WATCH: Ravens’ Lamar Jackson, Isaiah Likely come within inch of last-second TD vs. Chiefs in thrilling finish
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs opened their march towards a hopeful third straight Tremendous Bowl with a 27-20 victory over the Baltimore Ravens Thursday evening, however the end was a lot nearer than even that rating signifies. Driving all the best way to the crimson zone within the remaining seconds of play, Lamar Jackson and Co. got here inside centimeters of doubtless upsetting the reigning champions, all the best way all the way down to a remaining would-be landing strike.
The primary shut name for the Chiefs: Jackson laced an ideal sideline zinger to Rashod Bateman, who as much as that time had been invisible within the Ravens’ huge receiver corps, to arrange the red-zone push.
A couple of performs later, dealing with second-and-goal with 10 seconds left, Jackson maneuvered round a messy pocket to sling one throughout the sector to a wide-open Zay Flowers, solely to sail the ball to his goal’s left, forcing a last-gasp try on the next play.
Jackson appeared to redeem himself in magical style on third-and-goal with 5 seconds to play, dancing across the pocket, avoiding a pressuring Chris Jones after which firing an ideal shot to tight finish Isaiah Probably behind the top zone.
The one downside: Probably’s catch, rapidly dominated a would-be game-tying landing, goes below evaluate, and the officers see what the replay reveals. Probably’s foot, it seems, barely crossed the again of the top zone line because it got here down, maybe not even an inch, leading to an overturning of the rating.
The Chiefs proceeded to stroll off GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium on high, handing Baltimore its first lack of the 2024 marketing campaign. No less than the Ravens can know they could not have gotten a lot nearer in defeat.