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Thursday Night Football finally features a high profile matchup when the Cincinnati Bengals (5-4, 4-4-1 ATS) travel to take on the Baltimore Ravens (7-3, 6-4 ATS) in an AFC North battle. The Bengals just lost at home to the Texans 30-27, losing outright as 5.5-point favorites. The Ravens also dropped a close game at home, going down 33-31 to the Browns as 6.5-point favorites. These teams met back in Week 2, with the Ravens winning 27-24 on the road. Baltimore is currently listed as 3.5-point home favorites. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:15 EST from M&T Bank Stadium, and can be found on Amazon Prime Video.
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After a slow start the Cincinnati Bengals looked like they were finally getting it together and meeting expectations. They won four straight games which included games against potential playoff teams in the Bills, 49ers and Seahawks. The Bengals finally dropped a game, as CJ Stroud and the Texans came in to Cincinnati and left with a three point win on a last second field goal. Cincinnati's Joe Burrow threw for 347 yards with two touchdowns, but had two interceptions in the game as well. After the game Burrow said, “That was a tough loss. I thought we were going to pull it out. We didn’t make a play at the end of the day. It’s disappointing.”
Joe Burrow is 13th in the NFL in total passing yards with 2,208 on the season, which works out to 245.3 yards per game. He is completing 67% of his passes with a 14-6 TD-INT ratio. He has thrown for over 340 yards in each of his last two games. Joe Mixon is the only running back the Bengals use. Mixon has 137 carries on the season, and the next highest back only has 10. Mixon is averaging 59.6 yards per game with four rushing touchdowns. Wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase is 7th in the league in receiving yards with 821 on the year for 91.2 yards per game. Chase has eight receptions of over 20 yards, and five touchdowns on the season. Tyler Boyd has been their second most productive receiver with 46.3 yards per game and two touchdowns.
The Bengals rank 20th in the league in scoring with 20.2 points per game, and their defense ranks 16th by allowing 21.3 per. Linebacker Logan Wilson is leading the team in tackles with 70, and Trey Hendrickson has been living in the backfield with 8.5 sacks on the year. Cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt leads the team with four interceptions. The Bengals are tied for the league lead in turnover differential at plus 10, they have 18 takeaways opposed to just eigh t turnovers.
Injury Report:
Questionable: DE Trey Hendrickson, LB Akeem Davis-Gaither, DT Josh Tupou
Out: WR Tee Higgins
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