The largest regular-season sport of the yr became an enormous assertion by the Baltimore Ravens. Here are our takeaways from their 33-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers on “Monday Night Football.”
Baltimore is the group to beat within the AFC: The AFC is stacked with Super Bowl contenders, however the Ravens are the group others ought to worry probably the most. The protection compelled 5 interceptions and held the league’s second-highest-scoring offense coming into Week 16 to 19 factors. Offensively, quarterback Lamar Jackson was excellent towards a 49ers group that was second in whole protection coming into the sport.
Baltimore has received 5 in a row forward of its sport on Sunday towards the Miami Dolphins for the AFC’s No. 1 total seed. The Ravens had been 6.5-point underdogs towards the 49ers however should not be disrespected anymore this season.
Don’t bury the 49ers…: Yes, Monday night time’s loss was ugly, however let’s not overreact. The 49ers solely trailed by 4 on the half, outgained the Ravens 429-343 and averaged 6.3 yards per play in contrast to Baltimore’s 5.4 yards per play. The run sport was efficient, gaining 121 yards on 18 carries. The Niners had been in the end undone by shedding the turnover battle 5-0, an prevalence that can be troublesome to replicate.
As “This Is Football” host Kevin Clark famous, San Francisco continues to be the perfect group within the NFC as displayed in its dominant wins earlier this season towards the Cowboys and Eagles.
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