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Baltimore (5-3) won its second game in five days and took a
half-game lead on Cincinnati in the AFC North, while Tampa Bay
(3-5) fell a half-game behind Atlanta for first place in the NFC
South. Every team in that division owns a losing record.
Trailing 10-3 at halftime, the Ravens got their offense going
behind Jackson. On its first drive of the second half, Baltimore
covered 77 yards in nine plays, with Jackson finding Kenyan
Drake for a 5-yard scoring strike.
The Ravens took the lead for good with five seconds remaining in
the third, capping an 80-yard drive that lasted nearly seven
minutes with a Jackson-to-Isaiah Likely 10-yard touchdown pass
for a 17-10 advantage.
Baltimore added insurance tallies with 6:55 left on a 15-yard
touchdown jaunt by Devin Duvernay and then Justin Tucker's
30-yard field goal at the 2:12 mark. Brady hit Julio Jones for
an 8-yard score with 49 seconds remaining, but the Ravens
recovered an onside kick to wrap it up.
Jackson completed 27 of 38 attempts for 238 yards and also ran
for 43 yards. Brady was 26 of 44 for 325 yards, but it wasn't
enough to keep Tampa Bay from losing for the fifth time in six
games. Baltimore outgained the Buccaneers 453-349 and owned the
ball for nearly 38 1/2 minutes
The Ravens initiated the scoring on Tucker's 22-yard field goal
with 11:03 left in the first quarter. Baltimore began that drive
on the Tampa Bay 6-yard line after recovering a muffed punt.
The Buccaneers responded on their opening drive, their first of
two 75-yard scoring marches, this one ending in Leonard
Fournette's 1-yard run with 6:56 left in the first.
Tampa Bay made it a seven-point lead when Ryan Succop hit the
first of his three field goals, a 31-yarder with 26 seconds
remaining in the first quarter.
Along with scoring his first career touchdown, Likely, a rookie
out of Coastal Carolina, set career highs with seven receptions
and 77 yards. He took over the primary tight end role after
All-Pro Mark Andrews left the game in the second quarter due to
a shoulder injury and did not return.
Andrews had 33 yards on three catches before exiting.
--Field Level Media
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