SUPER WILD CARD WEEKEND
BALTIMORE RAVENS (10-7 – AFC NORTH – NO. 6 SEED) @ CINCINNATI BENGALS (12-4 – AFC NORTH – NO. 3 SEED)
DATE: Sunday, January 15, 2023
TIME: 8:15 PM ET
STADIUM: Paycor Stadium
REFEREE: Clay Martin
BROADCAST INFORMATION
TIME 8:15 PM ET
TV NBC, Peacock, Telemundo: Mike Tirico,
Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark (field reporter)
NATIONAL RADIO Westwood One: Ryan Radtke, Mike Golic, Ryan Harris (field reporter)
Baltimore SiriusXM 82 or 225 and the SXM App
Cincinnati SiriusXM 85 or 228 and the SXM App
National SiriusXM 88 and the SXM App
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Ravens lead all-time series, 28-26
STREAKS Bengals have won 3 of last 4
LAST GAME 1/8/23: Ravens 16 at Bengals 27
LAST GAME AT SITE 1/8/23
PLAYOFF SERIES HISTORY
LEADER First meeting in postseason
HEAD COACH: JOHN HARBAUGH
PLAYOFF RECORD 11-8
VS. OPPONENT 15-15
BALTIMORE RAVENS
PLAYOFF RECORD 16-11
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2: 2000 (XXXV); XLVII (2012)
LAST POSTSEASON
GAME L 17-3 at Buffalo (1/16/21 – AFC-D)
VS. COMMON
OPPONENTS
8-3: Atl (1-0), Car (1-0), Cle (1-1), Mia (0-1),
NE (1-0), NO (1-0), NYJ (1-0), Pit (1-1), TB (1-0)
PTS. FOR 20.6
OFFENSE 338.8
PASSING Lamar Jackson: 203-326-2,242-17-7-91.1
RUSHING Lamar Jackson (QB): 112-764-6.8-3
RECEIVING Mark Andrews (TE): 73-847-11.6-5
PTS. AGAINST 18.5
DEFENSE 324.3
SACKS Justin Houston: 9.5
INTs Marcus Williams: 4
TAKE/GIVE +4 (25/21)
PR Devin Duvernay: 11.9
KR Devin Duvernay: 25.5
PUNTING (NET) Jordan Stout (R): 45.9 (40.9)
KICKING Justin Tucker: 142 (31/32 PAT; 37/43 FG)
RAVENS TEAM NOTES
• BALTIMORE clinched postseason berth for 4th time in past 5 seasons.
• JOHN HARBAUGH makes 10th postseason appearance as HC. Led Baltimore to SB XLVII title in 2012.
• RAVENS had 6 players selected to 2023 Pro Bowl Games: TE MARK ANDREWS, RS DEVIN DUVERNAY, CB MARLON HUMPHREY, FB PATRICK RICARD, LB ROQUAN SMITH & K JUSTIN TUCKER.
• BALTIMORE ranked 2nd in NFL in rushing offense (160 yards per game) & 3rd in rushing defense (92.1 yards allowed per game).
RAVENS OFFENSIVE NOTES
• QB LAMAR JACKSON ranked 2nd among QBs with 764 rush yards in 2022, his 4th-straight season with 750+ rush yards. Has 367 rush yards (91.8 per game) in 4 career playoff starts with 135+ rush yards in 2 of his past 3. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Cin. with 55+ rush yards.
• QB TYLER HUNTLEY can make 1st-career postseason start.
• RB J.K. DOBBINS has 90+ scrimmage yards in 3 of his past 4. Rushed for 160 yards & 2 TDs in only career game at Cin. (1/3/21).
• RB KENYAN DRAKE had 79 scrimmage yards (60 rush, 19 rec.) & rush TD in Week 18 meeting. Aims for his 3rd in row at Cin. with 75+ scrimmage yards.
• TE MARK ANDREWS ranked 3rd among TEs with 847 rec. yards & tied3rd with 73 catches in 2022. Is 1 of 2 TEs (Travis Kelce) with 700+ rec. yards in each of past 4 seasons. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Cin. with 8+ catches, 85+ rec. yards & TD catch.
• TE ISAIAH LIKELY ranked 2nd among rookie TEs with 36 catches this season. Had season-high 8 catches & 103 rec. yards in Week 18 meeting.
• WR SAMMY WATKINS had 79 rec. yards in Week 18 meeting. Has 60+ rec. yards in 5 of his past 6 in postseason.
RAVENS DEFENSIVE NOTES
• LB ROQUAN SMITH ranked 3rd in NFL with career-high 169 tackles this season & was only player with 150+ tackles & 3+ INTs (3). Had 16 tackles & TFL in Week 18 meeting & has TFL in 5 of past 6. Had 7 tackles & INT in only career playoff game (2018 NFC-WC vs. Phi. with Chi.).
• LB JUSTIN HOUSTON led team with 9.5 sacks in 2022, his 7th-career season with 9+ sacks. Has 0.5+ sacks in 3 of his past 4 in postseason.
