Ravens Triumph Over Bears: Key Game Highlights & Reaction

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00:00The biggest result on Sunday,

00:03which was the Baltimore Ravens beating the Chicago Bears.

00:07The Ravens entered this game without Lamar Jackson

00:11for the third straight game.

00:13And a loss would have put them at one and six,

00:18considerably would have been like minus 250 range

00:22to miss the playoffs.

00:25Who knows if Lamar at that point says,

00:27yeah, Thursday night, let's salvage it.

00:30He may be saying, you know what, give me another week.

00:32Maybe.

00:34Instead, the Ravens are now, once again,

00:40favorites to win their division.

00:44Pittsburgh's loss, like you mentioned, we'll get into it.

00:47The disaster in Cincinnati, again, we'll get into it.

00:51But Baltimore, Joe, have completely saved

00:56any hope that they had in that building

01:00with their victory over the Chicago Bears 30-16 final.

01:04Man, it was surprising.

01:05We talked about it in the pregame prior leading up to the game

01:08that, you know, Baltimore went from a six and a half,

01:10seven point favorite with Lamar Jackson

01:12potentially implemented in that lineup

01:14to with Snoop Huntley, only a two and a half point favorite

01:17over a very hot team in Chicago.

01:19Chicago had won four straight by 7.7 points per game

01:23leading into that matchup on the flip side.

01:25Baltimore had lost four straight by 18.3 points per game.

01:29The offensive identity was a little bit tarnished

01:32because they couldn't run Derrick Henry each and every play.

01:36But they stepped up yesterday and on Sunday

01:39with a dynamic effort of a buck 77 on the ground.

01:42Snoop Huntley added 53 yards.

01:44They averaged 5.1 yards per rush.

01:47And they basically contained Chicago's offense

01:49from a defensive perspective to hold Chicago field goals

01:53and not touchdowns.

01:54And that's why they were able to pull it out.

01:56They held them to three field goal attempts

01:59on their first four drives.

02:02One was missed.

02:03It allowed them to play from in front,

02:05which allowed Derrick Henry to get going

02:07and Tyler Huntley on the ground as well.

02:10They actually, you know, like you said,

02:12they held them to, I believe, what was it?

02:13Four overall field goal attempts.

02:16There was an interception in there for Caleb,

02:18which was very costly.

02:19It was a great play by Nate Wiggins.

02:22Truly for the Ravens, though,

02:24this one is less about evaluating the performance

02:26and it's just the result.

02:28They could have won this game 47-46,

02:327-6, 30-2, it doesn't matter.

02:36It's now Lamar Jackson is set to return

02:39and here's the runout.

02:41A Monday night, Thursday night in Miami,

02:44at Minnesota, at Cleveland,

02:48home against the Jets,

02:50home against Cincinnati,

02:52home against Pittsburgh,

02:53at Cincinnati.

02:55Joe, it's on the board.

02:56They lay a touchdown

02:56in each of their next seven games.

03:02Right.

03:02They might lay a touchdown.

03:05They're going to lay at least a field goal

03:06in seven straight games.

03:09Yeah, they have the spark plug that they needed, right?

03:11Get us a win and then Lamar comes back

03:14and everything will be fine.

03:15Now, that's easier said than done,

03:17even though the schedule lines up

03:18to your point where there will be favorites

03:20in almost each and every game,

03:22but divisional games pose a problem,

03:24even though it's Cincinnati.

03:25Joe Flacco's there.

03:27The Jets got their first win.

03:29You never know.

03:29They're putting up points.

03:30So, here we go.

03:32I mean, and you said it in the pregame.

03:34Like, you said it when we broke down the game,

03:38right, on Sunday,

03:39was do we really believe that it's just,

03:43you know, oh, that Lamar's back

03:45and there's nine, ten-game winning streams.

03:48Yeah, it's possible,

03:50but it's the NFL.

03:51You're going to get everybody's best shot

03:53coming forward,

03:54especially the divisional matchups

03:56where Cincinnati's fighting,

03:58Pittsburgh's fighting.

03:59It's not just a layup,

04:01but they're going to be in a position

04:02barring any major injury

04:04to potentially run the table,

04:06but again, we'll see how it plays out.

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