BALTIMORE (AP) — In what may well have been his ultimate bid for the MVP award, Lamar Jackson threw for 321 yards and five touchdowns, finishing with a excellent passer ranking and helping the Baltimore Ravens clinch the top rated seed in the AFC with a 56-19 rout of the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.
Isaiah Very likely caught two TDs for the Ravens, who won their sixth straight activity and also wrapped up their very first AFC North title considering that 2019, Jackson’s 1st MVP year. Now Baltimore (13-3) can rest Jackson — and anyone else it chooses — in the standard-year finale towards Pittsburgh.
Miami (11-5) is also postseason certain, but now the winner of next weekend’s Dolphins-Costs game will acquire the AFC East. Miami was with no two offensive stars in receiver Jaylen Waddle (ankle) and working back again Raheem Mostert (knee, ankle).
And now the Dolphins deal with an additional likely considerable injuries. Linebacker Bradley Chubb — with his group down 30 factors — experienced to be carted off with 3:05 remaining after hurting his knee.
Serenaded with periodic “MVP!” chants from the property crowd, Jackson went 18 of 21 passing, indicating he finished the activity with a lot more landing passes than incompletions. Which is a feat Miami’s Tua Tagovailoa also attained in a 70-20 gain about Denver in Week 3.
Jackson also had a excellent passer score of 158.3 towards Miami in 2019. He joins Tom Brady (in opposition to Detroit) as the only quarterbacks with two fantastic scores versus the exact same crew, with a minimum of 20 makes an attempt.
This matchup featured Miami’s top-rated scoring offense and Baltimore’s major-rated scoring protection. In the early going, the Dolphins had the higher hand. They scored on the game’s first push when Tagovailoa threw an 8-property go to Cedrick Wilson Jr. Jackson answered with a 20-yard scoring strike to Justice Hill.
Miami would have experienced one more touchdown on its 2nd travel, but Tyreek Hill bobbled the ball in the finish zone and the Dolphins kicked a subject goal.
The Ravens took the direct for fantastic in the second quarter when Gus Edwards capped an 89-property push with a 1-garden scoring operate. Right after one more Miami area aim, Jackson right away found Zay Flowers open deep for a 75-garden touchdown that made it 21-13.
The Ravens struck all over again 94 seconds later many thanks to a pair of one particular-handed catches. The to start with was an interception by Roquan Smith, the second a 35-garden capture-and-operate TD by Most likely on fourth-and-7.
Justice Hill returned the next-half kickoff 78 yards, environment up Jackson’s 7-property TD toss to Possible that built it 35-13.
Miami trailed 35-14 with less than 13 minutes remaining last time before rallying to a 42-38 gain over the Ravens. The Dolphins begun the fourth quarter with a landing this time, a 1-property pass from Tagovailoa to De’Von Achane, but it was Baltimore that closed robust.
The Ravens marched suitable again down the subject and scored on Jackson’s 4-lawn move to Patrick Ricard to go up 42-19. Melvin Gordon III extra a 7-yard touchdown run, and a Miami fumble led to a yet another TD. Tyler Huntley threw a scoring move to Charlie Kolar on third-and-target from the 19.
Injuries
The teams weren’t at complete power at the start out, and the accidents continued all over the match. Miami dropped CB Xavien Howard (foot). Baltimore CB Marlon Humphrey (calf) went down as perfectly. Ravens NT Michael Pierce and S Daryl Worley ended up just about every evaluated for a head damage.
UP Next
Dolphins: Host Buffalo future weekend.
Ravens: Host Pittsburgh future weekend.
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