“There are moments like this…”
Even a time machine wouldn’t have saved the Dolphins
January 1, 2024, 10:44 a.m
The Miami Dolphins go down badly in the NFL’s top game – and then have to worry about at least one injury afterwards. With the Baltimore Ravens the mood is of course completely different.
Led by star quarterback Lamar Jackson, the Baltimore Ravens celebrated a big win in the top game of the National Football League against the Miami Dolphins. Thanks to the 56:19 win at home against the second place in the conference, the Ravens have already secured first place in the American Football Conference.
Jackson, who is considered an MVP candidate, set off a lot of fireworks just in time for New Year’s Eve: the star quarterback managed five touchdown passes, he brought 18 of his 21 attempts to his own man for 321 yards, and the 26-year-old did not produce an interception. “He played a perfect football game as far as the passing game was concerned,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh celebrated his playmaker. “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such an impressive performance in a game. I’m not sure I’ve seen a more impressive performance in a season,” Harbaugh said. “Obviously we still have a lot to do. We still have a lot of work to do, but this is a mature football team.”
“There are moments that…”
Jackson’s counterpart Tua Tagovailoa was less successful: The Dolphins quarterback threw two touchdown passes, but there were also two interceptions. To make matters worse, Tua only saw the end of the game from the sidelines: the playmaker injured his throwing shoulder and did not return to the field after treatment. Another injury could be more serious: linebacker Bradley Chubb had to be carried off the field with a knee injury when his team was down 30 points with 3:05 minutes left. Of course, that raised the question of why Chubb was still in the game. “There are moments like this where I wish I had a time machine,” said Miami coach Mike McDaniel.
The clear score, the Ravens went into the final quarter with a 35:13 lead, brought back memories of last season. And from the Ravens’ point of view, they were extremely bleak: At that time, Miami was behind 35:14 with 13 minutes to go before they managed a huge comeback: In the end it was 42:38 – for the Dolphins. This time too, the Dolphins started the final quarter with a touchdown. “Last year the score looked like this at halftime and in the third quarter. Then these guys started making plays and we didn’t do anything,” Jackson said. “The only thing on my mind was to finish the game, and today we did that. It was the fifth win in a row for the current best team in the entire NFL and the 13th in the 16th game. In the first The Ravens get a bye in the playoff round.
The German American football professional Jakob Johnson no longer has a chance of making it to the playoffs with the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders lost 20:23 to the Indianapolis Colts and suffered their 9th defeat in the 16th game of the season. Johnson was initially released in November, was most recently under contract for the Raiders’ training squad and was used again and again. This week he was called back into the active professional squad by Las Vegas.