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2020 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 11, 2020 · M&T Bank Stadium

Cincinnati Bengals

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Baltimore RavensWinner

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BAL -12.5 ✓U 49 ✓

Baltimore Ravens 27–3 — never really in doubt late. Biggest swing: Q1 8:05, CIN +5% win probability on one snap.

The game in one curve — scrub to replay it

Win probability

0255075100End Q1End Q2End Q3BALCIN
Q1 · 8:05CIN BAL CIN ball · 4th & 3BAL 87%

(8:05) (Shotgun) 9-J.Burrow pass incomplete deep right to 83-T.Boyd.

Market-anchored home win probability, play by play. Drag across the curve or use arrow keys to replay the game; gold diamonds mark the biggest momentum swings — tap one to jump there.

Highest-leverage plays

  1. Q1 · 8:05CIN +5% win prob(8:05) (Shotgun) 9-J.Burrow pass incomplete deep right to 83-T.Boyd.
  2. Q1 · 12:12BAL +5% win prob(12:12) (Shotgun) 13-D.Duvernay left end pushed ob at CIN 31 for 42 yards (30-J.Bates III). End around play.
  3. Q1 · 10:05BAL +4% win prob(10:05) 9-J.Burrow pass deep right to 85-T.Higgins pushed ob at BAL 44 for 26 yards (24-M.Peters).
  4. Q1 · 0:44BAL +3% win prob(:44) (Shotgun) 8-L.Jackson pass short middle to 89-M.Andrews for 5 yards, TOUCHDOWN.

Down-to-down truth

Situational splits

MetricBengalsRavens
Offensive plays6561
Total yards205333 (edge)
Yards per play3.25.5 (edge)
Expected points added / play-0.50-0.07 (edge)
Success rate28%39% (edge)
Dropback rate60%62%
Dropback efficiency (EPA/play)-0.65-0.13 (edge)
Rush efficiency (EPA/play)-0.260.04 (edge)
Third downs3/168/16 (edge)
Red-zone trips → TDs0 → 00 → 0
Explosive plays (10+ rush / 20+ pass)15 (edge)
First downs gained on snaps1217 (edge)
Sacks taken71 (edge)
Turnovers31 (edge)

Ravens won the down-to-down efficiency fight: -0.07 expected points added per play vs -0.50.

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · CIN

Joe BurrowQB

19/30, 183 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT

-14.0 expected points added · -0.8% completion over expected

Passing · BAL

Lamar JacksonQB

19/37, 180 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

-5.1 expected points added · -11.3% completion over expected

Rushing · CIN

Joe MixonRB

24 att, 59 yds, 0 TD

-6.9 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · BAL

Mark IngramRB

11 att, 57 yds, 0 TD

-1.8 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · BAL

Marquise BrownWR

6/10 for 77 yds, 1 TD

28% of team targets · 3.9 expected points added

Receiving · CIN

Tee HigginsWR

4/8 for 62 yds, 0 TD

28% of team targets · 4.2 expected points added

Possession by possession

Drive chart

#TeamStartPlaysScrim ydsClockResult
1CINCIN 256182:13Punt
2BALBAL 206522:07Turnover on downs
3CINCIN 257382:41Turnover on downs
4BALBAL 3816627:19Touchdown
5CINCIN 25400:20Interception
6BALCIN 313160:24Touchdown
7CINCIN 259255:26Fumble
8BAL50491:38Turnover on downs
9CINCIN 46561:46Punt
10BALBAL 216142:23Punt
11CINCIN 25441:43Punt
12BALBAL 305430:47Interception
13CINCIN 24440:22Punt
14BALBAL 237340:51Turnover on downs
15BALBAL 25581:39Punt
16CINCIN 255112:31Punt
17BALBAL 208482:29Punt
18CINCIN 20442:13Punt
19BALBAL 357443:32Turnover on downs
20CINCIN 2511104:33Punt
21BALBAL 20431:40Punt
22CINCIN 235303:02Defensive touchdown
23CINCIN 2515557:49Turnover on downs
24BALBAL 37200:32End of game

0 of 24 drives ended in points. Longest march: Ravens gained 62 scrimmage yards over 16 plays for a touchdown.

Full stat lines

Box score

Cincinnati Bengals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Joe Burrow19/30183017-14.0

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Joe Mixon24592.50-6.9
Joe Burrow3103.30-1.3
Mike Thomas111.00-0.4

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Tee Higgins4862028%4.2
Tyler Boyd4642021%0.2
Joe Mixon6835028%-0.5
Drew Sample222207%0.4
Auden Tate111203%1.4
Mike Thomas11603%-9.3
Giovani Bernard12407%-1.2
A.J. Green01003%-3.4

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Jessie Bates610.002
Josh Bynes160.000
Vonn Bell420.000
Germaine Pratt510.000
Akeem Davis-Gaither310.001
Amani Bledsoe120.000
Christian Covington120.000
LeShaun Sims200.001
William Jackson200.000
Brandon Wilson110.000

Baltimore Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTSackedEPA
Lamar Jackson19/37180211-5.1

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsAvgTDEPA
Mark Ingram11575.20-1.8
Devin Duvernay14242.002.7
J.K. Dobbins13434.002.1
Gus Edwards7253.600.1
Lamar Jackson231.50-1.7
Marquise Brown111.00-0.6
Robert Griffin1-1-1.000.0

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTDTgt shareEPA
Marquise Brown61077128%3.9
Mark Andrews6956125%3.5
J.K. Dobbins332108%0.4
Devin Duvernay221706%1.0
Patrick Ricard12706%-0.4
Nick Boyle12206%-2.2
Gus Edwards03008%-1.5
Willie Snead03008%-5.7
Miles Boykin02006%-2.4

Defense (top contributors)

PlayerSoloAstSacksINTPD
Patrick Queen631.000
Chuck Clark541.000
Jaylon Ferguson330.000
Marlon Humphrey411.000
DeShon Elliott231.000
Pernell McPhee501.001
Marcus Peters401.011
Tyus Bowser220.000
Matt Judon300.000
Malik Harrison210.000

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread
BAL -12.5
Closing total
49
CIN moneyline
+547
BAL moneyline
-718

Ravens closed -12.5 and covered, winning by 24.

Total closed 49; the game landed 30 — under by 19.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue
M&T Bank Stadium
Roof / surface
outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather
69°F, wind 3 mph
Referee
Jerome Boger
Rest
CIN 7 days · BAL 7 days
Coaches
Zac Taylor vs John Harbaugh

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