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Final Score Prediction

Steelers 27, Ravens 23

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Baltimore Ravens
Rank  Player Projections
QB 25 Joe Flacco Pass: 230, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 7 Ray Rice Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 45 Bernard Pierce Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 14 Torrey Smith Rec: 5-80, 1 TD
WR 45 Marlon Brown Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 57 Jacoby Jones Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 20 Dallas Clark Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 3 Justin Tucker FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 23 Defense / ST  
 
Pittsburgh Steelers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 14 Ben Roethlisberger Pass: 250, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 22 Le'Veon Bell Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 47 Felix Jones Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 2-10, 0
WR 19 Antonio Brown Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR 50 Emmanuel Sanders Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 68 Jerricho Cotchery Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 8 Heath Miller Rec: 4-50, 1 TD
K 16 Shaun Suisham FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 15 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Ravens Have won 13 of past 15 vs. AFC North. Seek 4th consecutive win at Pit... QB Joe Flacco has 3-2 career reg.-sea. record at Pit. For career, Flacco is 22-9 vs. AFC North... RB Ray Rice has 2 career 100-yard rush games vs. Steelers (141, 107). Since entering NFL in 2008, leads NFL RBs in rec. (331). Club is 14-3 (.823) when Rice has 100+ rush yards... WR Torrey Smith is averaging 94.7 receiving yards per game in 2013, 2nd-best in AFC. Avg. 20.3 yards per catch in 2013. WR TANDON DOSS had career-best 99 receiving yards last week. In past 2, Doss is averaging 22.4 yards per catch...TE Dallas Clark (494) needs 6 rec. to become 9th TE in NFL history to reach 500 career. Posted 51st career TD last week, 7th-most all-time among TEs... LB Terrell Suggs has 13.5 career sacks vs. Pit., 2nd-most vs. any team. LB Daryl Smith leads team with 53 tackles... CB Jimmy Smith posted 1st INT of season vs. GB... PR-WR Jacoby Jones had 63-yard PR-TD in last game at Pit. Posted 1st TD rec. of season last week.

Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is 9-5 (.643) vs. Bal. (incl. playoffs). Has 197 TD passes & needs 3 to join HOFer TERRY BRADSHAW (212) as only Steelers to reach 200 career. In past 3, Roethlisberger is averaging 351 passing yards per game. Aims for 3rd straight game with 70+ comp. pct. Has 88-43 (.672) record as starter... In 2 career games, rookie RB LE'VEON BELL has 91 rush yards with 2 TDs... WR Antonio Brown had 5 rec. for 109 yards (21.8 avg.) in last home game vs. Bal. In past 3, Brown has 30 rec. for 370 yards with 2 TDs. Avg. AFC-best 99.6 rec. yards per game in 2013. WR Emmanuel Sanders had career-long 55-yard TD catch last week... TE Heath Miller (39) needs TD catch to become 5th player in Steelers history to reach 40 career. Had season-best 84 receiving yards last week... LB LaMarr Woodley has sack in 4 of 5 in 2013. Woodley (56) has 5th-most sacks by Steeler since 1982. LB Lawrence Timmons & S Ryan Clark recorded 1st INTs of season last week. Clark leads team with 37 tackles in 2013.


Results and Schedule
Baltimore Ravens
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-05 DEN A L 27-49 -22
2 2013-09-15 CLE H W 14-6 +8
3 2013-09-22 HOU H W 30-9 +21
4 2013-09-29 BUF A L 20-23 -3
5 2013-10-06 MIA A W 26-23 +3
6 2013-10-13 GB H L 17-19 -2
7 2013-10-20 PIT A    
8   Bye      
9 2013-11-03 CLE A    
10 2013-11-10 CIN H    
11 2013-11-17 CHI A    
12 2013-11-24 NYJ H    
13 2013-11-28 PIT H    
14 2013-12-08 MIN H    
15 2013-12-16 DET A    
16 2013-12-22 NE H    
17 2013-12-29 CIN A    
   
Pittsburgh Steelers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 TEN H L 9-16 -7
2 2013-09-16 CIN A L 10-20 -10
3 2013-09-22 CHI H L 23-40 -17
4 2013-09-29 MIN A L 27-34 -7
5   Bye      
6 2013-10-13 NYJ A W 19-6 +13
7 2013-10-20 BAL H    
8 2013-10-27 OAK A    
9 2013-11-03 NE A    
10 2013-11-10 BUF H    
11 2013-11-17 DET H    
12 2013-11-24 CLE A    
13 2013-11-28 BAL A    
14 2013-12-08 MIA H    
15 2013-12-15 CIN H    
16 2013-12-22 GB A    
17 2013-12-29 CLE H    

