Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Ravens wrestle Browns
NFL spectacle as sensational "as in the film"
89 points in a single NFL game: The duel between the Baltimore Reavens and the Cleveland Browns is a spectacle with many grandiose twists. The main role is played by someone who was sick with Corona, needs treatment during the game and still decides: Lamar Jackson.
The Baltimore Ravens have won the most spectacular game of the NFL season to date against the Cleveland Browns and have preserved their chances for the playoffs – with the most valuable player of the previous season in a leading role. The 47:42 was the eighth win of the season for the football team around quarterback Lamar Jackson, who had to be treated with cramps in the dressing room at times in the second game after his corona infection during the last quarter.
Two minutes before the end, he came straight out of the catacombs and threw his team's important final touchdown pass – on a fourth attempt. "It's like a movie. You can't make that up," said Ravens player J.K. Dobbins the TV station ESPN.
In the last two minutes alone, the two teams scored a total of 20 points. The Ravens' victory was finally secured by a converted field goal after the Browns had equalized again within 47 seconds to 42:42. With two seconds remaining, the hosts hoped for a happy end in front of a few thousand spectators with several backward passes, but received a safety and thus two more points against them to the final score.
"That was a dog fight," said Jackson. "Cleveland is a great team. They came out here to play." About the long time in the dressing room, the professional who was elected MVP last season said: "I had cramps." His representative Trace McSorley was injured during his brief assignment.
The Browns failed to attack the Pittsburgh Steelers at the helm of AFC North with their fourth loss. The prospects for the playoffs are still good and still better than the Ravens in third place in the division with one victory behind.
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