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Final Score Prediction

Browns 27, Bengals 23

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Cincinnati Bengals
Rank  Player Projections
QB 8 Andy Dalton Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 20 BenJarvus Green-Ellis Rush: 80, 0 TD Rec: 2-10, 0
RB 35 Brian Leonard Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 5 A.J. Green Rec: 7-90, 1 TD
WR 46 Andrew Hawkins Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 54 Armon Binns Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 11 Jermaine Gresham Rec: 5-50, 1 TD
K 6 Mike Nugent FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 24 Defense / ST  
 
Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
 QB 23 Brandon Weeden Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 3 Trent Richardson Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 4-40, 0
RB 54 Chris Ogbonnaya Rush: 0, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 41 Josh Gordon Rec: 4-50, 1 TD
WR 55 Greg Little Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 27 Ben Watson Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 31 Jordan Cameron Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 18 Phil Dawson FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 13 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Bengals Have won 3 of past 4 at Cle... Club has averaged 33 points per game in 3 wins in '12... QB Andy Dalton has NFL-best 127.7 4th-quarter rating. For career, Dalton is 3-0 vs. Browns & has completed 55 of 77 passes (71.4 pct.) for 669 yards with 5 TDs vs. 1 INT & 114 rating. Has 7-4 record on road as starter... Since '10, RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis is tied for 2nd in NFL w/ 26 rush TDs (ARIAN FOSTER, 31)... WR A.J. Green is 1st player in NFL history with at least 100 rec., 1,500 yards & 10 TDs in 1st 20 career games. Aims for 5th consecutive game with TD catch. Averages 19 yards per catch vs. Cle. (11 rec., 209). WR Andrew Hawkins scored 1st career TD (50-yard catch) in last game vs. Cle... TE Jermaine Gresham ranks 3rd among AFC TEs with 22 rec. (OWEN DANIELS, 23; ROB GRONKOWSKI, 23)... Defense is tied for NFL-best with 18 sacks... DT Geno Atkins has 4 sacks in past 3. Atkins (6) needs 2 sacks to surpass career-best of 7.5 in '11... DE Michael Johnson (5) needs 1.5 sacks to surpass career-high of 6 in '11... PR-CB Adam Jones had 81-yard PR-TD in last game vs. Cle.

Browns Rookie QB Brandon Weeden has passed for 1,288 yards, 2nd-most in NFL history by rookie in team's 1st 5 games (CAM NEWTON, 1,610). Weeden had career-best in passing yards (322) in last game vs. Cin. & tied career-high in TDs (2)... Rookie RB Trent Richardson posted career-high 109 yards vs. Bengals on 9/16/12. Is 1st Browns rookie to record rush TD in 4 straight games. Leads AFC rookies with 303 rush yards. Aims for 5th consecutive game with rush TD... WR Greg Little seeks 3rd consecutive game with TD catch vs. Cin. WR Jordan Norwood had career-best in catches (9) & rec. yards (81) last week. Rookie WR Josh Gordon had 2 TD rec. last week, incl. 62-yard TD rec... Browns are tied for AFC lead w/ 7 INTs this season... LB D'QWELL JACKSON had career-high 3 sacks & INT in last game against Bengals. S T.J. Ward & Jackson are tied for team-high w/ 31 tackles apiece... S Usama Young posted 1st INT of season last week.


Results and Schedule
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    
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 DEN H    
10 2012-11-11 NYG H    
11 2012-11-18 KC A    
12 2012-11-25 OAK H    
13 2012-12-02 SD A    
14 2012-12-09 DAL H    
15 2012-12-13 PHI A    
16 2012-12-23 PIT A    
17 2012-12-30 BAL H    
   
Cleveland Browns
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PHI H L 16-17 -1
2 2012-09-16 CIN A L 27-34 -7
3 2012-09-23 BUF H L 14-24 -10
4 2012-09-27 BAL A L 16-23 -7
5 2012-10-07 NYG A L 27-41 -14
6 2012-10-14 CIN H W 34-24 +10
7 2012-10-21 IND A    
8 2012-10-28 SD H    
9 2012-11-04 BAL H    
10   Bye      
11 2012-11-18 DAL A    
12 2012-11-25 PIT H    
13 2012-12-02 OAK A    
14 2012-12-09 KC H    
15 2012-12-16 WAS H    
16 2012-12-23 DEN A    
17 2012-12-30 PIT A    

Injury Report
Cincinnati Bengals
Questionable  CB Dre Kirkpatrick (knee)
 SLB Dontay Moch (other-illness)
Probable  WR A.J. Green (knee)
 CB Adam Jones (back)
 CB Terence Newman (groin)
IR  DE Jamaal Anderson (quadriceps, 9/18)
 WLB Thomas Howard (knee, 9/14)
 CB Shaun Prater (knee, 8/4)
 FS Robert Sands (chest, 8/24)
 RB Bernard Scott (knee, 10/8)
PUP  DT Pat Sims (hamstring)
   
