The Ravens long drives took their toll on the Saints in the second half and the run game came to life for Baltimore. They gave up double big leads in each of their three losses and almost did so against the Bucs last week. John Harbaugh’s team has struggled holding on to double digits leads this season, but they were able to hold of the Saints comfortably in the second half. The Saints offense came to life for a moment in the final minutes of the first half when they had to go hurry up and went 60 yards down the field to set up a 33 yard Will Lutz field goal to make it 14-3 going into half. Kenyan Drake finished off the second scoring drive with a one yard TD run. The second touchdown came just before the half and it was another seven plus minute drive in which the Ravens had to keep the chains moving on first down two different times. On the first drive Jackson was 5/5 and the Ravens converted on there third downs before Isaiah Likely caught a 24 yard TD pass which gave Lamar Jackson 100 career touchdown passes. Lamar Jackson led two sevens minute touchdown drives in the first half to put the Ravens in command. They punted on their first four drives, and picked up just one first down in that span. With a handful of injuries on the offensive end the Dalton and the Saints could not get anything going in the first half. They made it three consecutive on Monday night in New Orleans when as the defense shut down Andy Dalton and the Saints. Ravens D shuts down Saintsīaltimore had struggled to put wins together before their Week 8 win over the Bucs gave them their first winning streak of the season. The Ravens running game had another fantastic night going for 188 yards and two touchdowns in the 27-13 road victory. The Baltimore Ravens are heading into their bye at 6-3 and riding a three game win streak after defeating the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.
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