Final Score Prediction
Broncos 30, Ravens 24
| Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger |
| Denver Broncos |
| Rank |
Player |
Projections |
| QB 6 |
Peyton Manning |
Pass: 290, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0 |
| RB 14 |
Knowshon Moreno |
Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 |
| RB 46 |
Ronnie Hillman |
Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 |
| WR 6 |
Demaryius Thomas  |
Rec: 7-100, 1 TD |
| WR 27 |
Eric Decker |
Rec: 5-70, 1 TD |
| WR 50 |
Brandon Stokley |
Rec: 3-40, 0 TD |
| TE 24 |
Jacob Tamme |
Rec: 3-30, 0 TD |
| TE 35 |
Joel Dreessen |
Rec: 1-10, 0 TD |
| K 4 |
Matt Prater |
FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3 |
| DEF 10 |
Defense / ST |
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| Baltimore Ravens |
| Rank |
Player |
Projections |
| QB 16 |
Joe Flacco |
Pass: 250, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0 |
| RB 8 |
Ray Rice |
Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0 |
| RB 58 |
Bernard Pierce |
Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 |
| WR 32 |
Anquan Boldin |
Rec: 5-70, 1 TD |
| WR 39 |
Torrey Smith |
Rec: 4-70, 0 TD |
| WR 67 |
Jacoby Jones |
Rec: 2-30, 0 TD |
| TE 8 |
Dennis Pitta |
Rec: 5-50, 1 TD |
| K 13 |
Justin Tucker |
FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3 |
| DEF 27 |
Defense / ST |
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Game Notes
 Broncos Captured AFC West title for 2nd consecutive season. Have won 8 consecutive games, longest active streak in NFL... QB Peyton Manning (3,812) needs 188 passing yards to become 1st player in NFL history with 12 4,000-yard seasons. Incl. postseason, Manning is 8-2 vs. Ravens with 19 TDs & 96.3 passer rating. Manning (30) has most TD passes in single season by Broncos QB. Posted 70th career 300-yard passing game of career last week, most in NFL history... RB Knowshon Moreno posted season-best 167 scrimmage yards last week. Moreno is averaging 120.3 scrimmage yards/game in past 3 starts... WR Demaryius Thomas is averaging 96 rec. yards per game on road in '12. WR Eric Decker has career-best in receptions (64) & receiving yards (790) in 2012... DE Elvis Dumervil (8) needs 2 sacks to reach 10 for 3rd time in career. LB Von Miller aims for 7th consecutive game with sack. Miller (16) needs 1.5 sacks to set single-season club record (Dumervil, 17 in '09)... CB Champ Bailey posted 52nd career INT last week, 2nd-most among active players since ‘99 (Ed Reed, 61).
 Ravens Aim for 3rd season in row with 10+ wins... Club is 4-0 all-time at home vs. Den... Ravens have won 15 of past 16 at home... QB Joe Flacco has 2-0 record vs. Den. Flacco is 32-6 (.842) in home starts, 5th-best record by starting QB since 1970 (min. 20 starts). Flacco (98) needs 2 pass TDs to reach 100 career... RB Ray Rice totaled 133 rush yards with 2 TDs in last game vs. Den. Rice (1,417) needs 83 scrimmage yards to reach 1,500 for 4th consecutive season. Rushed for season-best 121 yards last week... WR Torrey Smith (93) needs 7 catches to register 100 career. Smith (753) needs 89 receiving yards to surpass rec. yards total (841) as rookie last season. WR Anquan Boldin (10,072) reached 10,000 career rec. yards last week. Has 3 TD catches in past 2... TE Dennis Pitta (5) needs 3 TD rec. to set Ravens all-time record among TEs (TODD HEAP, 7 in '05)... LB Paul Kruger has career-high 8 sacks in '12 & aims for 6th game in row with sack... DE ARTHUR JONES has 4.5 sacks in past 3 games... KR-WR Jacoby Jones has NFL-best 33.2 KR avg. in '12.
