two in a row and haven’t covered the spread in four straight, and here we are laying more than a touchdown against a hot Panthers team (three consecutive wins and also 3-0 at home). Hmmm. Andy Dalton is starting for an injured Bryce Young and will be asked to hand the ball off against a Bills defense allowing a league-worst 5.8 yards per carry. Hmmm. See our Ravens logic earlier and just take Josh Allen and lay the points.

The pick: Bills

New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles (-7.5) | 1 p.m. ET Sunday, Fox

I loved the Eagles against the Giants two weeks ago, and they got throttled. You’d like to think some lessons were learned. Last week, Jalen Hurts went 5 for 5 for 216 yards and three TDs on passes of 20-plus air yards. Also, the Eagles got some guys back from injury to help prevent Giants running back Cam Skattebo from taking off his shirt and going all WWE again.

The pick: Eagles

Can the Eagles contain Cam Skattebo this time around? (Al Bello / Getty Images)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-4) at New Orleans Saints | 4:05 p.m. ET Sunday, Fox

Monday night was a rough one for Baker Mayfield. He lost Mike Evans again and then took a beating — the Buccaneers allowed 30 total pressures to the Lions, the most in any NFL game this season. It’s a short week, and we think the Bucs aren’t going to bounce back physically or mentally against a plucky Saints team that they can’t possibly take seriously. Oh, and the Buccaneers have allowed a league-high 441 receiving yards to running backs. Spencer Rattler to Alvin Kamara for the cover.

The pick: Saints

Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts (-14) | 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday, CBS

Being a linemaker in Las Vegas is not all glamorous stuff. It’s not all late-night steak-and-egg specials, discount tickets to ABBA cover bands and hearing about everyone’s bad luck. Sometimes you have to work hard and come up with a number for the hottest team in the league against the second-worst. And 14 points isn’t big enough.

The pick: Colts

Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos (-3.5) | 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday, CBS

I have no idea why the allegedly great Broncos defense, with two top corners and Nik Bonitto, is giving up 32 points to the receiver-less Giants. Someone mentioned they have had a rough travel schedule all around the world, and are finally back on a regular schedule at home. Fine. I will also take them because the Cowboys’ defense is allowing 29.4 points per game.

The pick: Broncos

Green Bay Packers (-3) at Pittsburgh Steelers | 8:20 p.m. ET Sunday, NBC

Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday that this is not a revenge game because he loved it in Green Bay, except for his last year. Well, in that case, we’re out. And we really wanted no part in the Steelers’ defense again anyway. Especially against Mr. Sunday Night — Jordan Love has the highest career passer rating on NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” (minimum five games) at 121.1, with 12 touchdown passes and no interceptions.

The pick: Packers

Washington Commanders at Kansas City Chiefs (-12.5) | 8:15 p.m. ET Monday, ABC/ESPN

Jayden Daniels is out for the Commanders, and Marcus Mariota is in, and this line spiked another two points Wednesday. Meanwhile, everyone loves the Chiefs again. All of their receivers are back, and Patrick Mahomes made the Raiders look silly before taking the fourth quarter off last week. Isn’t it possible the Chiefs look ahead to the Bills next week and forget Mariota was the last quarterback to beat them in a playoff game that wasn’t the AFC Championship or the Super Bowl? Look it up. 2017. Give me the 12.5 points.

The pick: Commanders

Best bets: We are reaching down deep with the underdog Saints to hang in with the Buccaneers, and then opting for the seemingly too easy road with the Ravens, Falcons, Bills and Broncos marching past the Bears, Dolphins, Panthers and Cowboys.

Upset special (spread of at least 3 points): This might be desperation, given we have hit on only one of these, but we’re going to make it all back with the Jets +240 at the Bengals. It turns out their owner was brilliant, and not awkward as usual, for ripping Justin Fields, so the players can rally around Tyrod Taylor against a Bengals team that doesn’t care much for tackling.

— TruMedia research courtesy of Jason Starrett.