The Ravens’ defense was dominant, holding the Chargers to 279 yards of offense on 69 plays, while star quarterback Lamar Jackson was 18-32 passing, for 177 yards and one passing touchdown, as Baltimore entered the bye week 9-3 and atop the AFC.
Jackson became the 4th quarterback in NFL history to eclipse 5,000 yards rushing in a career, joining Michael Vick, Cam Newton, and Russell Wilson.
Baltimore allowed less than 300 yards and sacked Chargers QB Justin Herbert thrice while holding an explosive offense to 10 points on the night.
With the team off for several days, here are the studs and duds from the Ravens’ 20-10 win.
Kyle Hamilton
Hamilton logged 6 tackles, 2 tackles for loss and 1 pass defended.
Kyle Hamilton is the 4th most targeted safety in football (44 targets)
Allowing the 8th lowest passer rating when targeted (58.0)
9th most pass breakups (4)
2nd in stops (25)
1st in sacks (3)
2nd most pressures (14)501 coverage snaps leads all safeties (3rd in NFL)
— Spencer Schultz (@ravens4dummies) November 27, 2023
Stud--Justin Madubuike
The star defensive tackle had 1 tackle, another sack, pushing his total to ten on the season, and 3 QB hits.
Justin Madubuike is the first Ravens player to record double-digit sacks since Terrell Suggs in 2017 😈 pic.twitter.com/BasKn3nXPX
— PFF BAL Ravens (@PFF_Ravens) November 27, 2023
Stud--Patrick Queen
Queen racked up six total tackles, three defensive stops, one forced fumble, and even forced an incompletion in coverage. Queen added two quarterback hurries on the night.
Stud--Keaton Mitchell
Keaton Mitchell has quickly established himself as the most talented running back on the Ravens roster.
The undrafted rookie running back out of ECU logged nine carries for 64 yards and four first downs. According to PFF, Mitchell forced three missed tackles and averaged 5.6 yards after contact per rush attempt on the first review.
Go off @_KeatonMitchell🔥
Tune in on NBC! pic.twitter.com/Lle8ohyPnD
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) November 27, 2023
Stud--Zay Flowers
Flowers scored twice in this game, once as a receiver and once as a rusher.
The rookie caught all five catchable targets for 25 yards per PFF, averaging 5.4 yards after the catch per reception on the night. He forced three missed tackles, one as a receiver and two as a runner.
Stud--Lamar Jackson
Jackson completed 18 of 32 passes for 177 yards and ran for 39 on 11 carries, becoming the fourth quarterback in NFL history to exceed 5,000 rushing yards.
Stud--Todd Monken
Todd Monken is starting to hit his groove, and his run-pass balance was outstanding with 197 yards rushing and 177 passing.
