The first half appeared to be a reverse of Week 4, and two Lamar Jackson turnovers played a pivotal part in Baltimore trailing 21-10 after 30 minutes of football in Buffalo. The Bills held the Ravens to 73 yards rushing in the first half and 28 offensive plays. According to Next Gen Stats, Jackson has been under pressure on over half of his dropbacks (54.5%) for the first time since Week 4, 2023. He’s been pressured 6 times and sacked once on 11 dropbacks (as of Damar Hamlin’s strip sack).
With the second half underway, here are seven takeaways from the first 30 minutes.
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The MVP chants are going strong in Buffalo 🗣️ @JoshAllenQB
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If anything, this was an OFFENSIVE penalty… pic.twitter.com/RsVOPObvhU
— Ravens Nation 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 (@LIVERavenNation) January 20, 2025
JOSH ALLEN'S 2ND RUSHING TD OF THE HALF 😤
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Jackson ➡️ Bateman for 42 yards
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RASHOD BATEMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tune in on CBS! pic.twitter.com/XDZVzotBh4
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) January 20, 2025
Lamar gets tackled as he was going out of bounds. A fight almost breaks out and no flags were thrown. pic.twitter.com/rzfnFzXUr4
— Rate the Refs (@Rate_the_Refs) January 20, 2025
Waiting on the Wolverine audible 😅 #BALvsBUF@VanCityReynolds | @JoshAllenQB pic.twitter.com/6XBMw59yE7
— NFL (@NFL) January 20, 2025
Josh. Allen.
He has averaged 0.54 epa per play on rushing attempts this season, best among qualified NFL QBs; League Avg: 0.20.#BillsMafia https://t.co/Rp4cC2zwqe
— Inside Edge NFL (@IE_NFL) January 20, 2025
Von Miller recovers the ball for the @BuffaloBills 😤
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pic.twitter.com/AsWHlXPONh— NFL+ (@NFLPlus) January 20, 2025
CHAOS ON THE SNAP AND THE BILLS RECOVER 😮
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DaQuan Jones blew up this play before it got started.
What a push from the #Bills DL. 💪💪💪 pic.twitter.com/LEfRh340bI
— Henry McKenna (@henrycmckenna) January 20, 2025
Dion Dawkins had a word with the official after this holding call. And for good reason. Bad call from the officials. #Bills #Ravens pic.twitter.com/Al8R6KZFWH
— Henry McKenna (@henrycmckenna) January 20, 2025
Lamar Jackson throws his 5th INT of the entire 2024 season @BuffaloBills ball 👀
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