Task Enterprises presentsNFL Intelligence

2022 · Week 3

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Lamar Jackson

37·26

Patriots

New England

QB Mac Jones

Gillette Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf

Closing spread

BAL -2.5

Total

45.5

Model margin

+3.0est.

NE perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Patriots
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Patriots 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 mapPatriots
  • +0.004EPA / play-0.047
  • 45.3%Success rate41.1%
  • -0.020EPA / dropback-0.026
  • +0.034EPA / rush-0.082
  • 10.1%Explosive rate10.3%
  • -1.40CPOE+0.93
  • 42.2%Third-down rate35.3%
  • 46.9%Red-zone TD rate56.0%
  • 1.87Points / drive1.54
  • 2.0%Turnover rate2.3%

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

NE lead 11–5 since 1999

Meetings average 47.7 points. NE are 8-7-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W16NE @ BAL2824NE
2020 · W10BAL @ NE1723NE
2019 · W9NE @ BAL2037BAL
2016 · W14BAL @ NE2330NE
2014 · playoffsBAL @ NE3135NE
2013 · W16NE @ BAL417NE
2012 · playoffsBAL @ NE2813BAL
2012 · W3NE @ BAL3031BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Lamar Jackson18/2921841

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Lamar Jackson111079.71
Justice Hill66010.00
J.K. Dobbins7233.30
Devin Duvernay2-2-1.00

Patriots

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Mac Jones22/3232103

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Rhamondre Stevenson12736.11
Damien Harris11413.71
Mac Jones5316.21

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 -2.53.9%6.9%7.5%3.1%4.8%3.1%

Positive margins favour Patriots; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

2.01%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

57.0%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+1.26
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.96