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An AFC North showdown is on tap tonight when the division-leading 6-3 Baltimore Ravens take on the 4-5 Cincinnati Bengals — a rematch of an OT thriller from Week 5 (Baltimore won, 41-38). Both teams are coming off Ws — or rather, both teams are coming off a complete shellacking of inferior opponents in Week 9. Suffice it to say, the TNF gods are blessing us this evening.
Let’s go to the tale of the tape.
Will we see more of Diontae Johnson this week?
The excitement around Diontae Johnson trade for fantasy managers seem to evaporate as soon as it materialized. On the one hand, you had a clearly excellent wide receiver moving to likely the best situation of his career, getting targets from a reigning MVP who’s been playing some of his best football ever. On the other hand, Johnson joined a crowded room of weapons that features, in no apparent order:
Derrick Henry
Justice Hill
Zay Flowers
Rashod Bateman
Nelson Agholor
Mark Andrews
Isaiah Likely
Every single one of those players has been on the receiving end of substantial work from Lamar Jackson this season. So, while Johnson is clearly expected to be part of the game plan most weeks, it was hard to expect some immediate production from him. Such was the case in Johnson’s first game as a Raven: 17 snaps, no targets.
But perhaps the Ravens call his number this week.
Ravens-Bengals has become must-see TV of late; the last three regular-season matchups have all gone over 50 total points scored. It might be easy to expect Henry getting saddled up with a bunch of carries and Baltimore runs Cincinnati into the ground. But the way Joe Burrow’s been slinging it lately, even without Tee Higgins, it’s hard to see this game not closing in, or surpassing, it’s current 53-point projected total.
The Ravens have a weak secondary and have been vulnerable against the pass all season — the bread-and-butter for Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase…
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Publish date : 2024-11-07 15:04:59
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