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NFL Week 3 · Sun, Sep 27, 1:25 PM PT

The NFL lands in Rio, and Baltimore plays without John Harbaugh for the first time in 18 years

Dallas is the designated home team at the Maracana, in a game carrying the highest total on the board. The posted line is BAL -3 with a total of 52.5, and the contract below prices the win outright.

Kickoff

1:25 PM PT

4:25 PM ET, Sun, Sep 27

Stadium

Maracanã Stadium

Rio De Janeiro

On TV

CBS

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YES prices in cents from Kalshi's public data. Only markets that close after right now are shown, grouped by game.

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LastThe price of the most recent trade.
SpreadAsk minus bid. Amber at 10¢ or more, where the gap eats most edges.

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What’s at stake

Baltimore Ravens are 1-1. Dallas Cowboys are 1-1. The posted line has Baltimore Ravens favoured by 3, with a total of 52.5. Kickoff is 4:25 PM ET on Sunday, September 27 at Maracanã Stadium, Rio De Janeiro.

The storyline. The NFL's first regular-season game in Rio de Janeiro, at Maracana Stadium, with Dallas as the designated home team. One of nine international games on the 2026 schedule.

The window. CBS's doubleheader window, so most markets get a second CBS game here. 1 other game kick off at the same moment.

Tale of the tape

Going inBALBaltimore RavensBALDALDallas CowboysDAL
Record1-11-1
SideOn the roadAt home
The posted line−3+3
Implied points computed27.7524.75
Passing leader 2 gamesLamar Jackson38/56, 559 yds, 2 TD, 1 INTDak Prescott48/65, 454 yds, 6 TD, 1 INT
Rushing leader 2 gamesDerrick Henry40 car, 212 yds, 4 TDJavonte Williams24 car, 71 yds, 1 TD
Receiving leader 2 gamesZay Flowers5 rec, 150 yds, 1 TDCeeDee Lamb13 rec, 197 yds, 3 TD

Records, venue, spread and total from the ESPN scoreboard, read 2026-09-21.1 Player lines are two-game totals summed from the completed Week 1 and Week 2 box scores.2 Implied points is half the total moved half the spread, which is arithmetic on the two numbers above, not a projection.

The fantasy angle

Six players, the three who have produced most on each side. Every number here is the two-game box score total divided by the two games played, or divided by touches. It is what happened, not a projection.2

Where the points are priced. The spread and the total put Baltimore Ravens at about 27.75 and Dallas Cowboys at about 24.75. That gap is the first thing a start-or-sit call turns on: the same player is worth more in a game his side is priced to lead than in one it is priced to chase. It is arithmetic on the posted line, not a score projection.

PlayerYards PointsScores
BALBaltimore Ravens
Lamar JacksonQB · 67.9% on 56 attempts279.5pass yds a game14.2half-PPR a game1.02 TD in two
Derrick HenryRB · 40 carries106.0yds a game22.6half-PPR a game2.04 TD in two
Zay FlowersREC · 5 catches75.0yds a game11.8half-PPR a game0.51 TD in two
DALDallas Cowboys
Dak PrescottQB · 73.8% on 65 attempts227.0pass yds a game20.1half-PPR a game3.06 TD in two
CeeDee LambREC · 13 catches98.5yds a game22.1half-PPR a game1.53 TD in two
Javonte WilliamsRB · 24 carries35.5yds a game6.6half-PPR a game0.51 TD in two

Half-PPR: 0.1 a rushing or receiving yard, 0.5 a catch, 6 a touchdown, 0.04 a passing yard, 4 a passing touchdown, minus 2 an interception. Full-PPR and standard leagues score catches differently, so the weights are printed rather than assumed. Two games played by every team at the time of this read.

What the market says

The posted line has Baltimore Ravens favoured by 3 on the road, with a total of 52.5. A spread is the market's estimate of the margin, not a result; the Kalshi contract below prices the win outright.

The two venue prices sit at the top of this page and are read live when it loads. A contract settles at $1.00 if that team wins and $0 if it loses, so a price in cents is that market’s implied chance of the win. Prices are the venues’, not our picks, and the two rarely agree to the cent.

A spread and a contract price are two different questions. The spread is the market’s estimate of the margin; the contract prices the win outright, and it is the one you can sell before the game ends. Books differ on the spread itself: our read found two games where a second book had a different number the same afternoon.1

Trading the props

We do not publish a prop line we have not captured with a timestamp, so none appear here. What follows is our own number from the box scores, and the math for turning your board’s line into something you can compare to a price.

Passing yards

Lamar Jackson BAL

279.5 a game

67.9% on 56 attempts through two games, 10.0 yds per attempt.

Other side: Dak Prescott (DAL) at 227.0

Rushing yards

Derrick Henry BAL

106.0 a game

40 carries through two games, 5.3 yds per carry.

Other side: Javonte Williams (DAL) at 35.5

Receiving yards

CeeDee Lamb DAL

98.5 a game

13 catches through two games, 15.2 yds per catch.

