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Jamison Hensley
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Jamison Hensley
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- Jamison Hensley is a reporter protecting the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, protecting the AFC North earlier than focusing solely on the Ravens starting in 2013. Jamison gained the Nationwide Sports activities Media Affiliation Maryland Sportswriter of the Yr award in 2018, and he authored a guide titled: Flying Excessive: Tales of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat author for the Baltimore Solar from 2000-2011.
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Ben Child
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Ben Child
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- Ben Child covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the corporate in July 2019. Previous to ESPN, he labored for varied newspapers in Texas, most not too long ago at The Dallas Morning Information the place he coated school sports activities.
He gives day by day protection of the Bengals for ESPN.com, whereas making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL reveals and ESPN Radio applications.
A local of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the College of North Texas with a bachelor’s diploma in journalism. He’s an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist College and a member of the Asian American Journalists Affiliation (AAJA).
BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson’s dominance over the Cincinnati Bengals continued Thursday evening — as did his aptitude for the dramatic.
Jackson’s 5-yard landing cross to large receiver Rashod Bateman with 1:49 left within the sport lifted the Baltimore Ravens to a 35-34 victory and improved his profession document to 10-1 towards the Bengals.
The result got here all the way down to the ultimate minute because the Ravens wanted their protection to drive a Joe Burrow incompletion on a 2-point conversion with 38 seconds remaining to protect Jackson’s twelfth profession game-winning drive. There can be debate about whether or not a penalty ought to have been known as on the 2-point attempt.
Jackson has had two game-winning drives this season, and each have come towards the Bengals. He helped Baltimore to a 41-38 extra time win in Cincinnati final month.
The NFL’s reigning Most Invaluable Participant wanted to shake off his worst begin of the season. After being restricted to 71 yards within the first half, Jackson accomplished 15 of 19 passes for 219 yards and three touchdowns.
The Ravens scored 28 factors within the second half, essentially the most by any crew in a second half this season.
The Ravens (7-3), who’ve swept Cincinnati in back-to-back seasons, are actually in a digital first-place tie atop the AFC North with the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-2).
QB breakdown: Jackson was dominant within the fourth quarter, finishing 11 of 13 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns. It was the second-most passing yards in a fourth quarter this season. Jordan Love had 202 in Week 4 vs. the Vikings. With two on Thursday, Jackson has 9 landing passes from exterior the pocket, 4 greater than another quarterback this season. Burrow is second with 5.
Eye-popping stat: Huge receiver Tylan Wallace picked an opportune time to document his first profession landing catch. With Baltimore down 21-14 within the fourth quarter, Wallace took a brief out cross from Jackson and turned it into an 84-yard landing by in some way staying in bounds whereas working down the left sideline. Wallace gained 78 yards after catch over anticipated, which is the second-most YACOE on a reception since 2018, in line with NFL Subsequent Gen Stats.
Troubling development: The Ravens’ cross protection, which is the worst within the league, regarded prefer it within the second half, when Baltimore was with out All-Professional security Kyle Hamilton (ankle). The Ravens allowed landing passes of 67 and 70 yards to large receiver Ja’Marr Chase. For the season, Baltimore has now given up a league-high 28 completions of 25 or extra yards.
Most shocking efficiency: Justin Tucker. The seven-time Professional Bowl kicker hooked an additional level large left that will have tied the sport at 21 within the fourth quarter. Tucker had made 75 straight additional factors previous to that miss. He had some struggles earlier within the season, however he entered Thursday having made 10 of his earlier 11 subject objectives.
Subsequent sport: at Steelers (1 p.m. ET, Nov. 17)
Eye-popping stat: Ja’Marr Chase had his sixth profession sport of at the least 150 receiving yards and a landing. That ties Lance Alworth for the third most by a participant beneath the age of 25 in league historical past, in line with NFL Analysis. Solely Randy Moss and Justin Jefferson had extra, with every having seven. Chase completed with 11 catches for 264 yards and three touchdowns.
Pivotal play: Cincinnati was accountable for the sport till Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey stripped Bengals working again Chase Brown for a fumble that Baltimore recovered with 7:05 left within the third. That sparked a 21-point run that allowed the Ravens to not solely get again within the sport however ultimately take the lead. It compounded the Bengals’ dashing sport woes on an evening the place they struggled to get a lot going.
QB breakdown: Burrow had a robust efficiency. Regardless of dealing with strain all evening and never having large receiver Tee Higgins, Burrow prolonged performs and constantly discovered Ja’Marr Chase. His 70-yard landing cross to Chase within the fourth quarter instantly halted Baltimore’s momentum after the Ravens had scored 21 straight factors to take the lead. It was Burrow’s ninth profession sport with at the least 350 passing yards and three passing touchdowns (he completed with 428 and 4), extending his personal lead for many in Bengals historical past. It won’t have been a coincidence that Burrow turned it up after Hamilton went down with the ankle harm. Burrow was 15-of-21 for 243 yards and three touchdowns after Hamilton left the sport with 1:17 left within the second quarter.
Subsequent sport: at Chargers (8:20 p.m. ET, Nov. 17)
