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Prediction: Ravens 24, Texans 17
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections

Baltimore Ravens
Rank  Player Projections
QB 23 Joe Flacco Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 9 Justin Forsett Rush: 85, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 43 Bernard Pierce Rush: 15, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 15 Steve Smith Rec: 5-75, 1 TD
WR 56 Torrey Smith Rec: 4-45, 0 TD
WR 84 Kamar Aiken Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
WR 90 Marlon Brown Rec: 1-15, 0 TD
WR 92 Jacoby Jones Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
TE 14 Owen Daniels Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 13 Justin Tucker FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 4 Defense / ST  
 
Houston Texans
Rank  Player Projections
QB 26 Case Keenum Pass: 225, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 4 Arian Foster Rush: 85, 1 TD Rec: 3-25, 0
RB 58 Alfred Blue Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 1-5, 0
 WR 14 Andre Johnson Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
 WR 36 DeAndre Hopkins Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 76 Damaris Johnson Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 31 Ryan Griffin Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 25 Randy Bullock FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 17 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Ravens QB Joe Flacco passed for 221 yards with TD vs. 0 INTS for 99.4 rating last week & became 1st player in club history to reach 25,000 career pass yards (25,024). In past 5, has completed 98 of 145 (67.6 pct.) for 1,127 yards with 7 TDs vs. 1 INT for 104 rating. Has 100+ rating in 3 of past 4. Ravens are 38-5 (.884) when Flacco posts 100+ rating (incl. playoffs)... RB Justin Forsett leads NFL RBs with 5.4 rush avg. (208 att., 1,128 yards). Spent 2012 season with Texans, rushing for 374 yards on 63 att. (5.9 avg.) & TD. In past 5, has 519 rush yards & 5 TDs... WR Steve Smith, SR. had 37 receiving yards last week & now has 13,123 career, surpassing HOFer STEVE LARGENT (13,089) for No. 15 all-time. In 3 career meetings (with Car.), has 18 catches for 323 yards (107.7 per game) & 5 TDs. WR Torrey Smith has 8 TDs in past 11. Needs 2 TD catches to join MICHAEL JACKSON (14 in 1996) as only Ravens with 10+ TD rec. in season... LB C.J. Mosley (No. 17 overall) leads NFL rookies with 117 tackles, 2nd-most in AFC. LB Terrell Suggs has 10.5 sacks in past 9, incl. 2.5 last week.

Texans QB Case Keenum started 8 games for Hou. in 2013, passing for 1,760 yards with 9 TDs vs. 6 INTs. QB THAD LEWIS has made 6 career starts, passing for 1,296 yards & 5 TDs... RB Arian Foster is averaging 102.5 rush yards per game in 2014, 2nd in NFL (DE MARCO MURRAY). Has 11 TDs in past 8 (7 rush, 4 rec.). Since 2010, leads AFC in rush yards (5,933) & rush TDs (50)... WR Andre Johnson (996 rec.) needs 5 catches to surpass HINES WARD (1,000) for No. 9 all-time. For career, averages 6 rec./game, best in history (min. 100 games). In past 8, WR DeAndre Hopkins has 44 rec. for 801 yards (18.2 avg.) & 3 TDs... DE J.J. Watt is 1st player with 3 off. TDs (3 rec.) & 2 TDs on takeaways (INT, FR) in season since BILL GOLDING in 1948. Since entering NFL in 2011, leads NFL with 53 sacks, incl. 2 last week. S Kendrick Lewis had 27-yard INT-TD vs. Colts.


Results and Schedule

Baltimore Ravens
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2014-09-07 CIN H L 16-23 -7
2 2014-09-11 PIT H W 26-6 +20
3 2014-09-21 CLE A W 23-21 +2
4 2014-09-28 CAR H W 38-10 +28
5 2014-10-05 IND A L 13-20 -7
6 2014-10-12 TB A W 48-17 +31
7 2014-10-19 ATL H W 29-7 +22
8 2014-10-26 CIN A L 24-27 -3
9 2014-11-02 PIT A L 23-43 -20
10 2014-11-09 TEN H W 21-7 +14
11   Bye      
12 2014-11-24 NO A W 34-27 +7
13 2014-11-30 SD H L 33-34 -1
14 2014-12-07 MIA A W 28-13 +15
15 2014-12-14 JAC H W 20-12 +8
16 2014-12-21 HOU A    
17 2014-12-28 CLE H    
   

Houston Texans
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2014-09-07 WAS H W 17-6 +11
2 2014-09-14 OAK A W 30-14 +16
3 2014-09-21 NYG A L 17-30 -13
4 2014-09-28 BUF H W 23-17 +6
5 2014-10-05 DAL A L 17-20 -3
6 2014-10-09 IND H L 28-33 -5
7 2014-10-20 PIT A L 23-30 -7
8 2014-10-26 TEN A W 30-16 +14
9 2014-11-02 PHI H L 21-31 -10
10   Bye      
11 2014-11-16 CLE A W 23-7 +16
12 2014-11-23 CIN H L 13-22 -9
13 2014-11-30 TEN H W 45-21 +24
14 2014-12-07 JAC A W 27-13 +14
15 2014-12-14 IND A L 10-17 -7
16 2014-12-21 BAL H    
17 2014-12-28 JAC H    

