Jaguars’ Blake Bortles: Disappoints in win
With time having expired, the penalty was marched off 15 yards and the Jaguars were awarded an untimed down. Kicker Justin Tucker made a 39-yard field goal on the final play of the game to boost the Ravens to a win. “I take full responsibility for that one”, Dumervil said. “That was wild, but I’m glad it ended the way it did”.
The Baltimore Ravens are a team who has also suffered from the injury bug this season.
“Just about as tough a loss as you’re ever going to see”, Harbaugh said. “We’ve got to continue to move forward and continue to press ahead for next week”.
Whether it’s a defensive lapse, a last-minute turnover or a freak facemask penalty, Baltimore can’t find a way to win. This has created matchup problems for most of their opponents this season. He hasn’t missed a game since 2011 – a span of 64 straight games. Bortles has had similar numbers to Flacco this season, ranking 11th in passing yards and should have similar success on Sunday as well.
Everybody thought the game was over except seemingly two men: Bortles and Dumervil. “We’re coached hard. They have high expectations for us and we have high expectations for ourselves”. They caused four turnovers, with three of them being in consecutive drives to start the fourth quarter for the Ravens. He hit Aiken on passes of 29 and seven yards, and Givens on passes of five, 10 and eight yards.
Coming into the game against the Ravens I was asked to appear on a few radio shows in Baltimore. They had all kinds of reasons that their 2-6 record was very different than the identical record of the Jaguars.
Both teams came in with a minus-7 turnover differential.
Well, the Ravens are on course to make history. “It’s zero!” When he looked back, Dumervil was on top of Bortles.
Bortles went 22 for 45 for 188 yards and two touchdowns to help the Jaguars (3-6) end a road drought that began after a win in Cleveland on December 1, 2013.
-WR Marqise Lee (hamstring) was back in the lineup for the first time since Week 3. Combine that with the propensity of the Baltimore secondary to give up big plays, and it would appear as if Bortles will be slinging the deep ball Sunday. The Ravens responded on the ensuing possession when tight end Maxx Williams caught his first career touchdown on a 21-yard pass from Flacco that provided a 14-10 lead at the break. Hurns has played through ankle and thigh injuries earlier this season. If Hurns, Robinson, and Thomas are able to take the field, the Ravens’ defense is going to be in serious trouble.
-OLB Thurston Armbrister started in place of the injured Dan Skuta (groin). He finished with four tackles. All-in-all, the Ravens gave the Jaguars the ball back on 4 separate times. However, he reinjured the shoulder in the fourth quarter and his status is uncertain for the upcoming game against the Rams. The Jaguars are two games out of the Wild Card spot. Flacco threw a pair of interceptions to cornerback Davon House and also lost a fumble in the third quarter. The total, meanwhile, opened at 48 before dropping to 47.5.