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Final Score Prediction

Ravens 27, Browns 13

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
QB 30 Brandon Weeden Pass: 230, 0 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 12 Trent Richardson Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 3-30, 0
RB 50 Chris Ogbonnaya Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 48 Greg Little Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
WR 78 Jordan Norwood Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
WR 86 Josh Gordon Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
TE 24 Ben Watson Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
TE 27 Jordan Cameron Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 30 Phil Dawson FG: 2/2 XP: 1/1
DEF 25 Defense / ST  
 
Baltimore Ravens
Rank  Player Projections
QB 11 Joe Flacco Pass: 280, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 3 Ray Rice Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 46 Bernard Pierce Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 10 Torrey Smith Rec: 6-90, 1 TD
WR 44 Anquan Boldin Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 62 Jacoby Jones Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 7 Dennis Pitta Rec: 4-50, 1 TD
TE 29 Ed Dickson Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 13 Justin Tucker FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 1 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Browns Rookie QB Brandon Weeden passed for 322 yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 114.9 passer rating in 1st career AFC North road game (vs. Cin.). Completed at least 1 pass to 9 different players last week... Rookie RB Trent Richardson aims for 3rd consecutive game with rush TD. Richardson leads AFC rookies with 175 rush yards. Has team-high 11 catches... WR Greg Little has 2 TD catches in past 3 road games. Rookie WR Travis Benjamin recorded 1st TD catch of career last week... TE Jordan Cameron had career-best in catches (5) & yards (45) last week... Defense has 9 sacks in '12, tied for 2nd-most in AFC... Browns lead AFC with 5 INTs this season... S T.J. Ward leads team with 24 tackles... KR-WR Josh Cribbs had 84-yard PR-TD in last game at Bal.

Ravens Club aims for 13th consecutive win at home... Ravens are 10-3 (.769) at home vs. Browns, incl. 4 consecutive wins... Won last game on TNF vs. 49ers... QB Joe Flacco is 8-0 vs. Browns & has 10 TDs vs. 4 INTs & 94.4 passer rating. Ravens are 25-2 (.926) when he has 100+ rating. For career, Flacco has 29-5 (.853) record at home... In past 5 vs. Browns, RB Ray Rice is averaging 110.4 rush yards per game (552). Rushed for career-best 204 yards vs. Cle. on 12/4/11. Ravens are 12-2 (.857) when Rice has 100+ rush yards in game... WR Torrey Smith tied career-high in catches (6) & posted 3rd 100-yard rec. game of career last week (152, 165, 127). WR Anquan Boldin tied career-best with 3 TD receptions vs. Browns on 9/26/10. WR Jacoby Jones is averaging 21.9 yards per catch in '12 (7 rec., 153 yards)... TE Dennis Pitta ranks 1st in AFC & 2nd in NFL among TEs with 18 catches... LB Dannell Ellerbe has 2.5 sacks in past 2 games... S Ed Reed has 10 career INTs vs. Browns, tied for most against any opponent (10 vs. Cin.)... DT Pernell McPhee had career-best 2 sacks vs. Cle. on 12/4/11... CB Lardarius Webb has 2 INTs in past 3 vs. Browns.


Results and Schedule
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    
6 2012-10-14 CIN H    
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    
   
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    
6 2012-10-14 DAL H    
7 2012-10-21 HOU A    
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 CLE A    
10 2012-11-11 OAK H    
11 2012-11-18 PIT A    
12 2012-11-25 SD A    
13 2012-12-02 PIT H    
14 2012-12-09 WAS A    
15 2012-12-16 DEN H    
16 2012-12-23 NYG H    
17 2012-12-30 CIN A    

Injury Report
Cleveland Browns
Questionable  WR Josh Cribbs (head)
 SLB James-Michael Johnson (oblique)
 WR Mohamed Massaquoi (hamstring)
 TE Alex Smith (concussion)
 SS T.J. Ward (hand)
 FS Usama Young (knee)
IR  SLB Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed, 8/27)
 DE Marcus Benard (elbow, 8/31)
 OLB Chris Gocong (achilles-tendon, 8/27)
PUP  DT Phil Taylor (chest)
   
