SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015
ST. LOUIS RAMS (4-5) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (2-7)
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RAMS:** QB CASE KEENUM started 2 games in 2014 with Hou & won both, incl. Week 16 vs. Bal (12/21/14)…Rookie RB TODD GURLEY has rushed for 700 yards (116.7 per game) & 5 TDs in past 6 (1st 6 starts). Aims for 5th in row with rush TD. Since Week 4, leads NFL with 700 rush yards & ties for NFL lead with 5 rush TDs. Leads NFL with 4 rushes for 45 yards…WR-PR TAVON AUSTIN has 5 TDs in past 7 vs. AFC (2 rec., 2 rush, 1 PR). Has 16 career TDs (8 rec., 5 rush, 3 PR). Is 1 of 3 players in NFL with rec., rush & return TD in 2015. WR WES WELKER needs 146 rec. yards to reach 10,000. Needs 7 catches to reach 900…Lead NFC with 29 sacks led by DT AARON DONALD (6) & DE ROBERT QUINN (5). Donald had 1.5 sacks last week & has 0.5 sack in 11 of past 16. Aims for 6th in row vs. AFC with sack. Quinn has 8 sacks & 5 FFs in past 7 vs. AFC. Has 15.5 sacks in past 19. DE CHRIS LONG had sack in last meeting. In past 4 vs. AFC, CB JANORIS JENKINS has 2 INTs (incl. 99-yard TD) & 2 FFs. Since 2009, LB JAMES LAURINAITIS is only player with 15 sacks (16.5) & 10 INTs (10).
RAVENS: In past 8 at home, QB JOE FLACCO has completed 187 of 290 (64.5 pct.) for 2,134 yards with 13 TDs vs. 3 INT for 97.1 rating. Has 300 pass yards in 4 of past 5 at home. Passed for 389 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 103.6 rating in only career meeting…In past 5, RB JUSTIN FORSETT is averaging 100.5 scrimmage yards per game (491 rush, 112 rec., 603 total) & has 2 rush TDs. RB KYLE JUSZCZYK had career-high 5 catches for 47 yards vs. Jags…WR KAMAR AIKEN led team with season-high 7 catches for 73 yards vs. Jax. TE CROCKETT GILLMORE aims for 3rd in row with TD catch. Rookie TE MAXX WILLIAMS scored 1st career TD last week (21-yard catch)…LB DARYL SMITH leads team & ranks 4th in AFC with 81 tackles. In past 6 vs. NFC, LB ELVIS DUMERVIL has 7.5 sacks, FF & FR. CB LARDARIUS WEBB posted 1st INT of season last week vs. Jags.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2015
CINCINNATI BENGALS (8-1) AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (7-2)
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BENGALS:** QB ANDY DALTON (23) needs 1 road victory to surpass HOFer DAN MARINO (23), BEN ROETHLISBERGER (23) & MATT RYAN (23) for most by SB-era starting QB in 1st 5 NFL seasons. Has won 4 consecutive on road, passing for 1,126 yards with 9 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 103.8 rating…RB JEREMY HILL has 4 TDs (3 rush, 1 rec.) in past 6. In past 4 vs. NFC, RB GIOVANI BERNARD averages 120 scrimmage yards per game & has 2 rush TDs…In past 7, WR A.J. GREEN has 47 catches for 661 yards & 3 TDs. TE TYLER EIFERT leads NFL with 9 TD rec. Needs 1 TD to become 1st Cin TE with 10…DE CARLOS DUNLAP ranks 3rd in NFL with 8.5 sacks & needs 1.5 to pass career-high of 9.5 (2010). S REGGIE NELSON had sack & INT in last meeting.
CARDINALS: QB CARSON PALMER was No. 1 overall pick by Cin in 2003. Has won 20 of past 24 starts. Is 11-2 in past 13 at home with 100.4 rating. Has 23 pass TDs, most by Cardinals QB in 1st 9 games…RB CHRIS JOHNSON has 315 rush yards (105 per game) & 3 TDs in past 3 at home. RB ANDRE ELLINGTON had 48-yard TD run last week. RB-KR DAVID JOHNSON is 2nd among NFL rookies with 6 TDs (3 rush, 2 rec., 1 KR)…WR LARRY FITZGERALD has catch in 179 consecutive games, incl. playoffs. Since entering NFL in 2004, has 105 rec. TDs (incl. playoffs), most in NFL. WR MICHAEL FLOYD aims for 5th in row with TD & has 5 TDs in past 4…Club ties for NFL lead with 14 INTs & 4 players have 2 INTs: S RASHAD JOHNSON (4), S TYRANN MATHIEU (3), S TONY JEFFERSON (2) & CB PATRICK PETERSON (2). In past 3 at home, Mathieu has 2 INTs (1 TD), sack & FF. DE CALAIS CAMPBELL had sack & FF in only meeting.