Cleveland Browns
Out  WR Mohamed Massaquoi (hamstring)
 WR Jordan Norwood (foot)
 CB Dimitri Patterson (ankle)
Doubtful  WR Travis Benjamin (hamstring)
Questionable  SLB Scott Fujita (shoulder)
 DT Ahtyba Rubin (ankle)
 SS Ray Ventrone (calf)
 SS T.J. Ward (hand)
Probable  MLB D'Qwell Jackson (head)
 DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder)
 TE Alex Smith (concussion)
IR  SLB Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed, 8/27)
 OLB Chris Gocong (achilles-tendon, 8/27)
PUP  DT Phil Taylor (chest)

Offense Stats Comparison
  CIN
 Offense 
CLE
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 24.7 19.7 23.1 CIN
Rushing yards 100.7 75.3 112.5 CIN
Rushing yards per attempt 3.88 4.14 4.17 CLE
Completion % 65.9% 55.4% 62.0% CIN
Passing yards 252.3 269.0 240.4 CLE
Passing yards per completion 11.92 11.00 11.00 CIN
Passing yards per attempt 7.85 6.10 6.82 CIN
Interceptions 1.0 1.7 1.0 CIN
Fumbles lost 1.0 0.7 0.7 CLE
Sacks allowed 3.0 1.7 2.3 CLE
3rd down conversions 24.6% 27.3% 38.3% CLE
4th down conversions 71.4% 66.7% 59.1% CIN
Time of possession 31:46 25:55 30:15 CIN
  Defense Stats Comparison
  CIN
 Defense 
CLE
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 25.0 27.0 23.1 CIN
Rushing yards 107.0 129.7 112.5 CIN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.53 4.75 4.17 CIN
Completion % 67.5% 62.4% 62.0% CLE
Passing yards 229.0 286.7 240.4 CIN
Passing yards per completion 10.35 10.96 11.00 CIN
Passing yards per attempt 6.99 6.84 6.82 CLE
INT return 0.0 1.0 1.0 CLE
Fumble recoveries 1.0 0.7 0.7 CIN
Sacks 3.7 2.3 2.3 CIN
3rd down conversions 31.7% 38.0% 38.3% CIN
4th down conversions 33.3% 66.7% 59.1% CIN
Time of possession 28:14 34:05 30:15 CIN

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   CIN   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 13.6 15.1 10.1 CLE
Yards per kick return 23.3 29.3 24.6 CLE
Yards allowed per punt return 5.9 19.6 10.1 CIN
Yards allowed per kick return 26.6 21.0 24.6 CLE
  Misc Stats Comparison
   CIN   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 5.7 7.7 6.5 CIN
Penalty yards 50.0 71.3 56.6 CIN

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 5 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 1 to 5 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 2 2000-09-10 CLE CIN 24-7 CLE
2000 9 2000-10-29 CIN CLE 12-3 CIN
2001 5 2001-10-14 CLE CIN 14-24 CIN
2001 11 2001-11-25 CIN CLE 0-18 CLE
2002 2 2002-09-15 CIN CLE 7-20 CLE
2002 11 2002-11-17 CLE CIN 27-20 CLE
2003 4 2003-09-28 CIN CLE 21-14 CIN
2003 17 2003-12-28 CLE CIN 22-14 CLE
2004 6 2004-10-17 CIN CLE 17-34 CLE
2004 12 2004-11-28 CLE CIN 48-58 CIN
2005 1 2005-09-11 CIN CLE 27-13 CIN
2005 14 2005-12-11 CLE CIN 20-23 CIN
2006 2 2006-09-17 CLE CIN 17-34 CIN
2006 12 2006-11-26 CIN CLE 30-0 CIN
2007 2 2007-09-16 CIN CLE 45-51 CLE
2007 16 2007-12-23 CLE CIN 14-19 CIN
2008 4 2008-09-28 CLE CIN 20-12 CLE
2008 16 2008-12-21 CIN CLE 14-0 CIN
2009 4 2009-10-04 CIN CLE 23-20 CIN
2009 12 2009-11-29 CLE CIN 7-16 CIN
2010 4 2010-10-03 CIN CLE 20-23 CLE
2010 15 2010-12-19 CLE CIN 17-19 CIN
2011 1 2011-09-11 CIN CLE 27-17 CIN
2011 12 2011-11-27 CLE CIN 20-23 CIN
2012 2 2012-09-16 CLE CIN 27-34 CIN

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.