Injury Report

Baltimore Ravens
Out  DE Haloti Ngata (other-excused)
Questionable  DE Chris Canty (ankle)
Probable  WR Jacoby Jones (other-illness)
 SS Anthony Levine (ankle)
 RB Bernard Pierce (back)
IR  FS Terrence Brooks (knee, 12/16/2014)
 CB Asa Jackson (knee, 12/16/2014)
 DE Kapron Lewis-Moore (achilles-tendon, 8/25/2014)
 TE Dennis Pitta (hip, 9/23/2014)
 CB Jimmy Smith (foot, 11/8/2014)
 RB Lorenzo Taliaferro (foot, 12/16/2014)
 DE Brent Urban (knee, 8/25/2014)
   

Houston Texans
Out  TE Garrett Graham (ankle)
 LB Mike Mohamed (concussion)
 QB Tom Savage (knee)
Questionable  WR DeAndre Hopkins (ankle)
Probable  ILB Brian Cushing (ankle)
 ILB Akeem Dent (neck)
 RB Arian Foster (hip)
 CB Kareem Jackson (knee)
 WR Andre Johnson (concussion)
 CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle)
 OLB Whitney Mercilus (back)
 WR DeVier Posey (calf)
IR  SS Lonnie Ballentine (hamstring, 8/25/2014)
 WR Alan Bonner (foot, 7/28/2014)
 OLB Jadeveon Clowney (knee, 12/4/2014)
 QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (leg, 12/16/2014)
 DE Tim Jamison (knee, 12/12/2014)
 QB Ryan Mallett (pectoral, 11/26/2014)
 NT Louis Nix III (knee, 9/24/2014)

Offense Stats Comparison

  BAL
 Offense 
HOU
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 27.3 21.0 21.7 BAL
Rushing yards 153.0 136.3 111.0 BAL
Rushing yards per attempt 4.95 3.57 4.16 BAL
Completion % 67.6% 59.9% 62.1% BAL
Passing yards 226.7 182.3 229.0 BAL
Passing yards per completion 11.28 11.38 10.71 HOU
Passing yards per attempt 7.62 6.82 6.65 BAL
Interceptions 0.0 0.7 0.9 BAL
Fumbles lost 0.3 0.3 0.6 -
Sacks allowed 0.7 0.7 2.5 -
3rd down conversions 46.8% 38.0% 38.7% BAL
4th down conversions 100.0% 60.0% 46.5% BAL
Time of possession 30:16 32:31 30:05 HOU
  Defense Stats Comparison

  BAL
 Defense 
HOU
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 17.3 17.0 21.7 HOU
Rushing yards 71.0 89.0 111.0 BAL
Rushing yards per attempt 4.02 3.34 4.16 HOU
Completion % 69.1% 53.2% 62.1% HOU
Passing yards 242.7 219.3 229.0 HOU
Passing yards per completion 9.77 11.32 10.71 BAL
Passing yards per attempt 6.76 6.02 6.65 HOU
INT return 1.0 1.0 0.9 -
Fumble recoveries 0.3 0.7 0.6 HOU
Sacks 5.0 2.3 2.5 BAL
3rd down conversions 41.5% 33.8% 38.7% HOU
4th down conversions 20.0% 0.0% 46.5% HOU
Time of possession 29:44 27:29 30:05 HOU

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   BAL   HOU  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 7.6 5.9 8.6 BAL
Yards per kick return 24.5 21.3 23.2 BAL
Yards allowed per punt return 5.4 7.0 8.6 BAL
Yards allowed per kick return 22.2 27.1 23.2 BAL
  Misc Stats Comparison

   BAL   HOU  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 7.3 5.7 6.5 HOU
Penalty yards 50.7 53.0 54.6 BAL

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 10 to 15 of the 2014 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 10 to 15 with no adjustment.

Weather

Dome Stadium

Team vs. Team History

Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2002 15 2002-12-15 BAL HOU 23-19 BAL
2005 13 2005-12-04 HOU BAL 15-16 BAL
2008 10 2008-11-09 BAL HOU 41-13 BAL
2010 14 2010-12-13 BAL HOU 34-28 BAL
2011 6 2011-10-16 HOU BAL 14-29 BAL
2011 DP 2012-01-15 HOU BAL 13-20 BAL
2012 7 2012-10-21 BAL HOU 13-43 HOU
2013 3 2013-09-22 HOU BAL 9-30 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. DP = Divisional Playoff