He can do it: NFL quarterback Lamar Jackson from the Baltimore Ravens got his first playoff win on the third attempt. At 20:13 (10:10) against the Tennessee Titans, Jackson showed above all a strong performance in the running game; in addition to 179 yards thrown in an interception, he ran over 136 yards and a touchdown.
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Outstanding was Jackson’s touchdown run in the second quarter, with which he compensated for a 0:10 deficit in the meantime. He sprinted once through the entire Titans defense, which actually showed a good performance. After 48 yards he reached the end zone. The second Ravens touchdown came from running back JK Dobbins.
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An interception from Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill two minutes before the end of the game decided the game. A big factor in this was the Ravens defensive; Titans running back Derrick Henry, who ran more than 2000 yards in the regular season, only got 40 yards on no touchdown.
Jackson had been named Most Valuable Main Round Player in the previous season. He lost the first two playoff games as the Ravens quarterback in the past two years, also against the Titans in January 2020. After that, criticism of Jackson, who is considered the best runner among the quarterbacks, was loud. “I’ll do everything I can to make this subject go away,” Jackson had said before the game against the Titans. With success.
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In the second wild card game of Sunday, the New Orleans Saints won 21: 9 (7: 3) against the Chicago Bears. The defensive rows of both teams dominated, although the Saints with wide receiver Michael Thomas and running back Alvin Kamara were able to fall back on their two offensive stars.
The Bears had the most spectacular move of the game: In the first quarter, quarterback Mitchell Trubisky threw a trick play over half the field into the end zone. Although the ball was thrown perfectly into the barrel of Javon Wims, the wide receiver let the ball slide through his hands. It remained the Bears’ greatest chance of a touchdown for a long time.
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With Trubisky, who had long been criticized and got in better shape in recent weeks, the Bears subsequently found no means against the Saints’ strong defensive. Their star quarterback Drew Brees also had problems, but at 265 yards he threw two touchdown passes. With another run touchdown at the meanwhile 21: 3, Kamara decided the game in the third quarter.
After all, the last move in the game of the Bears brought another highlight: tight end Jimmy Graham, who had also played for the Saints in his career, caught a pass from Trubisky with one hand and fell into the end zone. Because the game was still lost, Graham jumped up and ran straight into the catacombs.
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