Injury Report
Baltimore Ravens
Out  DE Kapron Lewis-Moore (knee)
Questionable  NT Terrence Cody (knee)
 DE Marcus Spears (knee)
 WR Brandon Stokley (thigh)
IR  WR Aaron Mellette (knee, 9/12/2013)
 TE Dennis Pitta (hip, 9/4/2013)
PUP  ILB Jameel McClain (back)
   
Pittsburgh Steelers
Out  WR Markus Wheaton (fingers)
IR  WR Plaxico Burress (shoulder, 8/12/2013)
 ILB Larry Foote (biceps, 9/9/2013)
 TE Matt Spaeth (foot, 9/3/2013)
 RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (knee, 9/9/2013)
 DE Nick Williams (knee, 8/25/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison
  BAL
 Offense 
PIT
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 22.5 17.3 23.0 BAL
Rushing yards 69.8 64.7 108.3 BAL
Rushing yards per attempt 2.74 3.09 4.09 PIT
Completion % 57.9% 65.8% 61.7% PIT
Passing yards 270.5 282.0 246.4 PIT
Passing yards per completion 11.60 10.93 11.03 BAL
Passing yards per attempt 6.71 7.19 6.81 PIT
Interceptions 0.8 1.0 1.0 BAL
Fumbles lost 0.5 1.0 0.7 BAL
Sacks allowed 3.0 4.0 2.7 BAL
3rd down conversions 35.0% 35.8% 38.1% PIT
4th down conversions 50.0% 50.0% 44.4% -
Time of possession 30:34 30:02 48:26 BAL
  Defense Stats Comparison
  BAL
 Defense 
PIT
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 18.5 23.3 23.0 BAL
Rushing yards 91.0 115.3 108.3 BAL
Rushing yards per attempt 3.64 3.85 4.09 BAL
Completion % 58.7% 59.1% 61.7% BAL
Passing yards 233.5 194.3 246.4 PIT
Passing yards per completion 12.51 10.77 11.03 PIT
Passing yards per attempt 7.34 6.36 6.81 PIT
INT return 0.5 0.0 1.0 BAL
Fumble recoveries 0.5 0.0 0.7 BAL
Sacks 3.5 1.3 2.7 BAL
3rd down conversions 31.2% 36.2% 38.1% BAL
4th down conversions 25.0% 66.7% 44.4% BAL
Time of possession 29:26 29:58 48:26 BAL

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   BAL   PIT  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 16.8 7.0 8.7 BAL
Yards per kick return 27.4 21.4 23.8 BAL
Yards allowed per punt return 9.3 8.7 8.7 PIT
Yards allowed per kick return 23.9 20.3 23.8 PIT
  Misc Stats Comparison
   BAL   PIT  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 6.8 4.7 6.4 PIT
Penalty yards 54.3 48.7 55.5 PIT

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 6 of the 2013 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 1 to 6 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 1 2000-09-03 BAL PIT 16-0 BAL
2000 9 2000-10-29 PIT BAL 9-6 PIT
2001 8 2001-11-04 BAL PIT 13-10 BAL
2001 14 2001-12-16 PIT BAL 26-21 PIT
2002 8 2002-10-27 PIT BAL 31-18 PIT
2002 17 2002-12-29 BAL PIT 31-34 PIT
2003 1 2003-09-07 BAL PIT 15-34 PIT
2003 17 2003-12-28 PIT BAL 10-13 BAL
2004 2 2004-09-19 PIT BAL 13-30 BAL
2004 16 2004-12-26 BAL PIT 7-20 PIT
2005 8 2005-10-31 BAL PIT 19-20 PIT
2005 11 2005-11-20 PIT BAL 13-16 BAL
2006 12 2006-11-26 PIT BAL 0-27 BAL
2006 16 2006-12-24 BAL PIT 31-7 BAL
2007 9 2007-11-05 BAL PIT 7-38 PIT
2007 17 2007-12-30 PIT BAL 21-27 BAL
2008 4 2008-09-29 BAL PIT 20-23 PIT
2008 15 2008-12-14 PIT BAL 13-9 PIT
2008 CF 2009-01-18 BAL PIT 14-23 PIT
2009 12 2009-11-29 PIT BAL 17-20 BAL
2009 16 2009-12-27 BAL PIT 20-23 PIT
2010 4 2010-10-03 BAL PIT 17-14 BAL
2010 13 2010-12-05 PIT BAL 13-10 PIT
2010 DP 2011-01-15 BAL PIT 24-31 PIT
2011 1 2011-09-11 PIT BAL 7-35 BAL
2011 9 2011-11-06 BAL PIT 23-20 BAL
2012 11 2012-11-18 BAL PIT 13-10 BAL
2012 13 2012-12-02 PIT BAL 23-20 PIT

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. DP = Divisional Playoff CF = Conference Final