2012 Week 17 · Sun, Dec 30, 2012 · Paul Brown Stadium

Baltimore Ravens

Cincinnati BengalsWinner

CIN -5.5 ✓U 43 ✓26°FBengals closed -5.5 and covered, winning by 6.

Cincinnati Bengals 23–17.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · BAL

Tyrod TaylorQB

15/25, 149 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT

-7.1 expected points added · -1.3% completion over expected

Passing · CIN

Andy DaltonQB

10/15, 78 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

-1.1 expected points added · +2.8% completion over expected

Rushing · BAL

Bernard PierceRB

22 att, 89 yds, 0 TD

-0.0 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · BAL

Tyrod TaylorQB

9 att, 65 yds, 1 TD

4.6 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · BAL

Ed DicksonTE

6/8 for 64 yds, 0 TD

26% of team targets · -2.5 expected points added

Receiving · CIN

Brandon TateWR

3/5 for 53 yds, 0 TD

20% of team targets · 0.9 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Baltimore Ravens

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Tyrod Taylor	15/25	149	0	1	3	-7.1
Joe Flacco	4/8	34	0	0	1	-5.6

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Bernard Pierce	22	89	4.0	0	-0.0
Tyrod Taylor	9	65	7.2	1	4.6
Anthony Allen	10	41	4.1	1	1.2
Sam Koch	1	10	10.0	0	1.7
Ray Rice	3	5	1.7	0	-1.1
Torrey Smith	1	-4	-4.0	0	-1.2

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Ed Dickson	6	8	64	26%	-2.5
David Reed	3	4	44	13%	2.2
Jacoby Jones	3	5	36	16%	3.5
Deonte Thompson	4	4	26	13%	-0.0
Anthony Allen	1	1	7	3%	-0.3
Bernard Pierce	1	4	4	13%	-2.4
Vonta Leach	1	1	2	3%	-0.7
Dennis Pitta	0	2	0	6%	-3.0
Billy Bajema	0	1	0	3%	-0.6
Torrey Smith	0	1	0	3%	-1.9

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Josh Bynes	3	6	0.0	0
Dannell Ellerbe	4	2	0.0	0
Arthur Jones	2	3	0.0	0
Brendon Ayanbadejo	2	3	0.0	0
Jimmy Smith	4	0	0.0	0
Ma'ake Kemoeatu	3	1	1.0	0
Chykie Brown	2	1	0.0	1
DeAngelo Tyson	1	2	0.0	0
Omar Brown	1	1	0.0	0
Chris Johnson	2	0	0.0	0

Cincinnati Bengals

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Andy Dalton	10/15	78	1	0	2	-1.1
Bruce Gradkowski	5/11	65	0	0	0	-3.1

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Brian Leonard	10	34	3.4	-2.3
Cedric Peerman	5	14	2.8	-1.0
Andy Dalton	2	4	2.0	-1.0
Bruce Gradkowski	3	-2	-0.7	-3.3
Dan Herron	1	-3	-3.0	-1.1

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Brandon Tate	3	5	53	0	20%	0.9
Marvin Jones	5	8	45	1	32%	1.2
A.J. Green	2	2	26	0	8%	2.4
Andrew Hawkins	3	3	18	0	12%	1.0
Brian Leonard	2	2	1	0	8%	-0.9
John Conner	0	1	0	0	4%	-1.9
Jermaine Gresham	0	1	0	0	4%	-0.7
Ryan Whalen	0	1	0	0	4%	-1.4
Orson Charles	0	1	0	0	4%	-0.5
Dan Herron	0	1	0	0	4%	-0.8

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Vontaze Burfict	10	8	0.0	0
Rey Maualuga	4	6	0.0	0
Domata Peko	3	3	0.0	1
Dan Skuta	2	3	0.0	1
Jeromy Miles	5	0	0.0	0
Taylor Mays	1	4	0.0	0
Reggie Nelson	4	1	0.0	1
Pat Sims	3	1	0.0	0
Nate Clements	2	2	0.0	0
Wallace Gilberry	2	1	1.0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: CIN -5.5
Closing total: 43
BAL moneyline: +216
CIN moneyline: -242

Bengals closed -5.5 and covered, winning by 6.

Total closed 43; the game landed 40 — under by 3.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Paul Brown Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · fieldturf
Kickoff weather: 26°F, wind 8 mph
Referee: Ron Winter
Rest: BAL 7 days · CIN 7 days
Coaches: John Harbaugh vs Marvin Lewis

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.