THE Baltimore Ravens are looking like an absolute juggernaut heading into next week’s National Football League (NFL) game against the 10-1 San Francisco 49ers. They manhandled the Los Angeles Rams in every possible way Monday night. Baltimore pretty much took any fight out of the Rams in the first half after Lamar Jackson threw two touchdowns and put up a dazzling run to set up another score. The likely NFL MVP also set yet another record. Jackson became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw four touchdowns and run for 50-plus yards in consecutive games. Lamar Jackson just moved into the Top 50 in NFL history in career rushing yards for a quarterback. At the moment he’s at 1,558 career rushing yards, moving him ahead of Aaron Brooks for 50th all time. This is his 18th pro start. The second-year quarterback ended his evening early in the fourth quarter with Baltimore up 42-6. He did so having completed 15-of-20 passes for 169 yards with five touchdowns and zero interceptions while adding another 95 yards on eight rushing attempts. “Everybody has been trying to define leadership for years, but you know it when you see it,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said outside the postgame interview tent. “Lamar has genuine, unabridged humility. We have a saying: humility with a hard edge. He has all that. He’s one of the most humble and yet at the same time most confident people I’ve ever met in my life. He’s been raised the right way. Give his mom and his family a lot of credit.”(SD-Agencies) |