The most important regular-season sport of the 12 months was a large assertion by the Baltimore Ravens. Listed below are our takeaways from their 33-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers on “Monday Evening Soccer.”
Baltimore is the crew to beat within the AFC: The AFC is stacked with Tremendous Bowl contenders, however the Ravens are the crew others ought to worry probably the most. The protection pressured 5 interceptions and held the league’s second-highest-scoring offense coming into Week 16 to 19 factors. Offensively, quarterback Lamar Jackson was excellent towards a 49ers crew that was second in whole protection coming into the sport.
Baltimore has gained 5 in a row forward of its sport on Sunday towards the Miami Dolphins for the AFC’s No. 1 total seed. The Ravens had been 6.5-point underdogs towards the 49ers however should not be disrespected anymore this season.
Do not bury the 49ers…: Sure, Monday night time’s loss was ugly, however let’s not overreact. The 49ers solely trailed by 4 on the half, outgained the Ravens 429-343 and averaged 6.3 yards per play in comparison with Baltimore’s 5.4 yards per play. The run sport was efficient, gaining 121 yards on 18 carries. The Niners had been finally undone by shedding the turnover battle 5-0, an incidence that shall be troublesome to duplicate.
As “This Is Soccer” host Kevin Clark famous, San Francisco remains to be the perfect crew within the NFC as displayed in its dominant wins earlier this season towards the Cowboys and Eagles.