Baltimore Ravens
Questionable  WR Torrey Smith (ankle)
IR  MLB Ricky Brown (head, 8/31)
 DE Ryan McBean (ankle, 8/27)
 WR Tommy Streeter (foot, 8/31)
PUP  WR David Reed (knee)
 DE Terrell Suggs (achilles-tendon)

Offense Stats Comparison
  CLE
 Offense 
BAL
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 19.0 32.7 23.8 BAL
Rushing yards 87.3 118.0 109.7 BAL
Rushing yards per attempt 4.52 5.06 4.06 BAL
Completion % 56.5% 64.6% 62.0% BAL
Passing yards 209.0 301.3 239.2 BAL
Passing yards per completion 9.65 12.38 11.00 BAL
Passing yards per attempt 5.45 8.00 6.81 BAL
Interceptions 2.0 0.7 0.9 BAL
Fumbles lost 0.3 0.3 0.6 -
Sacks allowed 2.7 1.7 2.2 BAL
3rd down conversions 30.8% 35.5% 39.1% BAL
4th down conversions 0.0% 25.0% 57.8% BAL
Time of possession 26:04 27:23 30:19 BAL
  Defense Stats Comparison
  CLE
 Defense 
BAL
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 25.0 22.3 23.8 BAL
Rushing yards 122.7 111.7 109.7 BAL
Rushing yards per attempt 4.13 3.25 4.06 BAL
Completion % 61.5% 66.4% 62.0% CLE
Passing yards 269.0 289.7 239.2 CLE
Passing yards per completion 10.76 11.90 11.00 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 6.61 7.90 6.81 CLE
INT return 1.7 1.0 0.9 CLE
Fumble recoveries 0.7 1.0 0.6 BAL
Sacks 3.0 2.7 2.2 CLE
3rd down conversions 35.6% 40.0% 39.1% CLE
4th down conversions 100.0% 75.0% 57.8% BAL
Time of possession 33:56 32:37 30:19 BAL

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   CLE   BAL  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 13.0 10.1 10.8 CLE
Yards per kick return 26.8 24.5 24.1 CLE
Yards allowed per punt return 24.8 6.7 10.8 BAL
Yards allowed per kick return 25.1 19.6 24.1 BAL
  Misc Stats Comparison
   CLE   BAL  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 6.3 8.7 6.8 CLE
Penalty yards 65.0 76.7 59.4 CLE

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 3 of the 2012 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 5 2000-10-01 BAL CLE 12-0 BAL
2000 13 2000-11-26 CLE BAL 7-44 BAL
2001 6 2001-10-21 BAL CLE 14-24 CLE
2001 10 2001-11-18 CLE BAL 27-17 CLE
2002 5 2002-10-06 BAL CLE 26-21 BAL
2002 16 2002-12-22 CLE BAL 14-13 CLE
2003 2 2003-09-14 CLE BAL 13-33 BAL
2003 16 2003-12-21 BAL CLE 35-0 BAL
2004 1 2004-09-12 BAL CLE 3-20 CLE
2004 9 2004-11-07 CLE BAL 13-27 BAL
2005 6 2005-10-16 CLE BAL 3-16 BAL
2005 17 2006-01-01 BAL CLE 16-20 CLE
2006 3 2006-09-24 BAL CLE 15-14 BAL
2006 15 2006-12-17 CLE BAL 17-27 BAL
2007 4 2007-09-30 BAL CLE 13-27 CLE
2007 11 2007-11-18 CLE BAL 33-30 CLE
2008 3 2008-09-21 CLE BAL 10-28 BAL
2008 9 2008-11-02 BAL CLE 37-27 BAL
2009 3 2009-09-27 CLE BAL 3-34 BAL
2009 10 2009-11-16 BAL CLE 16-0 BAL
2010 3 2010-09-26 CLE BAL 17-24 BAL
2010 16 2010-12-26 BAL CLE 20-10 BAL
2011 13 2011-12-04 BAL CLE 24-10 BAL
2011 16 2011-12-24 CLE BAL 14-20 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.