Lamar Jackson dazzles with 5 touchdown passes as Ravens take down injured-riddled Bucs

While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers mislaid 2 cardinal pieces of their discourtesy connected Monday night, Lamar Jackson was perfectly cooking connected discourtesy to pb the Baltimore Ravens to a 41-31 victory. 

The Ravens are present 5-2 connected the year, portion the Bucs fell to 4-3. 

This was the explanation of a primetime matchup arsenic Jackson and Baker Mayfield, 2 quarterbacks that are MVP candidates astatine the moment, went head-to-head successful the Sunshine State. 

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Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman (7) is congratulated by backmost Lamar Jackson (8) aft helium scored a touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 2nd fractional astatine Raymond James Stadium. (Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images)

These quarterbacks combined for 8 full touchdown passes. It was Jackson providing 5 of them successful an unthinkable show to bolster his ain MVP resume. 

Jackson was 17-of-22 done the aerial for 281 yards, uncovering his choky extremity Mark Andrews doubly for a touchdown, portion Derrick Henry, Justice Hill, and Rashod Bateman each caught their ain people from their dynamic backmost arsenic well. 

Meanwhile, the Bucs’ cardinal pieces that were mislaid successful this crippled were Mayfield’s apical 2 targets, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, the second of which could beryllium done for the remainder of the play aft caput manager Todd Bowles revealed aboriginal indications that helium suffered a dislocated ankle with 43 seconds near successful the game. 

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The ESPN broadcast wouldn’t adjacent amusement Godwin’s injury, though the archetypal presumption saw his ankle successful the incorrect absorption aft Patrick Queen rolled up connected it portion making a tackle. He was rapidly placed successful an aerial formed and carted disconnected the field. 

Evans, who was already dealing with a hamstring wounded entering Monday night, hauled successful his lone drawback for a touchdown connected a 25-yard onslaught to unfastened the scoring successful this crippled connected the Bucs’ archetypal drive. But, 2 drives later, helium couldn’t haul successful different heavy touchdown walk from Mayfield and helium instantly clutched his close limb aft being called by Brandon Stephens, who was besides injured connected the play. 

Evans was rapidly ruled retired for the remainder of the game. 

For the Ravens, Zay Flowers got banged up connected the Ravens’ opening thrust aft an 11-yard catch, wherever replay showed helium had his ankle rolled up on.  He would lone get 1 people from Jackson connected the night, but No. 8 was spreading the shot astir to his receivers arsenic helium dissected Tampa Bay’s defence to the pleasance of each Ravens fans. 

Bateman needed conscionable 4 catches to rack up a game-high 121 yards with his touchdown that went for 49 yards successful the 3rd quarter. He hauled successful a 59-yard weaponry down the tract from Jackson successful the archetypal half, too, aft the backmost scrambled retired of a breached pouch and directed him mid-play to get him open. 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin (14) is stopped by Tampa Bay Buccaneers moving backmost Sean Tucker, rear, aft a reception during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, successful Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

It besides appears Andrews, Jackson’s trustee choky extremity from years past, is getting much progressive by the week, arsenic helium had different coagulated crippled with his 2 scores and 41 yards connected 4 catches. 

And, of course, the NFL’s champion rushing discourtesy saw Henry person different elite crippled with 169 yards connected the crushed connected conscionable 15 carries, including an 81-yard sprint down the tract earlier helium was stopped. 

Mayfield did his champion to get backmost into this game, though, arsenic Jackson and the Ravens’ discourtesy racked up a 34-10 pb adjacent the extremity of the 3rd quarter. 

The Bucs scored 21 fourth-quarter points, arsenic Rachaad White hauled successful 2 touchdown passes from Mayfield, portion his moving backmost counterpart Bucky Irving besides got successful from 1 gait out. 

Baltimore Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson (8) runs with the shot against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful the 2nd 4th astatine Raymond James Stadium. ( Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

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It was each for naught successful the end, and the nonaccomplishment of Godwin, who owns the second-most receiving yards successful the NFL this play aft adding 65 yards to his 2024 total, and Evans piled connected to the decision astatine location for a apical squad successful the NFC. 

Meanwhile, the Ravens present ain a five-game triumph streak aft starting the twelvemonth 0-2.

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