It’s a quick turnaround for the Jacksonville Jaguars, who take on the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night.
The Jaguars will enter this contest at 5-2 and the Ravens at 4-4, but who has the advantage in key areas of this week’s game? Of course, Baltimore’s quarterback situation could have a significant impact on this contest.
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When looking at this week’s matchup, as we know, the game is not played on paper. However, where these two teams rank in these key statistical areas could provide us with some valuable insight into where the Jaguars may have the upper hand in this game and also where they may not.
With so much information out there nowadays, I did my best to boil this article down to the need-to-know statistics for this matchup that do still carry a lot of weight.
With help from Team Rankings and Pro Football Reference, here is how the Jaguars match up stat-wise with the Ravens.
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Points per game: 28.0 (5th)
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Points per game allowed: 15.9 (2nd)
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Yards per rush: 4.3 (12th)
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Yards per rush allowed: 3.4 (1st)
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Yards per pass attempt: 8.4 (3rd)
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Yards per pass attempt allowed: 7.3 (26th)
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Pressure rate on QB: 24.1% (15th)
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Pressure rate allowed on QB: 21.1% (14th)
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Turnover differential: +7 (T1)
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Third-down conversion rate: 48.2% (3rd)
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Defensive third-down conversion rate allowed: 35.0% (9th)
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Red zone success rate: 68.2% (7th)
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Defensive red zone success rate: 40.9% (4th)
Baltimore Ravens
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Points per game: 22.4 (19th)
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Points per game allowed: 25.4 (22nd)
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Yards per rush: 4.6 (8th)
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Yards per rush allowed: 3.8 (7th)
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Yards per pass attempt: 7.8 (8th)
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Yards per pass attempt allowed: 7.0 (22nd)
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Pressure rate on QB: 21.4% (21st)
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Pressure rate allowed on QB: 24.8% (25th)
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Turnover differential: 0 (T15)
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Third-down conversion rate: 39.8% (14th)
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Defensive third-down conversion rate allowed: 39.6% (16th)
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Red zone success rate: 59.2% (15th)
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Defensive red zone success rate: 67.8% (23rd)
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This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Jaguars vs. Ravens: Who has advantage in Week 9 matchup?
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