RAVEN TAKE OUT TITANS
Jackson has big day on ground in comeback victory.
LamarJacksonfifififififinally NASHVILLE— has his first postseason victory, and coming away fromBaltimore makes it evenmore impressive.
Jackson ran for 136 yards and a 48-yardtouchdownwhilethrowing for 179 more as the Ravens rallied from10 points down and beat the Tennessee Titans 20-13 Sunday in theirAFCwild-cardgame.Baltimore also shut down2,000-yardrusher Derrick Henry and held Tennessee to its fewest points all season.
TheTitans (11-6) hadtheballand achance to tiewhenMarcusPeters intercepted RyanTannehill’spass intended for Kalif Raymond with 1: 50 left. After the turnover, the Ravens came onto the fifield and started waving good-bye to the Titans — drawing a taunting penalty they didn’tmind at all.
“We finished finally,” Jackson said. “We fifinally fifinished.”
The Ravens (12-5) snapped a string of 21 straight games lost by the franchise in either the regular season or playoffffffffffffs when trailing by 10 ormore. They will play either top-seeded Kansas City or Buffffffffffffalo ina divisional game setup by howBaltimore stoppedHenry for the fifirst time in three games.
TheAll-ProranallovertheRavens with328yardsrushingcombinedin thepasttwomeetings.“Ourdefense wastiredofhearingthenoise,” Jackson said. “And they did what they were supposed to do.”
Baltimore smothereda Tennessee offffffffffffense that tied for fourth averaging 30.7 points a game and hadmoreoffffffffffffensiveyardspergame during the season than any team but Kansas City. The Ravens fifinished with a 401-209 yards edge in total offffffffffffense.
“This may be the best win I’ve ever beenassociated with...,” said Baltimore coach John Harbaugh, whowona SuperBowl eight years ago.“Itwasaverystrongeffffffffffffort. Our tacklingwas strong, all theoutside backers. That kind of physicality. We were able to hit him withmultiple helmets and take himback.”
The Titans lost their fifirst home playoffff game in 12 years and now have had three of their past eight postseasons ended on their own fifield by Baltimore.
“We won the division, hosted a home playoffffgame,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said. “Today it wasn’t goodenough.... Wecompeted, and webattled, andwecameupshort.”
Tennessee sacked Jackson fifififififive times and got an interception, but couldn’t slow himdown. He turned in the sixth 100-yard rushing game by a quarterback in the postseason, and joined Colin Kaepernick with two.