WEEK 14 · FINAL
THE READ
Ravens beat Bengals, 31-21
31-21 to Ravens, and it went about how it looked. Joe Burrow was steady for Bengals — 25/40, 256 yards, 1 TD — in a losing effort. Lamar Jackson was steady for Ravens — 16/24, 211 yards, 1 TD. Joe Burrow has now cleared 250 passing yards in 4 in a row. On the ground: Ravens 246, Bengals 69.
The Wire · league beat
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravens | +17.7 | +2.6 | +15.1 | +8 |
| Bengals | -2.2 | +1.7 | -3.9 | +2 |
SRS is how many points a side beats an
average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good
team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20.
SOS is how hard that schedule has been.
Full table.
Ravens —
AFC #1 · division
· 12-2
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Joe Burrow
Bengals
25/40, 256 yards, 1 TD
Lamar Jackson
Ravens
16/24, 211 yards, 1 TD
Zay Flowers
Ravens
5 catches, 112 yards, 1 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Ravens 246, Bengals 69
Ravens
Total yards
Ravens 457, Bengals 325
Ravens
Through the air
Bengals 256, Ravens 211
Bengals
Pressure
Bengals 4 sacks, Ravens 2
Bengals
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
THE MATCHUP SCOUT
every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 56% · Rush 44% · 35.1 scored, 20.0 allowed
10.5 yds/att
65.7% completions
5.3 yds/carry
380.5 yds/game
0.9 giveaways/game
9.7% sack rate
last 5: 3-2
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 75 · Efficient
Balance 94
Ball security 74
Back usage 32%
QB runs 5.8/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.7% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 99
WR 86
TE 90
RB 84
OL 81
DL 87
LB 83
DB 90
Best: Lamar Jackson QB 99
Fastest: Lamar Jackson QB 95 SPD
8 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Pass-heavy
Pass 61% · Rush 39% · 24.5 scored, 28.4 allowed
7.9 yds/att
60.1% completions
4.2 yds/carry
353.2 yds/game
1.4 giveaways/game
3.9% sack rate
last 5: 2-3
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 60 · Efficient
Balance 89
Ball security 60
Back usage 32%
QB runs 4.0/game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 97
WR 88
TE 82
RB 80
OL 78
DL 84
LB 78
DB 82
Best: Ja'Marr Chase WR 99
Fastest: Ja'Marr Chase WR 96 SPD
4 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
KNOFLOCKINN$$
Bengals · his last 8 games
Balanced
Pass / run61% / 39%
Points for / against21.5 — 26.5
Margin-5.0
Giveaways a game1.0
Sacks taken3.1% of dropbacks
Lead backChase Brown · 14.8/g
Top targetJa'Marr Chase · 33%
QB carries2.6 a game
Lamar Jackson
Ravens · his last 8 games
Balanced
Runs the quarterback
Takes sacks
Pass / run59% / 41%
Points for / against32.8 — 27.5
Margin+5.2
Giveaways a game1.2
Sacks taken9.3% of dropbacks
Lead backAdam Randall · 10.8/g
Top targetDevontez Walker · 24%
QB carries7.8 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES
Lamar Jackson against KNOFLOCKINN$$ — the men, not the teams
Lamar Jackson leads it 1-0.
Lamar Jackson won the last one.
1 meeting
avg 31.0 — 21.0
biggest: 10 pts to Lamar Jackson
S2 · week 14
Lamar Jackson 31 — 21 KNOFLOCKINN$$
LAMAR JACKSON
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Ravens receivers vs Bengals secondary
86 v 82
RAVENS
Bengals receivers vs Ravens secondary
88 v 90
EVEN
Ravens line vs Bengals front
81 v 84
BENGALS
Bengals line vs Ravens front
78 v 87
RAVENS
Ravens backs vs Bengals run defence
84 v 82
EVEN
Bengals backs vs Ravens run defence
80 v 86
RAVENS
Ravens passer vs Bengals secondary
99 v 82
RAVENS
Bengals passer vs Ravens secondary
97 v 90
BENGALS
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BOX SCORE
RAVENS
BENGALS
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RAVENS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Jackson QB | 16/24 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 76 | 108.1 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burrow QB | 25/40 | 256 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 89.1 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Randall HB | 18 | 95 | 5.3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| Lamar Jackson QB | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 48 | 1 |
| Josh Jacobs HB | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 0 |
| Justice Hill HB | 2 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Brown HB | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Burrow QB | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tahj Brooks HB | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jamari Johnson TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ja'Marr Chase WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tee Higgins WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zay Flowers WR | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 1 | 89 | 0 | 76 |
| Ja'Kobi Lane WR | 3 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Dallas Goedert TE | 2 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| Mark Andrews TE | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| Devontez Walker WR | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ja'Marr Chase WR | 7 | 91 | 13 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 34 |
| Tee Higgins WR | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 12 |
| Jamari Johnson TE | 4 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 24 |
| Chase Brown HB | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| Erick All Jr TE | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| Mike Gesicki TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaki Starks CB | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| KJ Bolden FS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Roquan Smith MIKE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kyle Hamilton SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Isaiah Simmons MIKE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chandler Rivers CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nate Wiggins CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dominic DeLuca WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zion Young LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nnamdi Madubuike DT | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raylen Wilson LEDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dax Hill CB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Demetrius Knight Jr WILL | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Shemar Stewart REDG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Cook FS | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DJ Turner II CB | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Barrett Carter MIKE | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tacario Davis CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Boye Mafe REDG | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Dugger SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cashius Howell LEDG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Allen DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Jenkins Jr DT | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
RAVENS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Loop K | 1/1 | 4/4 | 54 |
BENGALS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evan McPherson K | 2/2 | 1/1 | 39 |
RECENT FORM
Ravens
W
20–19 vs Colts
WK 12
L
63–87 vs Lions
WK 11
L
13–20 vs Chiefs
WK 10
Bengals
W
17–10 vs Titans
WK 13
L
27–33 vs Cardinals
WK 11
W
31–29 vs Steelers
WK 10
TEAM STATS
| Ravens | Bengals | |
|---|---|---|
| 457 | TOTAL YARDS | 325 |
| 211 | PASSING YARDS | 256 |
| 246 | RUSHING YARDS | 69 |
| 4 | SACKS ALLOWED | 2 |
| 2 | SACKS MADE | 4 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.
ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
1
RAVENS
—
0
BENGALS