2022 · Week 16

Final

Falcons

Atlanta

QB Desmond Ridder

9·17

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Tyler Huntley

M&T Bank Stadium · outdoors · grass · 17°F · wind 9mph

Closing spread

BAL -6.5

Total

35

Model margin

+0.6est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Falcons

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsFalcons wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

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

Falconsedge mapRavens
  • +0.002EPA / play+0.004
  • 45.4%Success rate45.3%
  • -0.001EPA / dropback-0.020
  • +0.004EPA / rush+0.034
  • 9.6%Explosive rate10.1%
  • -0.74CPOE-1.40
  • 41.9%Third-down rate42.2%
  • 60.2%Red-zone TD rate46.9%
  • 1.97Points / drive1.87
  • 1.8%Turnover rate2.0%

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 5–2 since 1999

BAL have won 3 straight. Meetings average 36.3 points. BAL are 6-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2018 · W13BAL @ ATL2616BAL
2014 · W7ATL @ BAL729BAL
2010 · W10BAL @ ATL2126ATL
2006 · W11ATL @ BAL1024BAL
2002 · W9BAL @ ATL1720ATL
1999 · W4BAL @ ATL1913BAL

Box score

Individual performances

Falcons

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Desmond Ridder22/3321800

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tyler Allgeier18744.10
Cordarrelle Patterson8172.10
Avery Williams3165.30
Desmond Ridder482.00

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tyler Huntley9/1711510

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Gus Edwards11999.00
J.K. Dobbins12594.90
Tyler Huntley11262.40

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 +6.54.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Falcons.

Half-point at risk

4.50%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.8%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-0.31
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment-0.84
  • Rest differential+0.08
  • Expected margin+0.64