Results and Schedule
| Denver Broncos |
| Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
| 1 |
2012-09-09 |
PIT |
H |
W 31-19 |
+12 |
| 2 |
2012-09-17 |
ATL |
A |
L 21-27 |
-6 |
| 3 |
2012-09-23 |
HOU |
H |
L 25-31 |
-6 |
| 4 |
2012-09-30 |
OAK |
H |
W 37-6 |
+31 |
| 5 |
2012-10-07 |
NE |
A |
L 21-31 |
-10 |
| 6 |
2012-10-15 |
SD |
A |
W 35-24 |
+11 |
| 7 |
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Bye |
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| 8 |
2012-10-28 |
NO |
H |
W 34-14 |
+20 |
| 9 |
2012-11-04 |
CIN |
A |
W 31-23 |
+8 |
| 10 |
2012-11-11 |
CAR |
A |
W 36-14 |
+22 |
| 11 |
2012-11-18 |
SD |
H |
W 30-23 |
+7 |
| 12 |
2012-11-25 |
KC |
A |
W 17-9 |
+8 |
| 13 |
2012-12-02 |
TB |
H |
W 31-23 |
+8 |
| 14 |
2012-12-06 |
OAK |
A |
W 26-13 |
+13 |
| 15 |
2012-12-16 |
BAL |
A |
W 34-17 |
+17 |
| 16 |
2012-12-23 |
CLE |
H |
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| 17 |
2012-12-30 |
KC |
H |
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| 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 |
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Bye |
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| 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 |
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| 17 |
2012-12-30 |
CIN |
A |
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Offense Stats Comparison
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DEN
Offense |
BAL
Offense |
NFL
Avg. |
Adv. |
| Points for |
29.5 |
22.3 |
23.0 |
DEN |
| Rushing yards |
96.8 |
113.3 |
119.5 |
BAL |
| Rushing yards per attempt |
3.59 |
3.83 |
4.36 |
BAL |
| Completion % |
68.1% |
60.2% |
60.5% |
DEN |
| Passing yards |
276.3 |
204.8 |
228.4 |
DEN |
| Passing yards per completion |
10.66 |
11.06 |
10.94 |
BAL |
| Passing yards per attempt |
7.27 |
6.66 |
6.62 |
DEN |
| Interceptions |
1.0 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
BAL |
| Fumbles lost |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
- |
| Sacks allowed |
1.5 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
DEN |
| 3rd down conversions |
43.9% |
39.1% |
38.2% |
DEN |
| 4th down conversions |
0.0% |
75.0% |
47.4% |
BAL |
| Time of possession |
30:12 |
28:35 |
30:31 |
DEN |
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Defense Stats Comparison
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DEN
Defense |
BAL
Defense |
NFL
Avg. |
Adv. |
| Points against |
18.3 |
17.8 |
23.0 |
BAL |
| Rushing yards |
69.0 |
109.3 |
119.5 |
DEN |
| Rushing yards per attempt |
3.47 |
4.20 |
4.36 |
DEN |
| Completion % |
56.8% |
59.2% |
60.5% |
DEN |
| Passing yards |
230.0 |
221.0 |
228.4 |
BAL |
| Passing yards per completion |
10.83 |
10.67 |
10.94 |
BAL |
| Passing yards per attempt |
6.15 |
6.31 |
6.62 |
DEN |
| INT return |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
DEN |
| Fumble recoveries |
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
BAL |
| Sacks |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
DEN |
| 3rd down conversions |
21.1% |
33.3% |
38.2% |
DEN |
| 4th down conversions |
50.0% |
20.0% |
47.4% |
BAL |
| Time of possession |
29:48 |
33:44 |
30:31 |
DEN |
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Special Teams Stats Comparison
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DEN |
BAL |
NFL
Avg. |
Adv. |
| Yards per punt return |
13.6 |
10.4 |
10.3 |
DEN |
| Yards per kick return |
33.2 |
28.6 |
23.0 |
DEN |
| Yards allowed per punt return |
5.4 |
8.9 |
10.3 |
DEN |
| Yards allowed per kick return |
21.3 |
24.6 |
23.0 |
DEN |
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Misc Stats Comparison
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DEN |
BAL |
NFL
Avg. |
Adv. |
| Penalties |
5.0 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
DEN |
| Penalty yards |
38.5 |
63.5 |
53.3 |
DEN |
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Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game
through Weeks 9 to 14 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 9 to 14 with no adjustment.
Weather
Team vs. Team History
| Denver Broncos vs. Baltimore Ravens |
| Season |
Week |
Date |
Vis |
Home |
Score |
Winner |
| 2001 |
3 |
2001-09-30 |
BAL |
DEN |
20-13 |
BAL |
| 2002 |
4 |
2002-09-30 |
DEN |
BAL |
23-34 |
BAL |
| 2003 |
8 |
2003-10-26 |
DEN |
BAL |
6-26 |
BAL |
| 2005 |
14 |
2005-12-11 |
BAL |
DEN |
10-12 |
DEN |
| 2006 |
5 |
2006-10-09 |
BAL |
DEN |
3-13 |
DEN |
| 2009 |
8 |
2009-11-01 |
DEN |
BAL |
7-30 |
BAL |
| 2010 |
5 |
2010-10-10 |
DEN |
BAL |
17-31 |
BAL |
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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.
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