The 4-5 Cincinnati Bengals travel to the 6-3 Baltimore Ravens to pick up a much-needed victory. Expect Ja’Marr Chase to continue his great stretch of play, while Diontae Johnson should catch a handful of passes in his first full game as a Raven.
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WR Ja’Marr Chase (CIN) OVER 24.5 Yards - Longest Reception
With Baltimore’s run defense one of the best in the league, the underdog Bengals are going to throw the ball - a lot. Chase is in a good spot too, torching Baltimore for 10/193/2 a few weeks ago while putting up 41 and 70-yard catches on this secondary that has been less-than-ideal during the 2024 campaign.
The Raven secondary has allowed 24+ yard receptions to Courtland Sutton, Jeudy, Tillman, Evans, Chase (2), Iosivas, Shakir, Coleman, Adams, Rice, Worthy, and Lamb this season. Expect that trend to continue Thursday night.
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WR Diontae Johnson (BAL) OVER 1.5 Receptions
Johnson only played 30% of snaps in his first game as a Raven, not even getting a catch in their first matchup against Denver last week. With a negative game script and a short amount of time to get prepared, I wouldn’t hold it against Diontae moving forward, as he is the perfect complimentary piece to Zay Flowers for the Ravens' offense.
Johnson went six of seven games this year with at least two catches with the Panthers and dating back to last season, only had one game in 2023 with less than two catches. Johnson is a short-yardage assassin and should get more looks this week with full prep.
RB Chase Brown (CIN) UNDER 86.5 Total Yards
While the acquisition of Khalil Herbert won’t take away too many snaps from RB1 Chase Brown, the Ravens defense will look to take away any positive opportunities. Brown hit the 150 total yard mark last week against a horrendous Raiders defense but now steps into the gauntlet of Baltimore - who allow the 2nd least YPA on the ground to running backs this season at 3.2.
This defense is built on stopping the run and the last time these two teams met Zack Moss and Chase Brown totaled 106 yards combined through both the ground and air. With Herbert alongside him in the backfield and the game script more in the favor of the Bengals’ wideouts, I’m holding on to Brown’s big number just a week after he played one of the worst defenses in the league.
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WR Andrei Iosivas (CIN) OVER 20.5 Receiving Yards
Iosivas comes into this game as the Bengals' WR2 option with Tee Higgins out and with that underdog mentality heading into a highly anticipated division rivalry game, I’m expecting Burrow to throw the ball a ton early on in this game, especially with the new running back unit.
Andrei has been more of a deep ball/red zone target thus far in his 2nd season in Cincy but is getting some incredible run opposite Chase - playing in 90% of snaps in back-to-back weeks.
This year, he’s hit the 20-yard mark in five of nine games. Against a Ravens defense allowing the third most yards per game to wideouts, let’s roll with the Bengals WR2 on Thursday night.
