BALTIMORE (8-7) at CINCINNATI (10-5)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE – Bengals by 4
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Baltimore 7-7-1, Cincinnati 9-5-1
SERIES RECORD – Ravens lead 20-15
LAST MEETING – Ravens beat Bengals 20-17, OT, Nov. 10, 2013
LAST WEEK – Ravens lost to Patriots 41-7; Bengals beat Vikings 42-14
AP PRO32 RANKING – Ravens No. 13, Bengals No. 6
RAVENS OFFENSE – OVERALL (29), RUSH (28), PASS (19)
RAVENS DEFENSE – OVERALL (9), RUSH (9), PASS (11)
BENGALS OFFENSE – OVERALL (10), RUSH (21), PASS (10)
BENGALS DEFENSE – OVERALL (5), RUSH (6), PASS (6)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Ravens won earlier game by overcoming Andy Dalton’s 51-yard ”Hail Mary” to A.J. Green that tied it on last play of regulation. … Both teams made playoffs last season: Ravens went on to Super Bowl title, Bengals lost in first round. … Ravens clinch wild card with win over Bengals and loss by Miami or San Diego. Ravens can lose and get wild card if Miami, San Diego and Pittsburgh all lose. … Bengals won AFC North and have No. 3 seed. Will move up to No. 2 with win and Patriots loss to Bills. … Ravens only NFL team to make playoffs each of last five seasons. … Joe Flacco has thrown for 3,720 yards, 97 shy of career high. … WR Marlon Brown has six TDs, one shy of Torrey Smith’s rookie record form 2011. Brown has 44 catches, six shy of Smith’s rookie record. … RB Ray Rice has 9,164 career yards from scrimmage, two shy of Jamal Lewis’ club record. Rice has only 645 yards rushing this season after reaching 1,000-yard mark each of previous four. … Smith has 1,101 yards receiving, 100 shy of Michael Jackson’s club record form 1996. … Justin Tucker’s 35 field goals match Matt Stover’s club record from 2000. … Bengals scored 40 points in each of last four home games. Only 1952 Lions and 2000 Rams have done it as well. … Bengals trying to go 8-0 at home for second time in team history. Also did it 1988 when they reached Super Bowl. … Dalton needs 117 yards passing to break Carson Palmer’s club record of 4,131 from 2007. Needs two TD passes to surpass Palmer’s record of 32 in 2005. … If WR Marvin Jones catches TD pass, Bengals will have two receivers in double figures for TD catches for first time. Green has 10.
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