The defense of the Lions of Detroit Mauls Lamar Jackson to upset the Ravens in Baltimore | Nfl
Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery ran for two affected each, and the Lions of Detroit intimidated their way to a 38-30 victory against the Baltimore ravens on Monday evening.
The lions (2-1) dismissed Lamar Jackson seven times and exceeded the Ravens 224 yards at 85. Detroit marked on trips of 98 and 96 yards against a Baltimore front which was without a defensive line Nnamdi Madobuike and showed little capacity to manage the lions in advance physically.
“To get seven bags [against Jackson] is crazy, hat to our defense, “said Lions Receiver Amon Ra St Brown after the match.
Right up from 31-24 to the two-minute warning, Detroit converted into fourth and two compared to their own 49 when Jared Goff finished a 21 yards in St Brown. Then, Montgomery ran for a touch of 31 yards with 1:42 to play, capping a night of 151 yards for the ball carrier.
Jackson launched his third pass of the night, a 27 yards against Mark Andrews with 29 seconds to play. A conversion failed in two points and a kick on the side later, the lions could kneel in the clock.
It was a discordant show to see the Ravens (1-2) pushed on their field, where they lost only for the fourth time in 26 games in prime time under the coach John Harbaugh. When Gibbs and Montgomery did not run through the defense of Baltimore, Goff had a lot of time to separate the Ravens while Detroit was advancing methodically on the ground. Goff completed 20 of the 28 passes for 202 yards and a touchdown.
“We did exactly what we wanted to do, supported by long journeys,” said Goff of his offense.
With the score equal to 21-21, the Lions were faced with the fourth and one of the four-meter Baltimore line during the first fourth quarter game. St Brown took the ball on what was initially like a reaction scan, then gave it to Gibbs, which marked easily.
After a basket made 28-24, the Ravens made a defensive stop, but Derrick Henry lost a escape in a huge place in the fourth quarter for the second time in three weeks, giving Detroit the ball at the Baltimore 16. However, the Lions could not put the game, settling for a goal on the field when this dynamism was derailed by a Christian Mahogany penalty. But the Ravens could not move the ball and kicked the fourth and nine. Then Montgomery made a 14 -point game.
The game started as announced, with the Lions – fresh out of a performance of 52 points against Chicago – Breaking the ground for an advance at the start of 7-0 by one meter by Gibbs. Then, the Ravens – who reached 40 points in each of their first two games – quickly equaled him on a touch of 28 yards per Henry.
The Lions then resumed the advance on a touch of one meter executed by Montgomery, which capped a journey of 18 games and 98 yards which took 10:48 of the time. The Ravens, at the bottom of two of their best rushers of passes with Madubuike (neck) and Kyle Van Noy (ischio-legs), have little destroyed Goff in the pocket.
Baltimore wasted a second goal situation of the line of a yard later in the second quarter when Henry was arrested twice. The fourth and the goal of the line of the two yards, Jackson groped and the ball rolled up to the 20th, but when the lions took over, the defense of Baltimore held, and Jackson launched a pass of three yards at Rashod Bateman to attach it to 14-14 with 24 seconds to play in half-time.
Baltimore took an advance of 21-14 when Jackson put on a pass of 14 yards at Mark Andrews in the third quarter, but Goff responded with a touch of 18 yards in St Brown.
