Thursday Night Football: Ravens at Buccaneers (7:15 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread, More

Somehow the 3-4 Buccaneers are favored to beat the Baltimore Ravens tonight on Thursday Night Football. Home field probably has a small part to do with it; Tom Brady is another. But the advantage probably lies with the Bucs because nearly Baltimore’s entire depth chart is listed as questionable for tonight’s game. The Ravens are banged up coming into this one and playing on short rest.

Game Info

Baltimore Ravens (4-3, T-1st AFC North) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-4, T-1st NFC South) – Amazon Prime Video (Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung); Westwood One (Ian Eagle, Jason McCourty); Spanish Broadcast (Miguel Gurwitz, Ronaldo Cantu, Mayra Gomez)

Kickoff Time: 7:15 p.m. CT
Site: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fl.
Referee: Carl Cheffers
Odds: TB -2, O/U 46 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Coaches

Ravens: John Harbaugh (141-91) vs. Buccaneers: Todd Bowles (29-45)

Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats

Ravens: Lamar Jackson: 19/30, 215 passing yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 9 carries, 65 rushing yards

versus

Buccaneers: Tom Brady: 29/45, 313 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries, 2 rushing  yards

Week 8 projected stats via ESPN projections

Ravens Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Lamar Jackson
•   RB Gus Edwards
•   WRs Rashod Bateman, Devin Duvernay, Demarcus Robinson
•   TE Mark Andrews
•   LT Ronnie Stanley, LG Ben Powers, C Tyler Linderbaum, RG Kevin Zeitler, RT Morgan Moses

Defense
•   LDE Justin Madubuike, NT Travis Jones, RDE Brent Urban
•   WLB Jason Pierre-Paul, LILB Josh Bynes, RILB Patrick Queen, SLB Justin Houston
•   LCB Marcus Peters, RCB Marlon Humphrey
•   FS Geno Stone, SS Chuck Clark

Specialists
•   Justin Tucker (kicker), Jordan Stout (punter, holder), Nick Moore (long snapper), Devin Duvernay (kick and punt returns)

Buccaneers Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Tom Brady
•   RB Leonard Fournette
•   WR Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Julio Jones
•   TE Cade Otton
•   LT Donovan Smith, LG Luke Goedeke, C Robert Hainsey, RG Shaq Mason, RT Tristan Wirfs

Defense
•   LDE Patrick O’Connor, NT Vita Vea, RDE William Gholston
•   WLB Joe Tyron-Shoyinka, LILB Devin White, RILB Lavonte David, SLB Shaquill Barrett
•   LCB Jamel Dean, RCB Zyon McCollum
•   FS Mike Edwards, SS Keanu Neal

Specialists
•   Ryan Succup (kicker), Jake Camarda (punter, holder), Zach Triner (long snapper), Jaleon Darden, Rachaad White (kick and punt returns)

Inactives

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Patrick grew up in Chicago's Bridgeport and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods before moving to the Western Suburbs of Chicago before eventually relocating to the Las Vegas area with his family in 2023. He started with Bleacher Nation in 2021 and has spent time as a Staff Writer and on the Chicago Blackhawks beat. He is currently a writer and editor at Bleacher Nation covering the Chicago Bears and the NFL at large and the author of the Bleacher Nation Newsletter. Patrick is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA).

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