• LB PATRICK QUEEN set career highs in tackles (117) & sacks (5) in 2022. Had FR in Week 18 meeting & has FR in 2 of past 3.
• LB JASON PIERRE-PAUL has sack in 2 of his past 3 vs. Cin.
• S MARCUS WILLIAMS led team with 4 INTs in 10 games this season.
• S KYLE HAMILTON was 1 of 4 rookies with 5+ PD (5) & 2+ sacks (2). Had PD in Week 18 meeting & has PD in 3 of past 4.
• CB MARLON HUMPHREY is 1 of 2 in NFL with 7+ PD in each of past 6 seasons.
HEAD COACH: ZAC TAYLOR
PLAYOFF RECORD 3-1
VS. OPPONENT 3-5
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYOFF
RECORD 8-15
CHAMPIONSHIPS 0
LAST POSTSEASON
GAME L 23-20 vs. L.A. Rams (2/13/22 – SB LVI)
VS. COMMON OPPONENTS
9-2: Atl (1-0), Car (1-0), Cle (1-1), Mia (1-0), NE (1-0), NO (1-0), NYJ (1-0), Pit (1-1), TB (1-0)
PTS. FOR 26.1
OFFENSE 378.0
PASSING Joe Burrow: 414-606-4,475-35-12-100.8
RUSHING Joe Mixon: 210-814-3.9-7
RECEIVING Ja’Marr Chase: 87-1,046-12.0-9
PTS. AGAINST 20.1
DEFENSE 335.7
SACKS Trey Hendrickson: 8
INTs Jessie Bates, Vonn Bell: 4
TAKE/GIVE +6 (24/18)
PR Trent Taylor: 10.3
KR Trayveon Williams: 22.3
PUNTING (NET) Drue Chrisman: 47.8 (42.6)
KICKING Evan McPherson: 112 (40/44 PAT; 24/29 FG)
BENGALS TEAM NOTES
• CINCINNATI clinched AFC North division title for 2nd-consecutive season.
• ZAC TAYLOR is 3rd Cin. HC to lead team to postseason in consecutive seasons, joining Forrest Gregg & Marvin Lewis.
• BENGALS had 3 players selected to 2023 Pro Bowl Games: QB JOE BURROW, WR JA’MARR CHASE & DE TREY HENDRICKSON.
• CINCINNATI ranked 4th in NFL in total offense (378 yards per game).
• BENGALS ranked 2nd in AFC with +6 turnover differential.
BENGALS OFFENSIVE NOTES
• QB JOE BURROW ranked 5th in NFL with 4,475 pass yards & tied-2nd with career-high 35 TD passes in 2022, most TD passes in single season in franchise history. Had 16 TDs (13 pass, 3 rush) vs. 5 INTs with 100.4 rating in 7 home starts this season. Totaled 1,105 pass yards (276.3 per game) in 2021 postseason with 5 TDs vs. 2 INTs.
• RB JOE MIXON totaled 1,255 scrimmage yards (814 rush, career-high 441 rec.) in 2022, his 4th-career season with 1,250+ scrimmage yards, tied 3rd-most among active RBs. Had rush TD in Week 18 meeting & has TD in 3 of his past 4 vs. Bal. Totaled 369 scrimmage yards (92.3 per game) in 2021 postseason with 70+ scrimmage yards in each game.
• WR JA’MARR CHASE led team with 87 catches & 1,046 rec. yards in 2022 & is 4th player in NFL history with 80+ catches & 1,000+ rec. yards in each of 1st 2 seasons. Has 462 rec. yards (115.5 per game) in 4 career games vs. Bal. Had 368 rec. yards (92 per game) in 2021 playoffs, most-ever by rookie in single postseason.
• WR TEE HIGGINS had 1,029 rec. yards in 2022 & is 2nd Cin. player ever (A.J. Green) with 900+ rec. yards in each of 1st 3 seasons. Aims for 4th in row in postseason with 95+ rec. yards.
• WR TYLER BOYD had 5th-straight season with 750+ rec. yards (762).
BENGALS DEFENSIVE NOTES
• DE TREY HENDRICKSON led team with 8 sacks in 2022 & is 1 of 6 in NFL with 8+ sacks in each of past 3 seasons. Had 2 sacks & FF in Week 18 meeting & has sack in 3 of 4 career games vs. Bal. Had sack in 3 of 4 games in 2021 postseason.
• LB LOGAN WILSON led team with career-high 123 tackles this season. Has sack in 2 of past 3. Has PD in 3 of 4 career playoff games.
• LB GERMAINE PRATT set career highs in tackles (98) & PD (9) this season.
• S JESSIE BATES had career-best 4 INTs in 2022. Had INT & FF in Week 18 meeting. Has INT in 2 of his past 3 in postseason.
• S VONN BELL had career-high 4 INTs this season. Had FR in Week 18 meeting & aims for his 4th in row vs. Bal. with PD.
