Ravens stun Colts in OT
Baltimore overcomes 25-9 deficit in fourth quarter
BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Brown on the first possession of overtime to give the Baltimore Ravens a 31-25 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night.
Jackson threw for a career-high 442 yards and four touchdowns, including a pair of short TD passes to Mark Andrews in the fourth quarter as the Ravens rallied from a 25-9 deficit. Andrews also caught the two, 2-point conversions during that furious comeback.
The Ravens had to withstand a 47-yard field goal attempt by Rodrigo Blankenship on the final play of regulation, but the Indianapolis kicker missed.
“That was exciting,” Baltimore coach John Harbaugh said. “Everybody get your money’s worth tonight?”
The Ravens had their record-tying streak of 43 straight 100-yard rushing games snapped, and it looked like they were in big trouble after Jackson fumbled near the goal line in the third quarter. But after that turnover, Baltimore scored a touchdown on each of its final four possessions.
The Indianapolis kicking game was a big reason the game got to overtime. Blankenship missed an extra point in the third quarter, and with the Colts up 25-17, he had a 37-yard kick blocked by Calais Campbell with 4:29 remaining, giving the Ravens a chance to tie the game.
“Tough loss. Proud of the way our guys fought. We have to learn from our mistakes and learn how to finish games,” Colts coach Frank Reich said.
Jackson directed an 11-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Andrews with 39 seconds remaining. Then the star quarterback flipped a 2-point conversion pass over the middle to Andrews to tie it.
The Colts (1-4) made it back into field goal range, with the help of an unnecessary roughness penalty on Baltimore’s Tavon Young with 13 seconds left, but Blankenship’s kick sailed wide left.
49ERS: San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said Monday that rookie quarterback Trey Lance sprained his left knee during a 17-10 loss Sunday to the Arizona Cardinals and his status for when San Francisco returns from the bye next week remains up in the air.
Shanahan said Lance underwent an MRI on Monday. The tests showed the sprain, but the injury is not considered serious. The Niners should know early next week whether he has a chance to play after the bye against Indianapolis.
Starter Jimmy Garoppolo also will be rehabbing his injured calf that sidelined him against the Cardinals and is expected to be able to play against the Colts.
GIANTS: New York rookie receiver Kadarius Toney apologized to coach Joe Judge and his teammates Monday after getting kicked out of Sunday’s game at Dallas in the game in the fourth quarter for punching Cowboys safety Damontae Kazee.
Toney said he made a mistake and he has to be more accountable for his emotions and actions.
“It’s more of a moral thing, at the end of the day. I know right from wrong,” Toney said. “At the end of the day, I know that in this sport, it’s not boxing or hockey or anything else where you can just fight and stuff like that. At the end of the day, I’ve got to take responsibility for what I did and that’s just what it is. It was a wrong action.”
It’s probable Toney will be fined by the NFL and he might also face a suspension.
BENGALS: Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow is healthy and expected to play next weekend after suffering a bruised throat during the 25-22 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
Burrow was taken to the hospital afterward as a precaution but wasn’t admitted, coach Zac Taylor said Monday.
Cincinnat visits Detroit on Sunday.