DOWN X DOWN › week 2 › Saints at Ravens
Updated Nov 3, 9:16 AM ET
2026

Week 2 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · M&T Bank Stadium

BALvsNO

Ravens offensevsSaints defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Ravens, 7 for Saints. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

How it played out · win probability, snap by snapFinal · NO 24 · BAL 17

The Saints won 24–17 from as low as 5% (Q3 1:50, down 17⁠–⁠9). The Ravens had been 74% favorites at kickoff. The game turned for good at Q4 5:41: T.Shough up the middle to BAL 43 for 1 yard (K.Hamilton) (46% → 56%). The biggest single swing came at Q4 2:03, 19 points for the Saints.

At kickoffBAL 74%BAL by 8.5 on the line
NO low point5%Q3 1:50 · down 17⁠–⁠9
Swings past 50%3times the favorite changed
Biggest swing19 ptsNO · Q4 2:03
BAL wins50%NO wins
Q1Q2Q3Q4

The plays that swung it

  1. 1Q4 2:03NOT.Shough pass short right to J.Johnson to BAL 5 for 25 yards (J.Hawkins). PENALTY on BAL-T.Hendrickson, Roughing the Passer, 3 yards, enforced at…60% → 79%+19 NO
  2. 2Q4 1:32NOT.Shough up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN. The Replay Official reviewed the runner broke the plane ruling, and the play was Upheld. The ruling…75% → 91%+16 NO
  3. 3Q4 9:47NOT.Shough pass deep middle to C.Olave for 21 yards, TOUCHDOWN.14% → 29%+15 NO
  4. 4Q4 5:41NOT.Shough up the middle to BAL 43 for 1 yard (K.Hamilton).turning point46% → 56%+10 NO
  5. 5Q4 2:48NOT.Shough pass short left to D.Vele to BAL 30 for 6 yards (M.Humphrey).52% → 60%+8 NO

Win probability is nflverse's model, which starts from the betting line and updates before every snap with the score, the clock, down, distance, field position and timeouts. A swing is the change in one team's chance across a play, in percentage points. Each play is tagged with the team that had the ball; the bar names the team it helped. The turning point is the play after which the winner never fell to 50% again.

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 2

T.Shough led the Saints at +12.6 EPA (27 of 34 for 252). R.Bateman led the Ravens at +5.6 EPA (7 catches for 88).

NO Saints

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
T.Shough100%27/3425213+10.9
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
A.Kamara29%933%15-3.8
T.Shough100%933%231+1.7
T.Etienne54%830%25+0.4
C.Donaldson29%14%2+0.4
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
C.Olave84%1031%8861+6.5
D.Vele96%722%564+5.4
A.Kamara29%619%57-3.5
J.Johnson53%413%466+7.0
T.Etienne54%26%26-0.5
K.Jr.7%13%17+0.4
O.Delp13%13%18+0.6
B.Lance79%13%18+0.5

Defense J.Blackmon 1 INT, C.Young 1.5 sacks, P.Werner 1 sack, N.Shepherd 0.5 sacks · Kicking D.Carlson 3/3 FG, 1/1 XP, 10 pts

BAL Ravens

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
L.Jackson100%21/31235113+3.3
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
D.Henry53%1673%681+2.9
L.Jackson100%418%34+0.3
J.Hill47%29%6-0.2
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
R.Bateman93%931%7881+5.6
M.Andrews71%724%649+4.0
C.Moore55%310%16-1.9
D.Henry53%310%319+0.2
J.Hill47%27%212+0.0
D.Walker29%27%147+2.9
L.Wester53%27%114+0.1
D.Smythe55%13%00-0.8

Defense T.Hendrickson 1 sack, T.Robinson 1 sack, M.Green 1 sack · Kicking T.Loop 1/2 FG (49 blocked), 2/2 XP, 5 pts

Each player's line for this game from nflverse's weekly stats; the percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Ground game edge

Ravens average 4.5 yards per carry (8th). Saints allow 4.8 (30th).

02
Opportunity

Deep left is open

Saints are worst against deep left throws, allowing +1.21 EPA per attempt. Ravens send 8% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Pressure problem

Ravens take a sack on 9% of dropbacks (27th). Saints get home on 7% (11th). League average is 7%.

04
Wash

EPA per play

Call this one even. Ravens average +0.02 EPA per play (15th). Saints allow +0.08 (27th). League average is +0.00.

The series · Saints and Ravens since 1999, and this season's records8 meetings

The Ravens lead the series 5–3 since 1999. This game is the latest meeting.

Saints at home0–3the Saints' record
In Baltimore3–2the Saints' record
Most pointsSaints 37 · Ravens 352002 · 2006
Biggest winSaints by 12 · Ravens by 232002 · 1999

The last 5

2026 · Wk 2NO 24 at BAL 17
2022 · Wk 9BAL 27 at NO 13
2018 · Wk 7NO 24 at BAL 23
2014 · Wk 12BAL 34 at NO 27
2010 · Wk 15NO 24 at BAL 30

2026 records

SaintsRavens
Overall2–54–4
Division0–10–2
Conference1–32–3
Other conference1–22–1
Home0–41–2
Away2–13–2
Last 5LLLWLWWLLL
StreakLost 1Lost 3
Points a game23.1 – 27.722.4 – 25.4

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Saints' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · BAL offense against NO defense
StatBAL BAL offFavors BAL · Favors NONO NO def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.02#15
+0.08#27+0.00
Success rate
46%#12
49%#3144%
Yards per play
5.8#9
6.0#285.4
Explosive play rate
11%#7
11%#289%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.09#14
+0.09#23+0.03
Sack rate
9%#27
7%#117%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.08#16
+0.04#31-0.08
Yards per carry
4.5#8
4.8#304.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
40%#15
51%#3041%
Red zone TD rate
59%#15
60%#1561%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
148#15
144#16147
TE yards per game
53#19
68#2755
TE targets per game
7.8#13
8.9#287.6
RB receiving yards per game
22#25
38#2432
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Ravens: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.628% of throws
-0.094% of throws
+1.154% of throws
Short
+0.3923% of throws
+0.3524% of throws
+0.0237% of throws

Saints: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+1.2117 throws
+0.5010 throws
+0.2516 throws
Short
+0.0476 throws
+0.2538 throws
+0.0967 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.