The Baltimore Ravens have struggled early against the Buffalo Bills. Baltimore’s offense has failed to find a ton of rushing room or get much going through the air in heavy wind gusts. But the Ravens’ offense got back to their usual unique self in the second quarter with another magical play at the goal line.
Sometimes it’s the plays you don’t plan that end up being the game-changers. On what looked like a designed quarterback run at the three-yard line, one that appeared to be sniffed out by the Bills’ defense, Lamar Jackson ad-libbed and found tight end Nick Boyle with a quick shovel pass for the short touchdown, putting the visiting Ravens up 10-0 in the second quarter.
Jackson has become known for his “schoolyard” style improvisation with plays like this and the Ravens have become a better team because of it. On a day where the Bills’ defense has done a good job of holding Jackson and the Ravens in check, plays like this may be the x-factor that leads Baltimore to its 9th-straight win and a playoff birth.
