Cincinnati Bengals 34-35 Baltimore Ravens: Lamar Jackson stars in Thursday Night Football thriller

nfl Friday 8 November 2024 13:19, UK

Lamar Jackson threw for three fourth-quarter touchdowns and the Baltimore Ravens stopped Cincinnati on a two-point conversion with 38 seconds remaining to hold off the Bengals 35-34 on Thursday night.

The Ravens (7-3) rallied from a 21-7 third-quarter deficit, overcoming a huge game from Cincinnati receiver Ja'Marr Chase, who finished with 11 catches for 264 yards and three touchdowns, including a five-yarder in the final minute to bring the Bengals (4-6) within one point

Cincinnati - which lost to Baltimore in overtime last month - decided to go for two and the lead, but Joe Burrow's pass for Tanner Hudson sailed high .

Cincinnati had a chance to take control when they were up 14 points with the ball in the third quarter but a fumble by Chase Brown gave the Ravens a short field, and a nifty scramble along the sideline by Jackson set up Derrick Henry's one-yard touchdown run.

In the fourth quarter, Tylan Wallace turned a short pass into an 84-yard touchdown, barely staying inbounds as a couple of Cincinnati defenders failed to stop him.

Justin Tucker missed the extra point but the Ravens were within one. Cincinnati drove into Baltimore territory but on both third-and-two and fourth-and-two, Burrow threw incomplete deep.

Jackson gave the Ravens the lead with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Mark Andrews and then the two-time MVP-winning quarterback ran into the endzone for a two-point conversion.

Chase beat Baltimore deep for a 70-yard touchdown that tied the game at 28-28 with 5:37 to play but the Ravens answered with Jackson's five-yard scoring toss to Rashod Bateman with 1:49 remaining to go ahead 35-28.

Baltimore had 231 of its 389 total yards in the fourth quarter, with Jackson throwing for 290 yards and four touchdowns. Burrow threw for 428 yards and four TDs.

However, the Ravens lost All-Pro safety Kyle Hamilton to an ankle injury late in the first half.

"It's not a serious ankle (injury)," said Ravens coach John Harbaugh.

"I don't know how long it will be."

Cincinnati Bengals

Baltimore Ravens

Cincinnati scored on a one-yard touchdown run by Brown on the game's first drive. The Ravens thought they'd stopped the Bengals on fourth down near the goal-line but a holding call on cornerback Brandon Stephens gave Cincinnati a new set of downs.

Baltimore also burned two timeouts on that first drive, including one on an unsuccessful challenge.

Jackson threw a six-yard scoring pass to Nelson Agholor in the second quarter but the Bengals took the lead on a three-yard touchdown pass from Burrow to Tanner Hudson shortly after Hamilton's injury.

The Ravens got back to around midfield at the end of the half but by then they were out of timeouts and the clock ran out out.

Burrow threw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Chase early in the third quarter.

Both sides are on the road for Week 11 with the Ravens heading for Pittsburgh and the Steelers on Sunday November 17.

The Bengals, meanwhile, are at the Los Angeles Chargers on the same day.

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