2022 · WC · Division

Final

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Tyler Huntley

17·24

Bengals

Cincinnati

QB Joe Burrow

Paycor Stadium · outdoors · fieldturf · 30°F · wind 4mph

Closing spread

CIN -7.5

Total

40

Model margin

+5.1est.

CIN perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Availability

The injury report

The official league filing for this week — game designations first, then who missed or was limited in practice.

Ravens

Bengals

Win probability

  • Bengals
  • Ravens

How each play moved the game.

Bengals 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 mapBengals
  • +0.004EPA / play+0.081
  • 45.3%Success rate47.8%
  • -0.020EPA / dropback+0.153
  • +0.034EPA / rush-0.064
  • 10.1%Explosive rate7.4%
  • -1.40CPOE+2.74
  • 42.2%Third-down rate47.3%
  • 46.9%Red-zone TD rate72.1%
  • 1.87Points / drive2.27
  • 2.0%Turnover rate1.6%

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 30–26 since 1999

Meetings average 43.1 points. CIN are 29-25-2 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W7CIN @ BAL35–13CIN
2025 · W15BAL @ CIN24–0BAL
2025 · W13CIN @ BAL32–14CIN
2024 · W10CIN @ BAL34–35BAL
2024 · W5BAL @ CIN41–38BAL
2023 · W11CIN @ BAL20–34BAL
2023 · W2BAL @ CIN27–24BAL
2022 · W18BAL @ CIN16–27CIN

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultBAL–CIN
CINQ1 15:001354Field goal0–3
BALQ1 8:22525Turnover0–3
CINQ1 6:031160Touchdown0–9
BALQ2 14:561872Touchdown7–9
CINQ2 4:53614Turnover7–9
BALQ2 2:38840Field goal10–9
CINQ2 0:0700End of half10–9
BALQ3 15:00421Punt10–9
CINQ3 12:101388Touchdown10–17
BALQ3 5:02581Touchdown17–17
CINQ3 2:1338Punt17–17
BALQ3 0:54980Opp touchdown17–24
BALQ4 11:3931Punt17–24
CINQ4 9:586-2Punt17–24
BALQ4 7:18520Punt17–24
CINQ4 4:34413Punt17–24
BALQ4 3:141224Turnover on downs17–24

Box score

Individual performances

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Tyler Huntley17/2922621

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
J.K. Dobbins13624.80
Tyler Huntley9546.00
Gus Edwards12393.30
Mark Andrews100.00

Bengals

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Joe Burrow23/3220910

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Joe Mixon11393.50
Joe Burrow591.81
Samaje Perine231.50

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Ja'Marr Chase912841
Hayden Hurst46450
Tee Higgins46370
Tyler Boyd33260
Joe Mixon34170
Samaje Perine0100

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 +7.53.5%6.4%7.4%3.2%4.9%3.3%3.0%

Positive margins favour Bengals; negative favour Ravens.

Half-point at risk

2.20%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.7%

Expected total

44.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.53
  • Home-field advantage+1.71
  • Quarterback adjustment+0.88
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.11