BALTIMORE — Heartbreak at M&T Bank Stadium.
Ravens future Hall-of-Famer Justin Tucker extended his unbelievable streak of field goals in the last minute of regulation to 17 with a 43-yarder at the gun to beat the Bengals, 19-17 on Sunday Night Football.
On a night the Bengals gave up 100 yards rushing for the first time this season (155), Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson expertly pulled the ball out of the zone read and rambled for 19 yards as the Ravens took advantage of a Bengals’ 12-men on the field penalty.to highlight the final drive.
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, gunning for his second straight fourth quarter comeback, beat the blitz with a 13-yard back-shoulder throw to wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase on third down to put the ball at the Ravens 5, and he and running back Joe Mixon did the rest. When Burrow snuck it in from the 1 and Evan McPherson hit the extra point thanks to holder Kevin Huber grabbing a high snap, the Bengals took the 17-16 lead with 1:58 left.
Burrow went a patient 24 of 35 for 217 yards with a touchdown and a pick for an 82.7 passer rating underneath Baltimore’s relentless two deep zone, with the centerpiece that last exhausting drive of 7:44 on 13 plays for 75 yards in which the longest play was that ball to Chase. Jackson got out passed 15 of His teammates pretty much limited Jackson, holding him to 58 yards rushing on 12 carries and completing 19 of 32
passes for just 174 yards .
The Bengals went unconventional late in the third quarter when they had a second down from Ravens’ 2, trailing, 13-10. They tried their version of the ‘Philly Special’ but in this I-95 corridor it was only good for Baltimore. Burrow was covered in the end zone and wide receiver Tyler Boyd got blown up on a 13-yard sack by cornerback Marcus Peters.
Then, when Burrow connected with Chase to get it back to the 2, head coach Zac Taylor eschewed the tying field goal and tried another gadget play on fourth down. But Burrow’s shovel pass to wide receiver Stanley Morgan…
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