The NFL's best teams faced off in a rare late-season showdown, but the Baltimore Ravens and their star quarterback Lamar Jackson showed they had the edge over the San Francisco 49ers with a commanding win.
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| Grit of a Tiger |
Jackson threw two touchdown passes in just 18 seconds in the third quarter and the Ravens intercepted Brock Purdy four times in a 33-19 victory over the 49ers on Monday night.
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“Our guys work hard. They compete hard. Everybody wants to be respected,” coach John Harbaugh said. “There’s one way to be respected, and that’s to go out there and earn that.”
Jackson and the Ravens (12-3) turned a highly anticipated matchup between the top two teams in the NFL into a blowout with outstanding play on both sides of the ball.
“I thought Lamar had an MVP performance tonight,” Harbaugh said. “It takes a team to create a performance like that, but it takes a player to play at that level, to play at an MVP level, it takes a player to play that way. Lamar was all over the field. He showed how to grow your grit in the face of a tough opponent.”
