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Final Score Prediction

Bengals 24, Ravens 20

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Baltimore Ravens
Rank  Player Projections
QB 23 Joe Flacco Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 5 Ray Rice Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 5-40, 0
RB 47 Bernard Pierce Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 25 Torrey Smith Rec: 4-70, 1 TD
WR 39 Anquan Boldin Rec: 3-50, 0 TD
WR 69 Jacoby Jones Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 9 Dennis Pitta Rec: 5-50, 0 TD
K 17 Justin Tucker FG: 2/2 XP: 2/2
DEF 24 Defense / ST  
 
Cincinnati Bengals
Rank  Player Projections
QB 11 Andy Dalton Pass: 250, 2 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 18 BenJarvus Green-Ellis Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 2-10, 0
RB 63 Brian Leonard Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 3 A.J. Green Rec: 8-100, 1 TD
WR 50 Andrew Hawkins Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 8 Jermaine Gresham Rec: 4-40, 1 TD
K 13 Josh Brown FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 8 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Ravens Have reached playoffs for 5th consecutive season. Captured AFC North title for 2nd straight year... QB Joe Flacco has career-best 3,783 passing yards in '12. Needs 217 passing yards to join VINNY TESTAVERDE (4,177 in '96) as only 2nd Raven to reach 4,000 in season. Posted 13th career game with 300+ passing yards last week & Bal. is 12-1 (.923) in those games... RB Ray Rice (1,138 rush, 478 rec.) needs 84 scrimmage yards to reach 1,700 for 4th season in row. Has 17 career games with 100+ rush yards & Bal. is 14-3 (.823) in those games. Rookie RB Bernard Pierce had career-high 123 rush yards last week... WR Torrey Smith (99) needs catch to reach 100 career. Has career-high 8 TD rec. WR Anquan Boldin (921) needs 79 rec. yards to reach 1,000 for 6th time of career... TE Dennis Pitta (7) needs TD rec. to set single-season club record among TEs (TODD HEAP, 7 in '05)... S Ed Reed has 10 career INTs vs. Cin... DT Haloti Ngata has at least 5 sacks for 3rd season in row... KR-WR Jacoby Jones has NFL-best 32.1 KR avg.

Bengals Reached postseason in consecutive seasons for 1st time since '81-82... Have won 6 of past 7... QB Andy Dalton is 18-13 (.581) as starter, highest all-time win pct. by Bengals QB (min. 20 starts). Has 95.1 4th quarter rating in '12... In past 2 at home, RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis is averaging 109 rush yards/game. Has career-high 1,094 rush yards in '12... WR A.J. Green (1,324) needs 117 rec. yards to surpass CHAD JOHNSON (1,440, '07) for single-season club record. Green (95) needs 5 rec. to become 3rd Bengal to reach 100 in season (T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH, 112 in '07; CARL PICKENS, 100 in '96)... Defense (47) needs 1.5 sacks to surpass franchise record of 48 in '01... DT Geno Atkins (13) needs half sack for most by Bengal in season since 1982 (EDDIE EDWARDS, 13 in 1983). Since '10, leads NFL DTs with 23.5 sacks... DE Michael Johnson has career-high 9.5 sacks in '12... CB Leon Hall had 17-yard INT-return TD last week... S Reggie Nelson has 3 INTs in past 4 games.


Results and Schedule
Baltimore Ravens
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-10 CIN H W 44-13 +31
2 2012-09-16 PHI A L 23-24 -1
3 2012-09-23 NE H W 31-30 +1
4 2012-09-27 CLE H W 23-16 +7
5 2012-10-07 KC A W 9-6 +3
6 2012-10-14 DAL H W 31-29 +2
7 2012-10-21 HOU A L 13-43 -30
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 CLE A W 25-15 +10
10 2012-11-11 OAK H W 55-20 +35
11 2012-11-18 PIT A W 13-10 +3
12 2012-11-25 SD A W 16-13 +3
13 2012-12-02 PIT H L 20-23 -3
14 2012-12-09 WAS A L 28-31 -3
15 2012-12-16 DEN H L 17-34 -17
16 2012-12-23 NYG H W 33-14 +19
17 2012-12-30 CIN A L 17-23 -6
   
Cincinnati Bengals
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-10 BAL A L 13-44 -31
2 2012-09-16 CLE H W 34-27 +7
3 2012-09-23 WAS A W 38-31 +7
4 2012-09-30 JAC A W 27-10 +17
5 2012-10-07 MIA H L 13-17 -4
6 2012-10-14 CLE A L 24-34 -10
7 2012-10-21 PIT H L 17-24 -7
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 DEN H L 23-31 -8
10 2012-11-11 NYG H W 31-13 +18
11 2012-11-18 KC A W 28-6 +22
12 2012-11-25 OAK H W 34-10 +24
13 2012-12-02 SD A W 20-13 +7
14 2012-12-09 DAL H L 19-20 -1
15 2012-12-13 PHI A W 34-13 +21
16 2012-12-23 PIT A W 13-10 +3
17 2012-12-30 BAL H W 23-17 +6

