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THE READ
Ravens run away with it, 56-19

Baltimore dismantled Cleveland 56-19 by doing what the Browns could not: controlling the line of scrimmage. Lamar Jackson finished 11 of 14 for 232 yards and 4 touchdowns while Adam Randall ran for 113 yards and 3 scores on 23 carries, as the Ravens accumulated 383 total yards to Cleveland's 225. The Browns managed only 49 rushing yards and allowed 6 sacks, a combination that left them one-dimensional and vulnerable—they need to establish any semblance of a ground game and keep their quarterback upright if they're going to compete.

Jordan Hayes The armchair coach
THE WIDER PICTURE
Team SRS SOS MARGIN TO +/-
Browns -7.0 +2.3 -9.3 -11
Ravens +17.7 +2.6 +15.1 +8
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 Playoff picture →
In the MVP race
#4 Lamar Jackson QB · Ravens · 0.8% of the field
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IN THE BOOTH
Ethan Price The numbers guy
Cleveland managed 49 rushing yards and allowed 6 sacks—a team that cannot run and cannot protect has no path forward, and the math here (1-10) is not a surprise.
Devon Walker Beat reporter · replying
Baltimore's already looking like a different team than it did 2 weeks ago—Jackson had the day that sticks around, and a defense that didn't let Cleveland breathe made the margin academic. The Ravens are built now.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers — none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that did not happen.
Lamar Jackson
Ravens
11/14, 232 yards, 4 TD
Raylen Wilson
Ravens
3 sacks
Adam Randall
Ravens
23 carries, 113 yards, 3 TD
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
Total yards Ravens 383, Browns 225 Ravens
On the ground Ravens 151, Browns 49 Ravens
Through the air Ravens 232, Browns 176 Ravens
Pressure Ravens 6 sacks, Browns 0 Ravens
THE ROOM Final. The recap is below.
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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
Pass-heavy Pass 62% · Rush 38% · 20.7 scored, 30.0 allowed
7.0 yds/att 59.5% completions 4.2 yds/carry 331.2 yds/game 1.3 giveaways/game 9.4% sack rate last 5: 1-4
Primary weapon: Jeremiah Smith WR — 25% of the receiving yards · DEPENDENCY MODERATE
SAPPHIRE METRICS QB efficiency 48 · Conservative Balance 88 Ball security 64 Back usage 34% QB runs 2.6/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 9.4% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 89 WR 87 TE 87 RB 88 OL 83 DL 88 LB 86 DB 88
Best: Denzel Ward CB 94 Fastest: Jeremiah Smith WR 94 SPD 6 at star dev or better
YOUR NOTEBOOK what you wrote about them — private, and never a Sapphire statistic
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HOW THEY PLAY the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
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.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Browns receivers vs Ravens secondary 87 v 90 RAVENS
Ravens receivers vs Browns secondary 86 v 88 EVEN
Browns line vs Ravens front 83 v 87 RAVENS
Ravens line vs Browns front 81 v 88 BROWNS
Browns backs vs Ravens run defence 88 v 86 EVEN
Ravens backs vs Browns run defence 84 v 88 BROWNS
Browns passer vs Ravens secondary 89 v 90 EVEN
Ravens passer vs Browns secondary 99 v 88 RAVENS
TOP PERFORMERS
Lamar Jackson QB Ravens 232 pass yds
Shedeur Sanders QB Browns 176 pass yds
Adam Randall HB Ravens 113 rush yds
Jeremiah Smith WR Browns 102 rec yds
Devontez Walker WR Ravens 90 rec yds
Mark Andrews TE Ravens 83 rec yds
KC Concepcion Jr WR Browns 61 rec yds
Devonte Wyatt DT Ravens 1.5 sacks
Nnamdi Madubuike DT Ravens 1.5 sacks
Raylen Wilson LEDG Ravens 3 sacks
🎬 The Game Recap
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BOX SCORE
BROWNS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Shedeur Sanders QB 10/1817621663103
RAVENS
PLAYER C/ATTYDSTDINTSCKLNGRTG
Lamar Jackson QB 11/1423240056158.3
RECENT FORM
Browns
L 31–35 vs Bears WK 3
L 10–47 vs Steelers WK 2
L 25–31 vs Bengals WK 1
Ravens
W 26–3 vs Steelers WK 3
W 35–14 vs Rams WK 2
W 28–18 vs Raiders WK 1
TEAM STATS
Browns Ravens
225 TOTAL YARDS 383
176 PASSING YARDS 232
49 RUSHING YARDS 151
6 SACKS ALLOWED 0
0 SACKS MADE 6
1 GIVEAWAYS 0
0 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
0 BROWNS — 1 RAVENS
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