2020 · Week 1 · Division

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Baker Mayfield

6·38

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Lamar Jackson

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 76°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

BAL -7

Total

47

Model margin

+4.3est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

4.9%est.

the line sits on a key number

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
  • +0.091EPA / play+0.109
  • 46.9%Success rate45.2%
  • +0.193EPA / dropback+0.125
  • -0.034EPA / rush+0.093
  • 11.2%Explosive rate10.3%
  • +2.55CPOE-0.32
  • 45.5%Third-down rate49.8%
  • 71.8%Red-zone TD rate71.9%
  • 2.32Points / drive2.64
  • 1.5%Turnover rate1.8%

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
Baker Mayfield21/3918911

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kareem Hunt13725.50
Nick Chubb10606.00
D'Ernest Johnson155.00
Baker Mayfield231.50

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Lamar Jackson20/2527530
Robert Griffin III1/1900

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Lamar Jackson7456.40
Mark Ingram10292.90
J.K. Dobbins7223.12
Gus Edwards4174.30
Robert Griffin III1-1-1.00
Patrick Ricard1-1-1.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Marquise Brown561010
Willie Snead44641
Mark Andrews56582
Miles Boykin34370
Devin Duvernay11120
Patrick Ricard1190
Nick Boyle2330

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 +73.6%6.6%7.5%3.2%4.9%3.2%2.9%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

4.89%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

60.6%

Expected total

44.7est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.61
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+4.31