NFL Game Preview: Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns - Week 9

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Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns - Week 9

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KC SD	13 31
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ARI GB	17 31
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MIA IND	20 23
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DET JAC	31 14
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DEN CIN	31 23
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CHI TEN	51 20
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CAR WAS	21 13
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BUF HOU	9 21
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BAL CLE	25 15
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MIN SEA	20 30
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TB OAK	42 32
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PIT NYG	24 20
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DAL ATL	13 19
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PHI NO	13 28
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Playoffs:	Wild-Card \| Divisional Playoffs \| Conference Championships \| Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Ravens 23, Browns 17

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger

Baltimore Ravens
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 23	Joe Flacco	Pass: 230, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 3	Ray Rice	Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 56	Bernard Pierce	Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 24	Torrey Smith	Rec: 4-80, 1 TD
WR 40	Anquan Boldin	Rec: 4-60, 0 TD
WR 76	Jacoby Jones	Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 20	Dennis Pitta	Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
TE 33	Ed Dickson	Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
K 4	Justin Tucker	FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 8	Defense / ST

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Cleveland Browns
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 21	Brandon Weeden	Pass: 230, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 6	Trent Richardson	Rush: 80, 1 TD Rec: 3-30, 0
RB 42	Montario Hardesty	Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 36	Josh Gordon	Rec: 5-70, 1 TD
WR 50	Greg Little	Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 58	Mohamed Massaquoi	Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 28	Jordan Cameron	Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 29	Ben Watson	Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 25	Phil Dawson	FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 13	Defense / ST

Game Notes

Ravens Club has 11-5 (.688) record after bye... Seek 10th straight win vs. Browns... Bal. has won past 10 vs. AFC North... With win, JOHN HARBAUGH & Joe Flacco will record 50th career win as HC & starting QB tandem... Flacco is 9-0 vs. Cle. & has 11 TDs vs. 5 INTs & 92.3 rating. Ravens are 26-2 (.929) when he has 100+ rating... RB Ray Rice (4,901) needs 99 rush yards to join JAMAL LEWIS (7,801) as only players in Ravens history to reach 5,000. In career vs. Browns, Rice averages 91.6 rush yards per game (167 att., 824 yards). Ravens are 13-2 (.867) when Rice has 100+ rush yards in game... WR Torrey Smith had 6 rec. for 97 yards w/ TD in last meeting vs. Cle. WR Anquan Boldin posted 9 rec. for 131 yards in last game vs. Browns. Boldin (9,911) needs 89 scrimmage yards to reach 10,000 career... CB Cary Williams has 3 INTs in past 4... S Ed Reed has 10 career INTs vs. Cle., tied for most vs. any opponent... LB Terrell Suggs had sack in season debut vs. Hou. Has 13 sacks in 18 career games vs. Cle... LB Dannell Ellerbe led team with 12 tackles last game.

Browns Aim for 3rd straight win at home... Rookie QB Brandon Weeden leads AFC rookies with 9 TD passes. Leads NFL rookies in completions. (165). In past 3, Weeden has passed for 624 yards with 4 TDs vs. 1 INT. Passed for 320 yards in only game vs. Bal... Rookie RB Trent Richardson has 5 rush TDs, most by Browns' rookie in team's 1st 8 games since '69 (RON JOHNSON, 5). Posted 2nd 100-yard rush game of career last week (122). Leads AFC rookies with 470 rush yards. Had rush TD in only meeting vs. Bal... WR Josh Gordon leads NFL rookies in receiving yards (379). Averages 22.3 yards per catch in '12. WR Greg Little had season-high 77 rec. yards in last game vs. Bal... Browns have AFC-best 10 INTs this season... LB D'QWELL JACKSON has team-high 60 tackles in '12... DT Ahtyba Rubin has 2 sacks in past 2 vs. Bal... Rookie DT Billy Winn posted 1st sack of career last week... Since entering NFL in '10, CB Joe Haden leads team w/ 8 INTs.

