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Entering into the potential Super Bowl preview
between the AFC and NFC's best teams, Purdy boasted the best
passer rating in the league thanks in part to his ability to
avoid big mistakes.
But on Monday night in Santa Clara, Purdy faltered, throwing a
career-worst four interceptions to dig a hole his club could not
dig out of.
Meanwhile Jackson, the 2019 MVP, threw for 252 yards and two
touchdowns while running for 45 yards as the Ravens improved to
12-3.
With the win the Ravens moved one win away from clinching the
AFC's top seed and will get their first shot at doing so when
they host Miami on Sunday.
"I thought Lamar had an MVP performance," Ravens head coach John
Harbaugh said after the game.
"It takes a team to create a performance like that, but it takes
a player to play at that level. Lamar was all over the field
doing everything."
Jackson is now the favourite to win the award ahead of San
Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey with Purdy falling to
third, according to oddsmakers.
The winner is decided by a panel of 50 sports writers and is
limited to players' regular season performance.
For his part, Jackson said he is more focused on avoiding
another postseason flop than he is taking home MVP honours after
the Ravens fell in the wild card round in 2019 and divisional
round in 2020 and 2021.
"We're just going to keep taking it a day at a time, a practice
at a time and a game at a time," Jackson said.
"That's all I'm focused on right now."
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in San Francisco; Editing by
Christian Radnedge)
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