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DENVER BRONCOS (10-3) at BALTIMORE RAVENS (9-4) (Sunday, CBS, 1:00 PM ET)
Two of the top teams in the AFC will meet on Sunday afternoon in Baltimore. The Broncos have already clinched the AFC West and the Ravens can secure the AFC North with a win. Both teams are vying for a first-round bye in the postseason.
"We need to concentrate on what we need to do to get better," says Denver cornerback CHAMP BAILEY. "We just need to keep plugging along and the rest will take care of itself."
Denver has won eight consecutive games, the longest current streak in the NFL. Baltimore has a 5-1 record at home, tied for the second-best mark in the AFC this season.
"I’m focused on the Baltimore Ravens and I’m not going to sit back and watch our playoff fate be based on other teams," says Ravens running back RAY RICE. "We pride ourselves on beating people and going into the playoffs strong. We’ve got to get ourselves back."
DENVER BRONCOS (10-3) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS (9-4)
SERIES
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BRONCOS |
RAVENS |
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SERIES LEADER |
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5-3 |
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STREAKS |
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Past 2 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Fox: 2-1 |
Harbaugh: 2-0 |
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LAST WEEK |
W 26-13 at Raiders |
L 31-28 (OT) at Redskins |
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LAST GAME |
10/10/10: Broncos 17 at Ravens 31. Baltimore RB Ray Rice rushes for 133 yards & 2 TDs. Ravens QB Joe Flacco & RB Willis McGahee each add TD run. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
10/10/10 |
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BROADCAST |
CBS (1:00 PM ET): Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf. SIRIUS: 106 (Den.), 86 (Bal.). XM: 226 (Bal.). |
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STATS
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PASSING |
Manning: 330-483-3,812 (2C)-30 (1C)-10-104.0 (2C) |
Flacco: 268-447-3,220-18-9-87.1 |
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RUSHING |
Moreno: 80-288-3.6-2 |
Rice: 218-993-4.6-9 (T3C) |
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RECEIVING |
D. Thomas: 74-1,197 (3C)-16.2-8 (T3C) |
Boldin: 58-828-14.3-4 |
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OFFENSE |
390.1 (2C) |
344.4 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
-2 |
+12 (3C) |
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DEFENSE |
309.4 (2C) |
375.9 |
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SACKS |
Miller: 16 (3L) |
Kruger: 8 |
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INTs |
Woodyard: 3 |
E. Reed, Ca. Williams: 4 (T2C) |
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PUNTING |
Colquitt: 46.7 |
Koch: 47.5 |
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KICKING |
Prater: 105 (T3C) (42/42 PAT; 21/26 FG) |
Tucker (R): 107 (2C) (35/35 PAT; 24/26 FG) |
NOTES
BRONCOS: Captured AFC West title for 2nd consecutive season. Have won 8 consecutive games, longest active streak in NFL…QB PEYTON MANNING (3,812) needs 188 passing yards to become 1st player in NFL history with 12 4,000-yard seasons. Incl. postseason, Manning is 8-2 vs. Ravens with 19 TDs & 96.3 passer rating. Manning (30) has most TD passes in single season by Broncos QB. Posted 70th career 300-yard passing game of career last week, most in NFL history…RB KNOWSHON MORENO posted season-best 167 scrimmage yards last week. Moreno is averaging 120.3 scrimmage yards/game in past 3 starts…WR DEMARYIUS THOMAS is averaging 96 rec. yards per game on road in ’12. WR ERIC DECKER has career-best in receptions (64) & receiving yards (790) in 2012…DE ELVIS DUMERVIL (8) needs 2 sacks to reach 10 for 3rd time in career. LB VON MILLER aims for 7th consecutive game with sack. Miller (16) needs 1.5 sacks to set single-season club record (Dumervil, 17 in ’09)…CB CHAMP BAILEY posted 52nd career INT last week, 2nd-most among active players since ‘99 (ED REED, 61)…RAVENS: Aim for 3rd season in row with 10+ wins…Club is 4-0 all-time at home vs. Den…Ravens have won 15 of past 16 at home…QB JOE FLACCO has 2-0 record vs. Den. Flacco is 32-6 (.842) in home starts, 5th-best record by starting QB since 1970 (min. 20 starts). Flacco (98) needs 2 pass TDs to reach 100 career…RB RAY RICE totaled 133 rush yards with 2 TDs in last game vs. Den. Rice (1,417) needs 83 scrimmage yards to reach 1,500 for 4th consecutive season. Rushed for season-best 121 yards last week…WR TORREY SMITH (93) needs 7 catches to register 100 career. Smith (753) needs 89 receiving yards to surpass rec. yards total (841) as rookie last season. WR ANQUAN BOLDIN (10,072) reached 10,000 career rec. yards last week. Has 3 TD catches in past 2…TE DENNIS PITTA (5) needs 3 TD rec. to set Ravens all-time record among TEs (TODD HEAP, 7 in ’05)…LB PAUL KRUGER has career-high 8 sacks in ’12 & aims for 6th game in row with sack…DE ARTHUR JONES has 4.5 sacks in past 3 games…KR-WR JACOBY JONES has NFL-best 33.2 KR avg. in ’12.