Freeman TD Lifts Ravens Over Bears With Jackson Sidelined

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By ANDREW SELIGMANNovember 21, 2021 astatine 5:01 pm

CHICAGO (AP) — Subbing for prima backmost Lamar Jackson, Tyler Huntley led a winning thrust capped by Devonta Freeman’s 3-yard tally with 22 seconds remaining, and the Baltimore Ravens bushed the Chicago Bears 16-13 connected Sunday.

Jackson was sidelined by unwellness for the AFC North-leading Ravens (7-3), who ruled him retired 90 minutes earlier kickoff aft helium took immoderate throws connected the field. The 2019 MVP was a afloat subordinate successful signifier Friday aft being held retired the erstwhile 2 days. Coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday the unwellness was not COVID-19.

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Justin Tucker kicked 3 tract goals, and the Ravens came distant with the triumph aft losing the erstwhile week astatine Miami.

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Chicago’s Andy Dalton threw 2 touchdowns, including a 49-yarder to Marquise Goodwin successful the closing minutes. Justin Fields had near the crippled with a rib wounded successful the 3rd quarter.

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The Bears (3-7) mislaid their 5th straight.

Dalton recovered Goodwin heavy down the mediate to headdress a 75-yard thrust and enactment Chicago connected apical 13-9 with 1:41 remaining. Even though the 2-point conversion walk failed, the Bears appeared to beryllium successful bully shape.

But the Ravens answered with the 72-yard touchdown drive. Freeman ran it successful aft Huntley’s 30-yard walk to Sammy Watkins enactment the shot connected the 3.

Huntley completed 26 of 36 passes for 219 yards successful his archetypal vocation start. The second-year pro from Utah besides threw an interception and got sacked six times successful his 5th pro appearance.

Fields took a large measurement backward pursuing respective promising outings. The rookie was 4 of 11 for 79 yards aft throwing for a career-high 291 yards astatine Pittsburgh 2 weeks ago.

Dalton, who started the archetypal 2 games earlier a genu wounded successful Week 2 against Cincinnati, came successful with 8:46 near successful the 3rd 4th and rapidly threw a 60-yard touchdown to Darnell Mooney to springiness the Bears a 7-6 lead. The seasoned was 11 for 23 for 201 yards.

Mooney had 121 yards receiving. Goodwin added 104. Robert Quinn had 3 1/2 sacks. But the Bears remained winless pursuing byes since 2013.

It didn’t assistance that they were missing prima linebacker Khalil Mack, who is expected to person season-ending ft country this week. Defensive tackle Akiem Hicks (ankle) and receiver Allen Robinson (hamstring) were besides unavailable.

The Bears had a accidental to people connected their archetypal possession, lone to travel distant empty-handed erstwhile Cairo Santos missed a 40-yard tract extremity wide left.

Chicago drove to the Baltimore 36 successful the 2nd quarter, but that menace was dashed erstwhile Tyus Bowser strip-sacked Fields and Calais Campbell recovered for the Ravens. That led to a 35-yard tract extremity by Tucker for a 3-0 pb with 2:11 near successful the half.

Tucker added a 27-yarder successful the closing seconds of the fractional to headdress a 55-yard thrust that took conscionable implicit a minute.

INJURIES

Ravens: Campbell suffered a ft wounded distant from the shot connected the archetypal thrust of the 2nd half. He went down arsenic the teams lined up pursuing a drawback by Mooney.

Bears: DB Duke Shelley (hamstring) exited aft helium was wounded covering a fourth-quarter punt.

UP NEXT

Ravens: big Cleveland adjacent Sunday.

Bears: sojourn Detroit connected Thursday.

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