2017 · Week 2 · Division

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB DeShone Kizer

10·24

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Joe Flacco

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 80°F · wind 2mph

Closing spread

BAL -7.5

Total

39.5

Model margin

+5.5est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Browns

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsBrowns wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Brownsedge mapRavens
  • -0.146EPA / play-0.052
  • 38.4%Success rate42.5%
  • -0.169EPA / dropback-0.054
  • -0.096EPA / rush-0.050
  • 8.9%Explosive rate7.2%
  • -5.42CPOE-1.33
  • 33.6%Third-down rate35.3%
  • 50.5%Red-zone TD rate63.2%
  • 1.07Points / drive1.79
  • 3.7%Turnover rate1.6%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

BAL lead 39–15 since 1999

BAL have won 3 straight. Meetings average 40.6 points. BAL are 29-24-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W11BAL @ CLE2316BAL
2025 · W2CLE @ BAL1741BAL
2024 · W18CLE @ BAL1035BAL
2024 · W8BAL @ CLE2429CLE
2023 · W10CLE @ BAL3331CLE
2023 · W4BAL @ CLE283BAL
2022 · W15BAL @ CLE313CLE
2022 · W7CLE @ BAL2023BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Browns

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
DeShone Kizer15/3118203
Kevin Hogan5/1111811

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Isaiah Crowell10373.70
DeShone Kizer5265.20
Duke Johnson4215.30
Kevin Hogan155.00
Rashard Higgins144.00

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Flacco25/3421721

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Javorius Allen14664.70
Alex Collins7426.00
Terrance West8222.81
Michael Campanaro155.00
Maxx Williams122.00
Joe Flacco1-1-1.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +7.53.4%6.3%7.4%3.2%5.0%3.3%3.1%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

2.21%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

63.6%

Expected total

43.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+3.76
  • Home-field advantage+1.74
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.50