Quarterback Trevor Lawrence led the Jacksonville Jaguars to a comeback win Sunday over the Ravens, answering a late rating with a landing and profitable 2-point conversion in a dramatic 28-27 victory.
Justin Tucker’s would-be game-winning 67-yard subject purpose try fell quick as time expired, ending the Ravens’ four-game successful streak and sending them right into a tie atop the AFC North with the Bengals. (Both groups are 7-4, however the Ravens have the tiebreaker over the Bengals by advantage of their Week 5 win.)
At the tip of a 10-play, 75-yard drive, Lawrence discovered vast receiver Marvin Jones for a 10-yard landing with 14 seconds remaining that narrowed the Ravens’ result in 27-26. Rather than settle for an additional level, the offense stayed on the sector. Jones discovered Zay Jones from 2 yards out, and the Ravens trailed with 14 seconds remaining.
The Ravens, wasteful all afternoon, appeared like they have been in place for a vital highway win after quarterback Lamar Jackson discovered tight finish Josh Oliver for a go-ahead 12-yard landing cross late within the fourth quarter.
Jackson, who’d struggled together with his downfield passing all afternoon at TIAA Bank Field, hit vast receiver DeSean Jackson for a 62-yard completion on second-and-long to propel a essential Ravens drive. Rather than attempt to run out the clock, the Ravens put the ball in Jackson’s palms. He discovered Oliver, a 2019 third-round decide of the Jaguars, vast open on a play-action cross for a landing that gave the Ravens a 25-20 lead with simply 2:02 remaining.
Tight finish Mark Andrews transformed the following 2-point conversion, straining throughout the purpose line on a shovel cross play, to present the Ravens a seven-point cushion.
Jackson completed 16-for-32 for 242 yards and a landing, and added 14 carries for a game-high 89 yards. Lawrence completed 29-for-37 for 321 yards and three touchdowns.
The groups traded fourth-quarter momentum swings as if the sport have been affixed to a pendulum. Handed a brief subject by exterior linebacker Tyus Bowser’s strip-sack, the Ravens capped a 25-yard drive with a 1-yard landing by operating again Gus Edwards, returning after lacking a month with knee and hamstring accidents. His second effort was sufficient to hold him previous the purpose line and hand the Ravens a 19-10 lead.
They didn’t benefit from the benefit for lengthy. On a 75-yard landing drive, the Jaguars (4-7) transformed a fourth-and-8 towards a Ravens protection briefly lacking cornerback Marlon Humphrey. Cornerback Marcus Peters, who was closest in protection on the fourth-down completion, additionally gave up the 1-yard landing cross to vast receiver Jamal Agnew.
The Jaguars retook the lead on the next drive with the Ravens’ assist. Edwards fumbled on their first play of the next drive, and Jacksonville recovered on the Ravens’ 16. The protection held from there, forcing a three-and-out and watching kicker Riley Patterson give the Jaguars a 20-19 lead with a 29-yard subject purpose.
All sport, the Ravens’ most promising drives had fizzled out earlier than the purpose line. They wanted simply three performs to cowl 62 yards on their opening second-half possession, however then the doldrums set in as soon as extra.
Jackson watched a would-be 18-yard landing cross to Oliver skip off his fingertips twice. With a recent set of downs on the Jaguars’ 7, the Ravens misplaced 1 yard on first down, gained 3 on second down and misplaced 1 on third down. Kicker Justin Tucker got here on for his fourth subject purpose try, restoring the Ravens’ lead, 12-10, with a 24-yard subject purpose.
The Ravens needed to settle within the first half, too. They marched to Jacksonville’s 10-yard line on their opening possession earlier than a delay-of-game penalty knocked them off schedule. On the offense’s second drive, Jackson missed vast receiver Demarcus Robinson at the back of the tip zone on a third-down try. Tucker ended the collection with 27- and 29-yard subject objectives earlier than connecting from 55 yards late within the second quarter.
The Ravens’ wasteful offense gave Jacksonville a spark, too. After Jackson fumbled at midfield on fourth-and-1 early within the second quarter, the Jaguars’ offense lastly clicked into gear. Jacksonville had three performs of at the very least 12 yards on a four-play landing drive, the final a 28-yard strike from Lawrence to operating again JaMycal Hasty. Lawrence appeared to bait Peters out of place with a fast hitch earlier than discovering Hasty down the sideline.
The Jaguars took a 10-9 lead into halftime after a subject purpose drive that burned off many of the second quarter’s last 5 minutes. Lawrence turned to Hasty once more on a vital third-and-3, beating the blitz with a swing cross to the wide-open operating again, whose 24-yard catch-and-run took Jacksonville to the Ravens’ 6.
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Week 13
Broncos at Ravens
Sunday, 1 p.m.
TV: Chs. 13, 9
Radio: 97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AM
Line: Ravens by 7
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