The Rams' defense was completely befuddled by the Ravens' offense. Defenders claim they had trouble following the football with Lamar Jackson leading Baltimore's offense.
Ravens’ Lamar Jackson is the only quarterback in NFL history to produce at least 2,000 yards passing and 700 rushing through a season’s first 10 games.“The guy is a game-changer,” linebacker Clay Matthews said. “That’s speed you don’t see often, if ever. I played against Michael Vick a few times, and obviously, they’re very similar players. When the pocket breaks down, they make something happen.”
In a two-minute drill late in the first half, a composed Jackson carved up the Rams from the pocket on a seven-play, 60-yard drive that was capped with a seven-yard touchdown pass to Willie Snead. “It’s tough,” Rams cornerback Troy Hill said. “He’s elusive. He’s a different player back there. When you think about it and look at it, if you do play man and have your back to the ball, then he’s got the ability to take off and run and make you pay that way. When you play zone, he’s throwing the ball and finding the zones. They’re making it easy on him to find the reads.”
Jackson didn’t throw an incompletion until the third quarter. The Ravens’ offense — which also bullied the Rams at the line of scrimmage, leading to a whopping 285 rushing yards and 5.9 per attempt — wasn’t kept out of the end zone until its seventh drive, when Jackson was mercifully removed in favor of backup Robert Griffin III midway through the fourth quarter. The Rams’ defense looked defeated long before then.
“A lot of times, I wouldn’t know for a few seconds after if he handed it or if he still had it,” safety Eric Weddle said of Jackson. “Imagine the whole defense, you’re trying to play your rules, play your guy, and these guys are just coming downhill and doubling and getting extra gaps. You’re trying to figure out what’s going on.”
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