2022 · Week 8

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Lamar Jackson

27·22

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay

QB Tom Brady

Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

TB -2

Total

46

Model margin

+2.5est.

TB perspective

Push chance

2.1%est.

Win probability

  • Buccaneers
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Buccaneers 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 mapBuccaneers
  • +0.004EPA / play-0.030
  • 45.3%Success rate44.0%
  • -0.020EPA / dropback+0.052
  • +0.034EPA / rush-0.208
  • 10.1%Explosive rate6.5%
  • -1.40CPOE+0.30
  • 42.2%Third-down rate38.1%
  • 46.9%Red-zone TD rate51.4%
  • 1.87Points / drive1.63
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.7%

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 6–2 since 1999

BAL have won 6 straight. Meetings average 41.1 points. TB are 4-4 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2024 · W7BAL @ TB4131BAL
2018 · W15TB @ BAL1220BAL
2014 · W6BAL @ TB4817BAL
2010 · W12TB @ BAL1017BAL
2006 · W1BAL @ TB270BAL
2002 · W2TB @ BAL250TB
2001 · W16BAL @ TB1022TB

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Lamar Jackson27/3823820

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Gus Edwards11655.90
Kenyan Drake7628.90
Lamar Jackson9434.80
Devin Duvernay23316.51
Justice Hill4287.00

Buccaneers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tom Brady26/4432510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Leonard Fournette9242.71
Rachaad White4194.80
Tom Brady111.00
Julio Jones100.00

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 +24.0%2.7%7.0%7.5%3.1%4.7%3.0%2.6%

Positive margins favour Buccaneers; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

2.13%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

55.8%

Expected total

43.6est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+0.81
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+2.51