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NFL 2023 regular season
Dates: 7 September 2023 – 7 January 2024
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The Baltimore Ravens sent a huge Christmas Day message to the rest of the NFL with a dominant victory at the San Francisco 49ers in the heavyweight meeting of the league’s top two teams.
Baltimore ended an exciting triple header of games on Monday with a convincing 33-19 win as San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy, a leading most valuable player candidate, endured his worst game since joining the league.
The Kansas City Chiefs – watched by Taylor Swift – earlier missed the chance to win their division as they were stunned 20-14 at home by the Las Vegas Raiders after making a host of errors throughout.
After three straight defeats, the Philadelphia Eagles got back to winning ways, although they had to work hard for their 33-25 success over the New York Giants.
Purdy picked off four times in Ravens rout
It is rare for the NFL’s two best teams to meet so late in the regular season – and the Baltimore Ravens won decisively as Lamar Jackson charged ahead of opposing quarterback Purdy in the race to be most valuable player.
The San Francisco 49ers’ Purdy had been practically perfect this season but had by far his worst outing in the league as he threw four interceptions before leaving the game with a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter, as a rampant Ravens defence dominated.
By contrast, Jackson threw two touchdowns in just 18 seconds either side of a Purdy interception and added a crucial 45 yards rushing to his 252 passing yards in the kind of all action display that made him the league’s unanimous MVP in 2019.
Lamar Jackson jumped to the head of the MVP race after Baltimore’s dominant win in San Francisco
“I thought Lamar had an MVP performance tonight,” said Ravens head coach John Harbaugh. “It takes a team to create a performance like that, but it takes a player to play at that level, to play at an MVP…
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Author : BBC
Publish date : 2023-12-26 07:53:47
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