In a matchup of star quarterbacks, Josh Allen led the Buffalo Bills to a come-from-behind 23-20 win with a decisive ultimate drive Sunday, handing the Ravens one other loss after a second straight second-half collapse in Baltimore.
Kicker Tyler Bass’ 21-yard area aim as time expired, the final motion of a 12-play, 77-yard drive that ended the sport, concluded Buffalo’s 20-0 run inside M&T Bank Stadium. The Ravens have now misplaced 5 straight at house, a franchise file. Next up is a take a look at towards the visiting Cincinnati Bengals, the defending AFC North champions.
With a powerful second half, Allen outplayed quarterback Lamar Jackson, the early favourite for NFL Most Valuable Player honors. Allen completed 19-for-36 for 213 yards, a landing and an interception, in addition to 11 carries for 70 yards. He additionally known as for and acquired a roughing-the-passer penalty on the Bills’ go-ahead drive after a success by cornerback Brandon Stephens.
Jackson completed 20-for-29 for 144 yards, a landing and two essential interceptions, and once more led the group with 11 carries for 73 yards. The offense struggled total, ending with 296 yards and 4.6 yards per play.
Two weeks after the Ravens (2-2) had their house opener ruined by a fourth-quarter collapse towards the Miami Dolphins, they watched the Bills (3-1) grow to be the bullies as soon as once more. Trailing 20-3 with 3:39 remaining within the second quarter, Buffalo went on a 17-0 run over the following 15-plus minutes. Allen’s 11-yard landing run on a unadorned bootleg evened the rating, which held till the sport’s ultimate minutes.
With huge receiver Rashod Bateman combating drops and an obvious damage, and with the Bills principally snuffing out the Ravens’ speeding assault, their offense struggled after a quick begin. The Ravens didn’t cross midfield within the third quarter, and Jackson had a go picked off by security Jordan Poyer after it was deflected excessive on the line of scrimmage. Penalties have been an issue, too, because the group completed with 9 for 70 yards complete.
But late within the fourth quarter, the Ravens patched collectively sufficient first downs to get inside vary of one other lead. A 9-yard completion to huge receiver Devin Duvernay moved the Ravens to the 1. A carry by J.Ok. Dobbins bumped them again to the 4. After a brief third-down scramble by Jackson, the Ravens stored kicker Justin Tucker on the sideline. They left with nothing after Jackson’s go to Duvernay, as soon as huge open within the nook of the top zone, was intercepted by Poyer once more.
Hours earlier, the Ravens hadn’t wanted lengthy to go forward. The Bills, who had opened their previous eight video games with a landing on their opening drive, began Sunday’s with a near-interception. Two performs after cornerback Marcus Peters virtually secured a choose, cornerback Marlon Humphrey greater than made up for it.
Allen’s third-down go was deflected on the line of scrimmage by defensive lineman Calais Campbell after which skidded off tight finish Dawson Knox’s palms and into Humphrey’s ready grasp. His return and a Bills penalty set the Ravens up at Buffalo’s 4-yard line, and Dobbins took a shovel go from Jackson for a 1-yard landing catch two performs later.
After the Bills answered with a field-goal drive, the Ravens took some time to reply. But on the finish of a 15-play, 81-yard drive that drained over 9 minutes off the sport clock, Dobbins rumbled in for a 4-yard rating. He grew to become the second participant in franchise historical past to attain each a speeding and receiving landing in a single quarter, becoming a member of Ray Rice within the second quarter towards the Saints in 2010, according to ESPN Stats and Info.
The Ravens’ 14-3 lead grew from there. After outdoors linebacker Odafe Oweh pressured a fumble in Bills territory, the Ravens recovered and turned the quick area right into a 42-yard area aim. After a third-and-1 cease on the Bills’ subsequent drive pressured a three-and-out, the Ravens received into vary for Tucker, who made a 51-yard area aim.
Still, missed alternatives marred their first half, simply as dropped balls spoiled Buffalo’s. Jackson overthrew tight finish Mark Andrews on a would-be landing go early within the second quarter, and Andrews had a red-zone catch disallowed on a questionable offensive-pass-interference penalty two performs later. The Ravens needed to accept Tucker’s first area aim.
On Buffalo’s lone landing drive, inside linebacker Patrick Queen dropped a would-be interception after a deflected ball fell proper to his chest. Allen’s 4-yard go to huge receiver Isaiah McKenzie with 9 seconds remaining within the first half reduce the Ravens’ result in 20-10.
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