2021 · Week 12 · Division

Final

Browns

Cleveland

QB Baker Mayfield

10·16

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Lamar Jackson

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 43°F · wind 0mph

Closing spread

BAL -3

Total

47

Model margin

+0.0est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

7.4%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
  • +0.014EPA / play+0.009
  • 43.7%Success rate46.3%
  • +0.013EPA / dropback+0.041
  • +0.015EPA / rush-0.046
  • 11.2%Explosive rate8.4%
  • -2.26CPOE+0.31
  • 39.1%Third-down rate36.5%
  • 70.6%Red-zone TD rate61.5%
  • 1.81Points / drive1.93
  • 2.0%Turnover rate2.1%

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 Mayfield18/3724710

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Kareem Hunt7202.90
Nick Chubb8162.00
Baker Mayfield242.00

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Lamar Jackson20/3216514

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Lamar Jackson17684.00
Devonta Freeman16523.30
Latavius Murray8141.80
Devin Duvernay11313.00
Ty'Son Williams111.00

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 +32.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Browns.

Half-point at risk

7.36%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.2%

Expected total

45.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.66
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.04