Jan. 10 (UPI) — Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens held on for a 20-13 wild-card have interaction over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.
It used to be Jackson’s first have interaction within the NFL playoffs, because the Ravens (12-5) avenged their upset loss to the Titans in final 300 and sixty five days’s divisional round. He used to be 0-2 within the postseason entering Sunday’s sport.
“It feels enormous,” Jackson said after Sunday’s have interaction over the Titans. “I am contented we got it performed. … We stayed centered. We did not gather rattled. My coaches did not gather rattled.
“I threw a [expletive] — I am sorry — boring interception. Nonetheless we kept combating and made it occur.”
Jackson, the reigning NFL MVP, shifted momentum with a 48-yard touchdown dash leisurely within the second quarter. The scoring escape, which used to be the second-longest in postseason history by a quarterback, tied the game 10-10 and erased the Ravens’ early 10-0 deficit.
The 24-300 and sixty five days-ancient Jackson performed 17 of 24 passes for 179 yards and one interception, adding 136 yards and one gain on the ground. He joined worn San Francisco 49ers signal-caller Colin Kaepernick because the handiest quarterbacks to complete as a minimum 100 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown in a playoff sport.
Ravens rookie working aid J.Ok. Dobbins gave his crew the lead for precise with a 4-yard touchdown escape early within the third quarter. The teams exchanged self-discipline targets within the closing quarter, however the Titans (11-6) were unable to mount a comeback.
Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill used to be 18 of 26 passing for 165 yards and a touchdown. He also threw a luxurious interception on the Titans’ closing pressure after receiver Kalif Raymond slipped whereas working his route. The dash resulted in a Marcus Peters interception that sealed the victory for Baltimore.
Derrick Henry, who performed with extra than 2,000 rushing yards within the traditional season, recorded a season-worst 40 yards on 18 carries for the Titans. A.J. Brown led the crew with six catches for 83 yards and a touchdown.
“This positively goes to sting perchance in my thoughts for the remainder of this 300 and sixty five days until we swimsuit aid up,” Henry said.
Baltimore will play both the tip-seeded Kansas Metropolis Chiefs or Buffalo Funds within the AFC divisional round subsequent weekend.
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