Here’s how The Baltimore Sun sports activities workers views the end result of Sunday’s Week 18 sport between the Ravens (10-6) and Cincinnati Bengals (11-4) at Paycor Stadium.
Hayes Gardner, reporter
Bengals 24, Ravens 16: Cincinnati hasn’t misplaced since October. Playing at residence towards a Baltimore group unlikely to be wholesome at quarterback doesn’t seem to be the sport that may snap that streak.
Mike Preston, columnist
Bengals 21, Ravens 13: The Ravens must get their working sport going but additionally have to take some pictures downfield. They are going to want explosive performs, which could come within the return sport, however the Ravens lack affect gamers on offense. The Bengals are fairly wholesome for this sport, which doesn’t bode nicely for Baltimore.
Childs Walker, reporter
Bengals 27, Ravens 17: The Bengals are rolling into one other postseason whereas the Ravens have struggled to seek out any offensive spark with out Lamar Jackson at quarterback. We don’t know if each groups will play their starters all through, however we do know the Bengals have been superior within the second half of the season.
Ryan McFadden, reporter
Bengals 24, Ravens 13: The Ravens’ offense is an entire mess proper now, and the uncertainty at quarterback as Tyler Huntley offers with a shoulder and wrist damage doesn’t assist. It’s onerous to think about Baltimore placing sufficient factors on the board to maintain up with a Bengals offense led by quarterback Joe Burrow and gifted vast receivers.
C.J. Doon, editor
Bengals 20, Ravens 16: The Bengals are more healthy, extra gifted and seemingly motivated to win given {that a} coin toss may ship them to Baltimore for the wild-card spherical. Even if the Ravens’ protection lastly will get off the sector on third down and on the finish of halves, it’s onerous to check quarterbacks Tyler Huntley or Anthony Brown doing sufficient to push the Ravens to victory.
Tim Schwartz, editor
Bengals 28, Ravens 13: It appears just like the Ravens might be right down to their third-string quarterback on Sunday, and even when they aren’t, I don’t like their possibilities towards a Bengals group that’s comparatively rested after taking part in lower than 1 / 4 towards the Bills. The Ravens don’t have loads to play for, and so they may see Cincinnati once more subsequent week, so I wouldn’t be shocked to see extra backups than typical. Simply put, Cincinnati is the higher group proper now regardless of the way you shake it.
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