Lamar Jackson makes NFL history as he leads Ravens to comeback win over the Colts
With less than a minute to play in the third quarter of the Ravens-Colts “Monday Night Football” game in Baltimore, Indianapolis held a 19-point lead.
That’s when quarterback Lamar Jackson put the Ravens on his back, leading a wild comeback as they won 31-25 in overtime. It was a historic performance by Jackson, who had 402 passing yards with four touchdown passes and no interceptions. He also rushed for 62 yards.
“It’s one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh told reporters. “When we went into our fast mode, no-huddle, two-minute type mode, he just came alive and all of our guys did. ... But it starts with Lamar and he deserves the credit.”
In fact, it was a performance unseen in history of the NFL, as ESPN’s Jamison Hensley noted.
ESPN also noted Jackson was the first player in NFL history to complete 85% of throws in a 400-yard passing game and he had the highest completion percentage in a 40-pass game in NFL history (86.0%).
With Week 5 in the books, Jackson is in the top 10 in two noteworthy statistical categories. He has the fifth-most passing yards in the NFL (1,519) and the eighth-most rushing yards (341).
A kick in the pants
The Colts were left kicking themselves after blowing the huge lead and they could point to points they should have had.
Kicker Rodrigo Blankenship missed an extra point and a field goal and had another one blocked. The Colts also were stopped on a two-point conversion.
Blankenship’s woes followed a weekend trend. The missed point-after try was the 13th in the NFL in Week 5, which is a record.
A Giant leap
San Francisco took a 2-1 lead in its best-of-five National League Division Series against the Dodgers with a 1-0 win Monday in Los Angeles.
The Dodgers nearly tied the game in the seventh inning when they had a runner on second with two outs. Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford made a fantastic catch to rob Mookie Betts of an RBI hit.
Wander the wonder
Boston won its ALDS against Tampa Bay with a 6-5 walkoff victory in Game 4 against the Rays on Monday night.
Tampa Bay’s season came to an end, but they have a star in 20-year-old shortstop Wander Franco. He hit a two-run homer and had a great series overall.
This is a good group of players to be compared with:
