Lamar Jackson threw two landing passes, and the Baltimore Ravens received the AFC North for the second straight season, clinching the division with a 35-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Saturday.
The Ravens (12-5) will open the playoffs at dwelling in opposition to both the Los Angeles Chargers or Pittsburgh Steelers. Baltimore have been two video games behind the Steelers within the division earlier than profitable their remaining 4 to complete on prime.
Cleveland (3-14) ended a dreadful season with six straight losses. Each Bailey Zappe and Dorian Thompson-Robinson took snaps at quarterback within the finale. Neither might transfer the ball a lot, and Zappe had an interception returned 26 yards for a landing by rookie Nate Wiggins for the sport’s first factors.
The most important concern popping out of this sport for the Ravens was the well being of Professional Bowl receiver Zay Flowers, who left within the second quarter with a proper knee damage.
Jackson threw TD passes to Mark Andrews within the second quarter and Rashod Bateman within the third, ending a spectacular statistical season that could be adequate to earn him a 3rd MVP award. Jackson completed the season with 4,172 yards passing, 41 landing passes and solely 4 interceptions. He turned the primary quarterback to succeed in 4,000 yards passing with 40 TD passes and 4 or fewer interceptions.
Jackson additionally completed the season with 915 yards speeding, turning into the primary to throw for 4,000 yards and rush for not less than 800. His passer ranking of 119.6 wasn’t fairly sufficient to interrupt the single-season file of 122.5 held by Aaron Rodgers.
Zappe threw for 170 yards with two interceptions. His 16-yard scoring go to Jordan Akins made it 21-10 within the fourth, however the Ravens answered with 70-yard drive that ended with a two-yard landing run by Derrick Henry.
Henry, who turned 31 on Saturday, added a 43-yard scoring run late within the fourth. He completed the season with 1,921 yards speeding and a franchise-record 16 touchdowns on the bottom.
Cleveland has now gone 28 consecutive video games with out permitting a 300-yard passer. Jackson completed 16 of 32 for 217 yards.
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