Touchdown Theory

Week 3

Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys

Sun Sep 27, 4:25 PM ET

The market

Line
BAL -3
Total
53.5
Moneyline
BAL -162 DAL +136

These are the market's numbers, recorded as the feed saw them. They are shown so the model can be compared against something, not as a recommendation.

How the line moved

RecordedLineTotalBALDAL
Mon Aug 31, 4:46 PM ETBAL -2.551.5-135+114
Sun Sep 13, 11:25 PM ETnot posted
Wed Sep 16, 7:00 AM ETBAL -352.5-155+130
Sat Sep 19, 7:00 AM ETBAL -352.5-155+130
Tue Sep 22, 10:00 AM ETBAL -352.5-155+130
Wed Sep 23, 12:11 AM ETBAL -3.552.5-180+150
Thu Sep 24, 7:00 AM ETBAL -3.552.5-180+150
Thu Sep 24, 12:00 PM ETBAL -3.552.5-175+145
Fri Sep 25, 7:00 AM ETBAL -3.553.5-175+145
Sat Sep 26, 7:00 AM ETBAL -3.553.5-166+140
Sun Sep 27, 7:00 AM ETBAL -3.553.5-170+142
Sun Sep 27, 12:00 PM ETBAL -353.5-162+136current

Each row is a snapshot the feed recorded, oldest first. Superseded rows are kept, because a line that moves and moves back is only visible if both are shown.

Environment

Venue
Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Roof
open
Elevation
33 ft
Surface
matrixturf

No forecast for this game. The National Weather Service covers the United States only, and this game is played outside it.

Hosts BAL at DAL in 2026 week 3. Second Brazilian venue after SAO00. Partial roof over seating; playing field is exposed, classified open. Capacity is disputed across sources (WP infobox 73139, Structurae and Riotur 78838); took 78838 as the majority post-2014-renovation figure. Stadium WP did not list elevation; using Rio city elevation (33 ft). nflverse emits no stadium_id for this venue; the 2026 schedule row carries DAL00.

The projection

Not published yet. When it is, this section carries the projected score, spread, total and win probability for this game, the fair odds the probability translates to, and the projected play counts and per-team box lines behind them.

How the number is built

The model projects each side, then adjusts for the conditions the game is played in. Both steps are shown so the adjustment can be seen rather than taken on trust. These add up exactly as printed; if they ever did not, this section would not appear.

DAL24.7
24.7Before environment+(+0.0)Environment=24.7
BAL23.8
23.8Before environment+(+0.0)Environment=23.8
Total48.5
48.5Before environment+(+0.0)Environment, DAL+(+0.0)Environment, BAL=48.5
Wind
not applied
Cold
not applied
Indoors
not applied
Elevation
not applied

Wind and cold are recorded as an effect on passing efficiency, not as points, and the conversion between the two is not published, so they are shown in their own units rather than added into the chain above. Indoors and elevation are recorded in points.

Two earlier links, per-play efficiency and the matchup adjustment, are computed and discarded rather than stored, so they cannot be shown yet.

live-20260923T042310Z, generated Wed Sep 23, 12:23 AM ET

Where the player numbers come from

The model projects each team's line first, then divides it among players. Both are shown, with the team figure beside the sum of its parts, so the division can be checked rather than trusted. A row appears only when the parts add up to the whole.

Dallas Cowboysprojected 39.2 pass plays, 23.8 run plays
Team lineProjectedSum of players
Pass attempts35.535.5
Pass yards246.8246.8
Receiving yards246.8246.8
Pass touchdowns1.531.53
Receiving touchdowns1.531.53
Carries25.825.8
Rush yards105.8105.8
Rush touchdowns1.331.33
PlayerPosPassRushRecTgtShare
Dak PrescottQB246.87.0100%
CeeDee LambWR1.077.58.131%
Javonte WilliamsRB58.713.94.36%
George PickensWR0.157.95.523%
Ryan FlournoyWR0.326.53.011%
Emari DemercadoRB19.33.90.72%
Jake FergusonTE0.021.93.69%
KaVontae TurpinWR1.011.81.05%
Israel AbanikandaRB8.14.20.82%
Jashaun CorbinRB8.14.20.82%
Brevyn Spann-FordTE0.012.11.65%
Luke SchoonmakerTE6.10.92%
Jonathan MingoWR6.00.82%
Tyler GoodsonRB2.40.70.20%
Baltimore Ravensprojected 36.1 pass plays, 24.9 run plays
Team lineProjectedSum of players
Pass attempts30.830.8
Pass yards251.1251.1
Receiving yards251.1251.1
Pass touchdowns1.911.91
Receiving touchdowns1.911.91
Carries28.028.0
Rush yards168.0168.0
Rush touchdowns1.941.94
PlayerPosPassRushRecTgtShare
Lamar JacksonQB251.131.5100%
Derrick HenryRB99.417.52.07%
Zay FlowersWR2.3102.18.041%
Mark AndrewsTE2.543.36.317%
Justice HillRB24.615.12.16%
Chris MooreWR0.321.51.89%
Rasheen AliRB6.56.10.92%
Elijah SarrattWR0.711.41.45%
Rashod BatemanWR0.211.02.04%
Devontez WalkerWR9.70.54%
Matthew HibnerTE0.08.71.23%
Durham SmytheTE0.04.61.02%

Share is a player's portion of the team's projected passing yards, counting a quarterback by what he throws and everyone else by what he catches. Targets are shown but not totalled: a throwaway, a batted ball or a sack is a pass attempt with no target, which is about four a game per team, so targets legitimately do not sum to attempts.

live-20260923T042310Z

Injury report

Baltimore Ravens10 listed
Calais CampbellDTNot injury related - resting playerFull Participation in Practice
Chris MooreWRAnkleFull Participation in Practice
John SimpsonGGroinFull Participation in Practice
Malaki StarksSHamstringFull Participation in Practice
Nnamdi MadubuikeDTNeckFull Participation in Practice
Ronnie StanleyTOutToeDid Not Participate In Practice
Teddye BuchananLBKneeFull Participation in Practice
Trey HendricksonLBFingerFull Participation in Practice
Zay FlowersWRQuestionableHamstringLimited Participation in Practice
Zion YoungLBQuadricepFull Participation in Practice
Dallas Cowboys5 listed
Cobie DurantCBOutHamstringDid Not Participate In Practice
DeMarvion OvershownLBOutHamstringDid Not Participate In Practice
James HoustonLBShoulderFull Participation in Practice
Malik HookerSOutForearmDid Not Participate In Practice
P.J. LockeSOutFootDid Not Participate In Practice