NFL Game Preview: Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals - Week 17

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Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals - Week 17

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TB ATL	22 17
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PHI NYG	7 42
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NYJ BUF	9 28
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JAC TEN	20 38
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HOU IND	16 28
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CLE PIT	10 24
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CHI DET	26 24
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BAL CIN	17 23
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CAR NO	44 38
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ARI SF	13 27
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STL SEA	13 20
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OAK SD	21 24
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MIA NE	0 28
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KC DEN	3 38
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GB MIN	34 37
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DAL WAS	18 28
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Week:	1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 \| 6 \| 7 \| 8 \| 9 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17
Playoffs:	Wild-Card \| Divisional Playoffs \| Conference Championships \| Super Bowl

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

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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.