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
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

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	L 13-17	-4
8	2012-10-28	SD	H	W 7-6	+1
9	2012-11-04	BAL	H	L 15-25	-10
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

Baltimore Ravens
Out	DE Pernell McPhee (thigh)
Questionable	DT Haloti Ngata (shoulder)
Probable	CB Chykie Brown (ankle) TE Ed Dickson (hand) WR Tandon Doss (other-illness) MLB Dannell Ellerbe (hand) FS James Ihedigbo (hand) WR Jacoby Jones (foot) DT Ma'ake Kemoeatu (knee) SS Bernard Pollard (chest) FS Ed Reed (shoulder) CB Jimmy Smith (abdomen) DE Terrell Suggs (ankle) DE Deangelo Tyson (foot)
IR	MLB Ray Lewis (triceps, 10/17) WR Tommy Streeter (foot, 8/31) CB Lardarius Webb (knee, 10/16)
PUP	WR David Reed (knee)

Cleveland Browns
Out	WR Jordan Norwood (foot) CB Dimitri Patterson (ankle) DT Ahtyba Rubin (calf)
Questionable	MLB D'Qwell Jackson (foot)
Probable	DT John Hughes (arm) SLB James-Michael Johnson (knee) WR Mohamed Massaquoi (hamstring) RB Chris Ogbonnaya (other-excused) DE Juqua Parker (knee) RB Trent Richardson (other-excused) DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder) DT Phil Taylor (chest) SS Ray Ventrone (calf) SS T.J. Ward (shoulder)
IR	SLB Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed, 8/27) SLB Scott Fujita (neck, 10/24) OLB Chris Gocong (achilles-tendon, 8/27)

Offense Stats Comparison

	BAL Offense	CLE Offense	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Points for	22.3	17.5	22.3	BAL
Rushing yards	102.7	73.0	114.4	BAL
Rushing yards per attempt	4.47	3.44	4.25	BAL
Completion %	59.1%	55.9%	61.5%	BAL
Passing yards	244.0	245.0	239.6	CLE
Passing yards per completion	11.54	11.11	10.84	BAL
Passing yards per attempt	6.82	6.22	6.67	BAL
Interceptions	1.0	1.0	0.9	-
Fumbles lost	0.0	0.3	0.7	BAL
Sacks allowed	3.0	1.3	2.3	CLE
3rd down conversions	37.3%	31.3%	38.7%	BAL
4th down conversions	0.0%	60.0%	55.2%	CLE
Time of possession	25:30	27:05	29:58	CLE

Defense Stats Comparison

	BAL Defense	CLE Defense	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Points against	25.0	22.0	22.3	CLE
Rushing yards	157.3	126.0	114.4	CLE
Rushing yards per attempt	4.12	4.42	4.25	BAL
Completion %	61.4%	61.7%	61.5%	BAL
Passing yards	269.0	243.8	239.6	CLE
Passing yards per completion	11.06	10.61	10.84	CLE
Passing yards per attempt	6.79	6.54	6.67	CLE
INT return	0.7	0.5	0.9	BAL
Fumble recoveries	0.3	1.0	0.7	CLE
Sacks	1.3	1.8	2.3	CLE
3rd down conversions	43.8%	37.6%	38.7%	CLE
4th down conversions	66.7%	25.0%	55.2%	CLE
Time of possession	34:30	32:55	29:58	CLE

Special Teams Stats Comparison

	BAL	CLE	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Yards per punt return	6.0	15.7	8.3	CLE
Yards per kick return	29.5	30.5	24.5	CLE
Yards allowed per punt return	8.4	12.4	8.3	BAL
Yards allowed per kick return	23.0	19.1	24.5	CLE

Misc Stats Comparison

	BAL	CLE	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Penalties	8.7	6.8	6.3	CLE
Penalty yards	77.3	58.3	53.6	CLE

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 3 to 8 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 3 to 8 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History

Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns
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
2012	4	2012-09-27	CLE	BAL	16-23	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.