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BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson wasn’t pleased the moment the Baltimore Ravens entered the locker room at halftime. Hard to blame the captain given the circumstance.
The Ravens were in a dogfight with the Houston Texans after 30 minutes. The game was tied, it was cold, and the Ravens weren’t the team that shredded opponents all year. They looked like another Baltimore team destined for an early playoff exit.
Whatever Jackson said motivated the locker room. Enough that Isaiah Likely put out a big smile when his halftime speech was brought up.
“When the leader talks,” Likely said. ‘You listen.”
Jackson’s halftime address powered the Ravens to outscore the Texans by 24 points in the second half, en route to a 34-10 rout at M&T Bank Stadium. The Texans never stood a chance coming out of the locker room, as Jackson led the way by going 9 of 11 for 100 yards and a touchdown in the final 30 minutes. Jackson also had five carries for 50 yards and two touchdowns in the second half, including an 8-yard touchdown run with 6:20 left that prompted him to run into the tunnel and declare game.
The Ravens took a 21-point lead when Jackson rushed for his second touchdown of the night, as Baltimore will host a conference championship game for the first time since 1971.
“I don’t know what led me to it,” Jackson said. I just seen it and I was off to the races.”
So what did Jackson say that fired up the Ravens? All Baltimore did was outgain Houston 234-68 in the second half, outrushing them 134-24 and not allowing the Texans past the Ravens 39-yard line.
“It’d be inappropriate if I said it,” Jackson said with a smile. “We really wasn’t doing anything to that defense. They was playing great and the offense was playing great as well, but we wasn’t doing our job. In the second half, we went and put points on the board. We started moving the ball, moving the chains, and started looking like…
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-01-21 02:50:58
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