BALTIMORE (6-4) at NEW ORLEANS (4-6)
Monday, 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
OPENING LINE -- Saints by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Baltimore 6-4, New Orleans 4-6
SERIES RECORD -- Baltimore leads 4-1
LAST MEETING -Ravens beat Saints 30-24, Dec. 19, 2010
LAST WEEK -- Ravens had bye, beat Titans 21-7 on Nov. 9; Saints lost to Bengals 27-10
AP PRO32 RANKING -- Ravens No. 14, Saints No. 21
RAVENS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (12), RUSH (10), PASS (16).
RAVENS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (11), RUSH (5), PASS (21).
SAINTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (2), RUSH (8), PASS (3).
SAINTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (20), RUSH (19t), PASS (24).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Ravens have beaten Saints in past two meetings in 2006 and 2010 with Drew Brees at QB for New Orleans both times and Saints going on to make playoffs in both seasons. ... Ravens seeking sixth straight victory vs. NFC. ... Justin Forsett leads NFL RBs with 5.4 yards per carry (721 yards on 133 rushes). ... Forsett scored two TDs in last game vs. Titans. ... WR Steve Smith needs one TD to join five other active players with 80 career TDs. ... Smith has 71 career TDs receiving, four on punt returns, two rushing and two on kickoff returns. ... Smith had 17-yard TD catch in last game at New Orleans in 2013 with Carolina. ... WR Torrey Smith has six TDs in past seven games, including 32-yard score vs. Tennessee. . LB C.J. Mosley leads all rookies with 87 tackles. ... LB Terrell Suggs needs half a sack to become first Raven to reach 100 in career. ... Saints have won 14 straight night games at home with average victory margin of nearly 20 points in those games. But Saints have lost two straight home games after winning 11 in a row. ... Saints will be without rookie WR Brandin Cooks, whose 53 catches and 550 yards receiving both rank second on team. Cooks went on injured reserve this week with broken right thumb. ... Since joining Saints in 2006, Brees leads NFL with 41,804 yards and 302 TDs passing. ... Since Week 8, RB Mark Ingram leads NFL with 459 yards rushing. ... TE Jimmy Graham has 14 TDs in past 14 home games. ... LB Junior Galette has 12 sacks in past 13 home games. ... DE Cameron Jordan has 11 sacks in past 12 home games. ... K Shayne Graham has made 15 of 16 field goal attempts this season, with lone miss coming from 41 yards in Week 4.
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