Dumervil (foot) made the pivotal play despite appearing in just his third game of the season and the first since October 9 in a loss to the Washington Redskins. Dumervil, in his first game since October 9 because of a foot injury, recovered a fumble in the second quarter and strip-sacked Cincinnati quarterback Andy Dalton with 1 minute, 5 seconds left in the fourth quarter to cement the victory.
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In the first half Sunday, Tucker converted from 52, 57 and 54 yards for the Baltimore Ravens, who led the Cincinnati Bengals 16-3 at halftime.
“[It was] a dominating performance by some of our guys up front. It’s just tough to get a rhythm”.
Perhaps better than any other team, the Baltimore Ravens know this. “I feel like that attitude permeates through our locker room. We’re happy to have him back”.
Suggs recorded a pair of strip-sacks. That or the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers seasons completely fall apart. Dumervil forced the one fumble and recovered another in his return.
The Ravens hadn’t beaten the Cincinnati Bengals since November 2013, so it shouldn’t be surprising that when they finally broke the losing streak, it didn’t come easy.
“The offense started out great, put points on the board”, Ravens linebacker C.J. Mosley said.
Justin Tucker is the first National Football League kicker in three years to make three field goals beyond 50 yards in a half.
Instead, the Ravens held the entire defense – on objective. In that game, Koch took the snap with 12 seconds remaining in the game and was able to milk eight seconds off the clock as he milled around in the end zone.
“That’s what he’s paid to do and he does an unbelievable job”, said Rex Burkhead.
Running backs Kenneth Dixon and Terrance West each carried the ball 13 times, for 49 and 48 yards, respectively. Wideout A.J. Green, second in the league in receiving yards (964), is out for an indefinite period of time after injuring his hamstring.
“You get the ball at the 25 (after a touchback), so if they get a couple of first downs they’re just about in field goal range”, said Adam Jones. We cut down on some penalties.
– Ndamukong Suh (ehn-DAHM’-uh-kehn soo) tackled Colin Kaepernick (KAP’-ur-nihk) 2 yards short of the goal line as time ran out preserving Miami’s 31-24 win over San Francisco.
“I don’t think there really was much of a conversation. When he dropped back, he was executing”.
Dalton went 26 for 48 for 283 yards.
Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, in contrast, is 23 for 23 on field goal tries and ideal on 14 conversions – the only kicker this season with no misses. Kaepernick passed for three TDs, but the 1-10 49ers still haven’t won since the season opener.
Believe it or not, that is totally legal since the game can end on an offensive penalty, unlike a defensive one.
Cincinnati got a safety on the final play when Baltimore punter Sam Koch ran out of the end zone.
All that has transpired for the Baltimore Ravens this month has put them in position for, as safety Eric Weddle put it, “A December to Remember”. “We’re going to keep working and hope to get a little bit of help here down the stretch and win the rest of our games”.
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The Ravens (6-5) moved back into a first-place tie with the Steelers atop the division standings.
