Lamar Jackson’s 4 TDs power Ravens to dominant 38-6 win vs. Lions (2024)

Quarterback Lamar Jackson starred in the Ravens’ win over the Lions on Sunday, as Detroit routed Baltimore 38-6. Here’s what you need to know:

• Jackson went 21-of-27 passing for 357 yards and three touchdowns for a 155.8 passer rating. He added a score on the ground on Baltimore’s opening drive.
• It was Jackson’s first game with at least three TD passes and a rushing touchdown since Week 3 of last season against the New England Patriots.
• Baltimore held Detroit scoreless through the first three quarters. The Lions got on the board in the fourth via a 21-yard TD run by Jahmyr Gibbs.
• Detroit quarterback Jared Goff completed 33 of 53 passes for 284 yards with no TDs and an interception.

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Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh had lost count, so he figured he’d go right to the source.

“Mark Andrews, I don’t know how many touchdowns he had. A bunch,” Harbaugh said before turning to his tight end, who was seated against the wall, awaiting his turn with reporters.

When informed that Andrews had scored “just” twice, Harbaugh said, “Two? It seemed like more.”

For Harbaugh, it was easy to get lost in a sea of offensive highlights. His Ravens pummeled the Detroit Lions, 38-6, at M&T Bank Stadium in a game that felt even more lopsided and thorough than the score indicated. For the better part of three hours, the Ravens essentially did whatever they wanted against a team that came in tied for the best record in football and as one of the talks of the league.

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There are off days, there are bad days and then there’s whatever that was from the Detroit Lions.

“They kicked our ass,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said after his team’s 38-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. “It’s a credit to them.”

A fairly accurate depiction of events from Campbell, but one that wasn’t expected coming into this contest. The Lions (5-2) were riding high off a four-game winning streak. They’d won all four by double digits, taking care of business. The Lions had a chance to get off to their best start since 1956 with a win Sunday. Take down the Ravens on the road and every sports talk show would have been calling Detroit a Super Bowl contender come Monday morning. It would’ve left little room on the bandwagon.

After this game, though, there might be more space.

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Lions coach Dan Campbell told reporters that kick returner Mohamed Ibrahim, who left the 38-6 loss to the Ravens on a cart with a hip injury suffered on his first NFL touch, is at a local hospital and will have surgery.

Ibrahim was signed this week after being waived with injury during training camp.

The Lions entered the day having scored touchdowns on 51.5 percent of drives that moved inside the opponent 40-yard line this season, the fourth-highest rate in the NFL.

Today? One touchdown in five such drives including two turnovers on downs and an interception.

Detroit has had a number of terrible stretches in franchise history, but the Lions have never had at least one 29-plus point loss in four straight years. That could change if the 38-6 lead by the Ravens holds up, as it would give Detroit four straight seasons with a defeat by 29 or more points. The current streak is as follows:

2020: 47-7 loss vs. Tampa Bay

2021: 44-6 loss vs. Philadelphia

2022: 29-0 loss at New England

The third quarter comes to a close with the Ravens leading the Lions 35-0.

It’s tied for Detroit’s largest deficit entering the fourth quarter since Week 8 of 2021 against the Eagles (38-0) and tied for its third-largest deficit entering the fourth quarter this century.

The Lions come up empty again on a drive into Ravens’ territory, this one ending on a Jared Goff interception on fourth-and-1.

Detroit is now a combined 4-for-15 on third and fourth down today (26.7 percent). The Lions entered the day 10th in the NFL in combined conversion percentage on third and fourth down (43.0 percent).

Offensive coordinator Todd Monken was asked a lot this week about sitting on leads and not being aggressive in the second half. After another fourth-down stop by the defense, the Ravens just went 94 yards on just four plays to score another touchdown. The key play on the drive was a Lamar Jackson 80-yard hook-up with Gus Edwards. Jackson followed that up two plays later by hitting tight end Mark Andrews for an 8-yard touchdown.

It's now 35-0 midway through the third quarter in Baltimore.

The Lions have yet to stop Jackson and the Ravens offense beyond the one late second-quarter fumbled exchange between Jackson and running back Justice Hill. Jackson is now 19-of-23 for 343 yards passing and 3 TDs. He also has a rushing score.

Lamar Jackson connects with Mark Andrews for their second touchdown of the day and the third touchdown pass for Jackson overall.

Jackson also has a rushing score, making this his first game with at least three touchdown passes AND a rushing touchdown since Week 3 of last season against the Patriots.

Following the Lions’ turnover on downs, Lamar Jackson hits running back Gus Edwards for an 80-yard catch-and-run on the Ravens’ second play of the half.

The 80-yard reception was the longest by any player this season.

The Lions drove 69 yards in 11 plays on their opening drive of the half, but Jared Goff’s fourth-and-goal pass attempt to Josh Reynolds falls incomplete.

Detroit now has a pair of turnovers on downs today and seven this season, tied for third most in the NFL.

It has been an awful first half for the Lions, and fantasy managers with Detroit players in their lineups have felt the impact of that dismal performance.

Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown had a solid first half with 7.2 PPR, but everyone else did quite poorly, with tight end Sam LaPorta getting only 4.0 PPR points, running back Jahmyr Gibbs weighing in with 3.4 PPR points, quarterback Jared Goff generating just 3.96 points and RB Craig Reynolds posting only 0.4 PPR points.

Lamar Jackson’s dominant performance has helped the Baltimore Ravens to a 28-0 halftime lead over the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Here’s what you need to know:

• Jackson ran for a touchdown on Baltimore’s opening drive, then completed a 12-yard TD pass to Nelson Agholor on the team’s next possession to put the Ravens up 14-0 in the first quarter.
• In the second quarter, Jackson connected with tight end Mark Andrews on an 11-yard TD pass. Running back Gus Edwards added a TD run.
• Jackson was 17-of-21 passing for 255 yards with the two touchdowns and a 149.0 passer rating. He added seven carries for 23 yards and the TD.
• Meanwhile, Lions quarterback Jared Goff went 11-of-18 passing for 99 yards.

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It has been quite a weekend for the Harbaugh brothers against teams from the state of Michigan. Jim Harbaugh's University of Michigan squad beat Michigan State 49-0 on Saturday night. John Harbaugh's Ravens lead the Lions 28-0 at halftime.

That's a 77-0 advantage for the Harbaughs.

The Lions stop the bleeding with a takeaway in their own territory. This one a fumble recovery following a botched exchange between Lamar Jackson and running back Justice Hill at the Detroit 25-yard line.

The Lions had just one takeaway inside their own 30 in the first six games this season.