Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2020 · Week 4

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Lamar Jackson

31·17

Commanders

Washington

QB Dwayne Haskins

FedExField · outdoors · grass · 65°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

BAL -14.5

Total

45

Model margin

-0.5est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Commanders
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Commanders winsRavens wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Ravensedge mapCommanders
  • +0.109EPA / play-0.051
  • 45.2%Success rate42.1%
  • +0.125EPA / dropback-0.063
  • +0.093EPA / rush-0.030
  • 10.3%Explosive rate7.7%
  • -0.32CPOE-1.32
  • 49.8%Third-down rate40.2%
  • 71.9%Red-zone TD rate63.6%
  • 2.64Points / drive1.76
  • 1.8%Turnover rate2.2%

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 4–3 since 1999

BAL have won 2 straight. Meetings average 37.1 points. WAS are 4-3 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W6WAS @ BAL2330BAL
2016 · W5WAS @ BAL1610WAS
2012 · W14BAL @ WAS2831WAS
2008 · W14WAS @ BAL1024BAL
2004 · W5BAL @ WAS1710BAL
2000 · W7BAL @ WAS310WAS

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Lamar Jackson14/2119321
Robert Griffin III0/1001

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Lamar Jackson7537.61
Gus Edwards9384.20
Mark Ingram8344.31
J.K. Dobbins5163.20
Robert Griffin III331.00

Commanders

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Dwayne Haskins32/4531400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Antonio Gibson13463.51
Isaiah Wright199.00
J.D. McKissic263.00
Peyton Barber351.70
Dwayne Haskins331.01

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 -14.52.8%4.5%3.0%7.4%

Positive margins favour Commanders; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

2.34%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

47.6%

Expected total

41.5est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.89
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.43
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin-0.54