In a rustic recognized for soccer, it was becoming that the Ravens did their share of kicking Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
It was additionally wanted.
With their offense transferring down the sphere at will for a lot of the afternoon towards the Tennessee Titans however struggling to search out the tip zone, the Ravens (4-2) relied on the fitting leg of Justin Tucker. The most correct kicker in NFL historical past, Tucker delivered, changing on all six area purpose makes an attempt to elevate the Ravens to a 24-16 win.
It was Tucker’s second profession sport with six area objectives. He transformed on kicks of 41, 28, 23, 29, 20 and 36 yards.
The Ravens’ lone landing got here on a 10-yard move from quarterback Lamar Jackson to Zay Flowers within the second quarter. It was the primary profession landing for the rookie first-round draft choose, and it helped give the Ravens an 18-3 lead on the half.
They almost squandered it over the ultimate half-hour.
Leading 18-6 halfway by means of the third quarter and with the ball on their very own 26-yard line, Jackson overthrew Rashod Bateman on the fitting sideline. The third-year receiver hardly made an try at leaping for it and Sean Murphy-Bunting intercepted it, returning it to the 25.
One participant later, after a false begin by the Titans (2-4), Ravens security Kyle Hamilton was flagged for a private foul on successful to the pinnacle of receiver Chris Moore as he broke up quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s move to the tip zone. Hamilton was ejected, the ball was moved to the 15-yard line and Derrick Henry scored on the subsequent play to chop the deficit to 5.
But two extra area objectives from Tucker, together with a chip shot from 20 yards after a Geno Stone interception and an ensuing 13-play, 54-yard drive that chewed up 6:38 gave the Ravens all of the cushion they wanted.
Titans kicker Nick Folk related on a 38-yard area purpose with 38 seconds remaining to chop the rating to 24-16, however the Titans did not get well the onside kick.
Still, it was a sputtering efficiency by a Ravens offense that got here into the sport third within the NFL in crimson zone effectivity.
For a lot of the primary half-hour towards the Titans, the Ravens couldn’t end off a drive, stalling inside Tennessee’s 25-yard line on every of their first three possessions. The Ravens outgained the Titans 242 yards to 66 within the first half.
Jackson was additionally surgical, finishing 13 of 17 passes, together with his first seven of the sport, for 149 yards and a landing. He completed 21-for-33 for 223 yards with one landing and one interception and had a team-high 62 yards dashing on 13 carries.
Tannehill was simply 8 of 16 for 76 yards with an interception earlier than being knocked out of the sport within the fourth quarter. Henry, in the meantime, completed with 97 yards on 12 carries with most of his yardage coming within the second half.
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