House not only broke that streak, he intercepted Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco on back-to-back third-quarter possessions.
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Baltimore’s Joe Flacco went 34 of 45 for 316 yards and three touchdowns, but he threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. The Jaguars held the Ravens running backs to 89 yards on 21 carries. On the other hand, Allen Hurns is dinged up, but Allen Robinson is the most talented offensive player in this game.
Baltimore trailed 19-14 in the fourth quarter before Flacco directed a 10-play, 80-yard drive that ended with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Chris Givens with 7:30 left. As of now, the Jaguars sit just one game out of first place.
“I’ve never seen anything like that before”, Jaguars linebacker Paul Posluszny said. The failed attempt led to a turnover on downs. Then he twisted Bortles’ head around by the facemask.
Myers did admit that he was hoping to find himself in the situation that he did: game on the line – and whether he wants to admit or not, paycheck on the line, too. But holding Jacksonville to a field goal was a victory of sorts of the Ravens’ defense which stiffened after the Jaguars had first-and-goal from the 3. Bortles struggled as he had a 65.8 passer rating while throwing for 188 yards and throwing an interception. Mike finished up giving the secondary a grade of C saying “overall, a solid game, but there should have been three interceptions, one late that should have sealed the win for the Ravens”. Many of his defensive teammates saw the clock hit zero and already had stopped playing and started celebrating.
Just four plays later, the Jaguars put more points on the board. Their defense executed another great week in stuffing the run, only allowing 89 yards on the ground.
The Ravens asked Justin Forsett to kick a 61 yard field goal and he couldn’t get the job done. This gives the Ravens seven losses on the season, making it virtually impossible to make it to the postseason. It seemed like no play was ever called, but a few Jaguars ran downfield as Bortles gathered himself.
Not that he was thinking about any of that after his pulled the 26-yard attempt left. Most statistical areas are poor, and the turnover ratio is -7. Ravens punt returner Jeremy Ross also muffed a punt in the fourth quarter.
As a result, the 15-yard penalty was enforced from the previous line of scrimmage (midfield) and the ball was moved to the Ravens’ 35-yard line.
“That was something else”, Ravens cornerback Asa Jackson said.
Bortles completed a pass for a first down and scrambled for another.
Rudd’s helmet toss was illegal, so the Chiefs got to move the ball half the distance to the end zone, setting up a game-winning field goal that beat the Browns, 40-39. After moving to the Baltimore 49, Blake Bortles took the snap an instant before the clock expired and was quickly sacked by Elvis Dumervil. A 15-yard personal foul penalty for the facemask set the Jaguars and kicker Jason Myers up for a 53-yard field goal on an untimed down to win the game.
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Starting linebacker Dan Skuta missed his first game of the season with a groin injury suffered last week in the loss to the NY Jets. Safety James Sample (shoulder) was ruled out prior to the contest.
