The Baltimore Ravens picked up a big win on Monday Night Football against the New Orleans Saints. Lamar Jackson led the way to a 27-13 win to help the Ravens improve to 6-3.
Jackson ended the day with 133 yards passing (completing 12/22 attempts) and a passion touchdown, as well as 82 rushing yards. Baltimore had 10 different players catch a pass from Jackson, including new addition DeSean Jackson. The stats certainly don't pop off the page but they were enough to win comfortably and keep the Ravens offense going all night.
“Lamar plays on a different level,” Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said after the game, according to Jamison Hensley of ESPN. “You can’t just look at passing stats; the passing stats are good, but he made some 3rd-down conversions. Third down was key in this game and Lamar was the driver of that.”
Article Continues BelowThe Ravens converted nine of their 15 attempts on 3rd down against the Saints. Jackson's dual-threat abilities always kept the pressure on the defense and Kenyan Drake contributed a very solid performance with 93 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
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The Ravens defense looked pretty good with new star linebacker Roquan Smith, who had five total tackles. Baltimore sits atop the AFC North after Week 9 and are looking to make the playoffs despite injuries to key offensive players. As the Ravens head into their bye week, they will look to get Mark Andrews an J.K. Dobbins back to full health after losing Rashod Bateman for the rest of the season.