Other side: Zay Flowers (BAL) at 75.0

Ours, from the box scores, not a posted line. Put each against whatever your board shows: if the board is well under our number the over is the question, and if it is well over, the under is. A number that sits on top of ours is telling you the board has read the same two games we have.

A pick’em entry is a parlay, and the math is unforgiving

Every leg has to hit. Two legs you think are 60% each come to 36% together, not 60. Three come to 22%. That multiplication is the whole game, and it is the reason a board can offer a number that looks generous and is still a bad price.

Work your break-even the other way round. If your board pays N times the entry on an L-leg play, the entry needs to win 1 ÷ N of the time to break even, so each leg needs to hit the L-th root of that. A 2-leg play paying 3× needs each leg at about 57.7%. A 4-leg play paying 10× needs each at about 56.2%. Check your own board’s multipliers: they differ by state, by board and by promotion, so the number above is the method, not your terms.

Legs on the same game are not independent

A quarterback going over his passing yards and his top receiver going over his receiving yards are close to the same bet twice. That correlation is the one real lever in pick’em: it makes a correlated pair land together more often than the multiplication above suggests, and miss together just as often. Correlate on purpose or not at all.

What a contract does that a pick’em entry does not

The contract on the board above can be sold at any point before the game ends, so a position that moves your way early can be closed for a profit without waiting to find out. A pick’em entry is locked until every leg settles. That is the structural difference between the two products, and it is worth more than any single line. How the fee works on a contract

Trading it: the case each way

No plan is posted on this game. The props section above is about one player; this is about the game itself.

The question on Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys are 1-1 and they are at home, and the line makes them the underdog by 3. Decide what chance you would give them, in cents, before you read the board. If your number is above the ask, that is the trade; if it is not, there is no trade here.

The question on Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens are 1-1 and favoured by 3. A favourite contract costs most of a dollar, so the money at risk is large against the money to be made. Work out what you lose if it goes wrong before you decide what you make if it goes right.

Whatever you decide, write the entry, the sell target and the hold rule before kickoff, and remember the fee is largest near 50¢. How the fee works

Questions people ask about this game

What time is Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys and what channel is it on?

Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys kicks off at 4:25 PM ET on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at Maracanã Stadium in Rio De Janeiro. It is on CBS. It is carried regionally, so whether your market shows it is the network's call.

Who is favoured in Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys?

The posted line has Baltimore Ravens favoured by 3 with a total of 52.5, read from the ESPN scoreboard on 2026-09-21. A spread is the market's estimate of the margin, not a result, and books differ. The Kalshi contract on this page prices the win outright and is read live when the page loads, so it is the number to trust over a line written down days earlier.

How many points is each team priced for in Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys?

Half the total moved half the spread puts Baltimore Ravens at about 27.75 points and Dallas Cowboys at about 24.75. That is arithmetic on the two posted numbers, not a score projection, and it is the figure most fantasy decisions on this game turn on.

Who are the top fantasy producers in Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys?

Through two games the leaders are Derrick Henry of Baltimore Ravens at 22.6 half-PPR points a game (40 carries through two games), and CeeDee Lamb of Dallas Cowboys at 22.1 half-PPR points a game (13 catches through two games). Those are half-PPR points from the completed box scores divided by games played, so they describe what has happened rather than what will. Scoring weights and the full six-player table are on this page.

What player numbers should I check against a prop board for Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys?

We do not publish a prop line we have not captured from the app with a timestamp, so no posted line appears here. Our own figures from the box scores are Lamar Jackson at 279.5 passing a game, Derrick Henry at 106.0 rushing a game, CeeDee Lamb at 98.5 receiving a game. Put each against whatever your board shows and decide which side of it you are on.

How often does each leg of a pick'em entry need to hit to break even?

A pick'em entry is a parlay, so every leg has to land: two legs you price at 60 per cent are 36 per cent together, and three are 22 per cent. If your board pays N times the entry on an L-leg play, the entry needs to win one divided by N of the time, so each leg needs the L-th root of that. A two-leg play paying 3x needs each leg at about 57.7 per cent, and a four-leg play paying 10x needs each at about 56.2 per cent. Multipliers differ by state, board and promotion, so use your own terms.

Sources

Every stored figure on this page came from one of these, read 2026-09-21. Lines move and injury news lands after that; the prices in the strip and on the board are read live when the page loads, not written into it.

  1. ESPN NFL scoreboard: schedule, records, venue, broadcast, the posted spread and the total. site.api.espn.com
  2. ESPN NFL game summaries for the completed Week 1 and Week 2 games: the two-game player totals, summed from the box scores. espn.com
  3. Kalshi public markets API, the Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys game market: the contract this page links to. Prices are read live in your browser, never stored here. external-api.kalshi.com
  4. The headline on this page: Without John Harbaugh for the first time in 18 years. Read 2026-09-22. en.wikipedia.org
  5. Polymarket Gamma API, event nfl-bal-dal-2026-09-27: the second venue in the price strip, also read live. gamma-api.polymarket.com

PM Countdown is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kalshi, Polymarket, ESPN or the NFL. Prices shown are the venues’, not our picks.

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