BALTIMORE (11-7) at DENVER (12-5)
Sunday, 2:25 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE: Broncos by 4
SERIES RECORD: Series tied 6-6
LAST MEETINg: Broncos beat Ravens 49-27, Sept. 5, 2013
AP PRO32 RANKING: Broncos No. 5, Ravens No. 7
RAVENS OFFENSE: OVERALL (12), RUSH (8), PASS (13)
RAVENS DEFENSE: OVERALL (8), RUSH (4), PASS (23)
BRONCOS OFFENSE: OVERALL (4), RUSH (15), PASS (4)
BRONCOS DEFENSe: OVERALL (3), RUSH (2), PASS (9)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Ravens open at Denver for second time in three seasons: Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is only coach in NFL history to earn a playoff berth in six of his first seven NFL seasons. ... QB Joe Flacco has 947 yards and seven TDs in his past three games against the Broncos, including playoffs. ... In his first season with Ravens, RB Justin Forsett ran for career-best 1,266 yards and 5.4 average. ... WR Steve Smith Sr. has eight 1,000-yard seasons, tied for most among active players. ... LB Terrell Suggs’ 106½ sacks are most in Ravens franchise history. ... Peyton Manning’s 12 wins in openers is tied with Brett Favre and John Elway for most by an NFL QB. ... Manning threw for 462 yards and tied the NFL record with 7 TD passes the last time the Ravens opened at Denver in 2013. ... Manning needs 309 yards passing to join Favre as the only QBs in NFL history to pass for 70,000 yards. ... In seven starts, RB C.J. Anderson has averaged 128 yards from scrimmage and has nine total TDs. ... WR Demaryius Thomas set the club record with 1,619 receiving yards last season. He is one of three (Marvin Harrison and Jerry Rice) players in NFL history to post three consecutive seasons with 1,400 receiving yards and 10 or more TDs. ... Since entering league in 2011, Von Miller is second in the AFC and third in the NFL with 49 sacks. ... The Broncos posted 20 sacks in the preseason, including four by Shaq Barrett.
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