Cleveland Browns vs Baltimore Ravens

Spread: Ravens -3

Total: 47

Injuries

No notable injuries

DVOA Defensive Rankings

Browns

vs Pass: 24th

vs Run: 17th

Ravens

vs Pass: 27th

vs Run: 6th

**Please note that players not listed below are not necessarily a complete fade and any player listed can certainly be used as the MVP/Captain. These are merely suggestions for players to use when setting Showdown lineups.

MVP/CPT

Marquise Brown, WR BAL - Let's take a shot with the home run hitter off the bat here shall we? The Browns pass defense ranks 24th in DVOA and Brown is active tonight after missing last week with the thigh injury. The targets for Brown have been fantastic, seeing 13, 12 and 14 targets over the last three games he has played.

Lamar Jackson, QB BAL - Always the threat to be the highest scoring player on the slate. His ability to not only be the QB but also potentially lead the team in rushing yards gives him a ceiling higher than anyone else.  We are looking at a matchup that should be both competitive and high scoring tonight. I'm also sure everyone remembers when these two teams faced off in prime time last year on Monday Night Football and the wild back and forth game that occurred. 

Nick Chubb, RB CLE - The Ravens run defense does rank 6th per DVOA but Nick Chubb is a cut above most of the running backs they have faced this season. Even with Kareem Hunt active for tonight I still think there is some nice upside here with Chubb AND that activation of Hunt may keep some of the roster percentage low.

UTIL

Mark Andrews, TE BAL - Another great option in this Baltimore passing attack. He should be pretty safe when it comes to target share tonight and while the touchdowns have been lower than we have come to expect this season that doesn't completely mean he isn't capable of finding the end zone. Real strong floor for your showdown lineups.

Kareem Hunt, RB CLE - First game back from IL but we should all remember how effective Hunt was earlier this season when playing along side Nick Chubb. Though often used as the Browns pass catching running back, Hunt is also a very capable runner and had five rushing touchdowns on the year.

Jarvis Landry, WR CLE - I don't really love the Browns passing attack since I don't think much of Baker Mayfield but they will have to throw the football and Landry is the receiver I would want to use in my lineups tonight if I am going in that direction as he likely will lead the team in targets tonight.

Rashod Bateman, WR BAL - Loved me some Bateman for most of this season and though Sammy Watkins is back I still think the rookie is worth considering given his big play upside in this offense. Since being activated he has gotten no less than six targets per game.

Justin Tucker, K BAL - Yep, Tucker is the games elite kicker with 60+  yard upside as we saw earlier this year. While I love the Baltimore offense, we know that its run heavy scheme can at times get held up, especially against this good Browns run defense and therefore Tucker is in play.

Ravens RBs - It looked like last week that Devonta Freeman was the back to roster but we did get double-digit carries out of Latavius Murray and while Freeman was far more effective, both RBs are just as likely to lead the backfield in carries and find the end zone. I lean Freeman but expect Murray to get work here too.

Dart Throws

Sammy Watkins, WR BAL - Watkins is always a guy that can make a big play in prime time. He had three catches on four targets last week with Lamar Jackson sidelined. We saw earlier this year, when healthy, that Watkins and Jackson actually had decent chemistry. There is risk that he is the third or fourth receiving option here but if you need to save some cash I think he still gets a handful of targets tonight.

Donovan Peoples-Jones, WR CLE - The WR to replace OBJ in the Browns offense. Again, I don't love this passing attack but we have seen DPJ come up with some big games at times this season and he has found the end zone three times over the last three games that he has played which included a two touchdown performance against the Cardinals in Week 6.

Browns Tight Ends - Austin Hooper or David Njoku? I lean Hooper here as he has 12 targets over the last two weeks with eight catches, 78 yards and a touchdown over that span. Are either option trustworthy? No, not really, but they could be low-rostered options tonight.