Injury Report
Baltimore Ravens
Questionable  WR Anquan Boldin (shoulder)
 WR Tandon Doss (ankle)
 DE Art Jones (thigh)
 FB Vonta Leach (ankle)
 SLB Albert McClellan (shoulder)
 DT Haloti Ngata (knee)
Probable  MLB Dannell Ellerbe (ankle)
 WR Jacoby Jones (ankle)
 MLB Ray Lewis (triceps)
 DE Pernell McPhee (thigh)
 TE Dennis Pitta (knee)
 SS Bernard Pollard (chest)
 FS Ed Reed (shoulder)
 CB Jimmy Smith (abdomen)
 DE Terrell Suggs (biceps)
IR  MLB Jameel McClain (spine, 12/22)
 WR Tommy Streeter (foot, 8/31)
 CB Lardarius Webb (knee, 10/16)
   
Cincinnati Bengals
Out  SLB Dontay Moch (other-illness)
Questionable  CB Terence Newman (hamstring)
Probable  RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis (other-illness)
 CB Adam Jones (hamstring)
 FS Reggie Nelson (shoulder)
IR  DE Jamaal Anderson (quadriceps, 9/18)
 WLB Thomas Howard (knee, 9/14)
 CB Dre Kirkpatrick (knee, 12/25)
 K Mike Nugent (calf, 12/28)
 CB Shaun Prater (knee, 8/4)
 FS Robert Sands (chest, 8/24)
 WR Mohamed Sanu (foot, 12/4)
 RB Bernard Scott (knee, 10/8)

Offense Stats Comparison
  BAL
 Offense 
CIN
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 20.3 25.3 22.3 CIN
Rushing yards 120.0 155.0 117.9 CIN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.22 4.72 4.30 CIN
Completion % 59.3% 58.3% 59.3% BAL
Passing yards 220.3 203.8 225.0 BAL
Passing yards per completion 10.63 10.00 10.90 BAL
Passing yards per attempt 6.31 5.83 6.47 BAL
Interceptions 0.5 0.8 1.0 BAL
Fumbles lost 0.5 0.5 0.7 -
Sacks allowed 2.5 3.8 2.4 BAL
3rd down conversions 39.6% 39.3% 37.4% BAL
4th down conversions 25.0% 60.0% 41.9% CIN
Time of possession 30:15 32:17 30:27 CIN
  Defense Stats Comparison
  BAL
 Defense 
CIN
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 20.3 11.5 22.3 CIN
Rushing yards 121.0 72.3 117.9 CIN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.25 3.29 4.30 CIN
Completion % 58.2% 54.2% 59.3% CIN
Passing yards 200.3 193.5 225.0 CIN
Passing yards per completion 10.44 9.78 10.90 CIN
Passing yards per attempt 6.07 5.30 6.47 CIN
INT return 0.3 1.0 1.0 CIN
Fumble recoveries 0.5 1.0 0.7 CIN
Sacks 2.8 3.5 2.4 CIN
3rd down conversions 29.3% 30.0% 37.4% BAL
4th down conversions 50.0% 20.0% 41.9% CIN
Time of possession 34:04 27:42 30:27 CIN

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   BAL   CIN  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 10.5 7.3 10.0 BAL
Yards per kick return 24.7 20.1 22.8 BAL
Yards allowed per punt return 8.4 6.3 10.0 CIN
Yards allowed per kick return 21.2 20.9 22.8 CIN
  Misc Stats Comparison
   BAL   CIN  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 7.0 8.0 6.3 BAL
Penalty yards 64.8 58.5 52.9 CIN

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 11 to 16 of the 2012 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 11 to 16 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 4 2000-09-24 CIN BAL 0-37 BAL
2000 10 2000-11-05 BAL CIN 27-7 BAL
2001 2 2001-09-23 BAL CIN 10-21 CIN
2001 15 2001-12-23 CIN BAL 0-16 BAL
2002 10 2002-11-10 CIN BAL 27-38 BAL
2002 13 2002-12-01 BAL CIN 27-23 BAL
2003 7 2003-10-19 BAL CIN 26-34 CIN
2003 14 2003-12-07 CIN BAL 13-31 BAL
2004 3 2004-09-26 BAL CIN 23-9 BAL
2004 13 2004-12-05 CIN BAL 27-26 CIN
2005 9 2005-11-06 CIN BAL 21-9 CIN
2005 12 2005-11-27 BAL CIN 29-42 CIN
2006 9 2006-11-05 CIN BAL 20-26 BAL
2006 13 2006-11-30 BAL CIN 7-13 CIN
2007 1 2007-09-10 BAL CIN 20-27 CIN
2007 10 2007-11-11 CIN BAL 21-7 CIN
2008 1 2008-09-07 CIN BAL 10-17 BAL
2008 13 2008-11-30 BAL CIN 34-3 BAL
2009 5 2009-10-11 CIN BAL 17-14 CIN
2009 9 2009-11-08 BAL CIN 7-17 CIN
2010 2 2010-09-19 BAL CIN 10-15 CIN
2010 17 2011-01-02 CIN BAL 7-13 BAL
2011 11 2011-11-20 CIN BAL 24-31 BAL
2011 17 2012-01-01 BAL CIN 24-16 BAL
2012 1 2012-09-10 CIN BAL 13-44 BAL

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.