Thursday Night Pick

BALTIMORE (-2.5) over Pittsburgh: This is such a weird game to pick because of the Ray Rice release and controversy. Sometimes, a team can rally around each other while dealing with adversity. I'm sure John Harbaugh is going to try and use this situation and motivate his team to become a closer unit heading into this rivalry game with the Steelers. You have to wonder if the Rice situation will affect the Ravens like the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin situation ambushed Miami's season last year. I just don't know how the Ravens are going to react to this, but I'll take them this week and see where it goes from here.