Monday Night Football: Ravens at Saints (7:15 CT) Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread, More

Bears fans, if you were missing Roquan Smith on Sunday, you get to see him tonight in his new purple and black threads with the Baltimore Ravens when they take on the New Orleans Saints at the Superdome.

We’ve seen each of these two teams in primetime — on Thursday Night Football — in the past few weeks, with the Ravens topping the Buccaneers most recently and the Saints losing to the Arizona Cardinals previous to that.

Game Info

Baltimore Ravens (4-3, 2nd AFC North) at New Orleans Saints (2-5, 3rd AFC North) – ESPN (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters ), ESPN Deportes (Eduardo Varela, Pablo Viruega, John Sutcliffe) Westwood One (Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner)

Kickoff Time: 7:15 p.m. CT
Site: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, La.
Referee: Brad Rogers
Odds: Ravens -1.5, O/U 46.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Coaches

Ravens: John Harbaugh (142-91) vs. Saints: Dennis Allen (11-33)

Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats

Ravens: Lamar Jackson: 20/31, 216 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 9 carries, 61 rushing yards

versus

Saints: Andy Dalton: 21/32, 233 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries, 9 rushing yards

Week 9 projected stats via ESPN projections

Ravens Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Lamar Jackson
•   RB Kenyan Drake
•   WRs Devin Duvernay, Demarcus Robinson
•   TE Isaiah Likely
•   LT Ronnie Stanley, LG Ben Powers, C Tyler Linderbaum, RG Kevin Zeitler, RT Morgan Moses

Defense
•   LDE Justin Madubuike, NT Travis Jones, RDE Calais Campbell
•   WLB Jason Pierre-Paul, LILB Roquan Smith, 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)

Saints Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Andy Dalton
•   RB Alvin Kamara
•   WRs Marquez Callaway, Chris Olave, Tre’Quan Smith
•   TE Juwan Johnson
•   LT James Hurst, LG Calvin Throckmorton, C Erik McCoy, RG Cesar Ruiz, RT Ryan Ramczyk

Defense
•   LDE Cameron Jordan, LDT Shy Tuttle, RDT David Onyemata, RDE Marcus Davenport
•   WLB Pete Werner, MLB Demario Davis, SLB Kaden Eliss
•   LCB Paulson Adebo, RCB Bryce Thompson
•   FS Tyran Mathieu, SS Marcus Maye

Specialists
•   Will Lutz (kicker), Blake Gillikin (punter, holder), Zach Wood (long snapper), Marquez Callaway (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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