Justin Tucker Sets NFL Record In Ravens’ Victory Over Detroit

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Another day, different chaotic decorativeness for the Baltimore Ravens.

Justin Tucker kicked an NFL grounds 66-yard tract extremity arsenic the crippled timepiece ran retired successful Sunday’s crippled successful Detroit to assistance the Ravens past the Lions for a 19-17 victory.

The shot sailed done the air, bouncing disconnected the crossbar and past up and implicit to seal the win, bringing Baltimore to a 2-1 grounds connected the young season.

Tucker’s footwear broke the erstwhile 64-yard grounds acceptable by Matt Prater successful Denver successful 2013.

It was redemption for the Ravens’ kicker, who missed a 49-yard effort successful the archetypal quarter.

Tucker finished 4 of 5 connected the time and added a PAT to pb the squad successful scoring with 13 points.

The game-winning tract extremity was a spectacular decorativeness to a so-so show from Baltimore, which struggled to find wage ungraded and support the Lions disconnected the scoreboard.

What looked similar a barroom locomotion connected insubstantial was thing but for the Ravens, who were heavy favored coming into Sunday’s game.

It wasn’t for deficiency of effort from backmost Lamar Jackson, who completed 16 of 31 passes for 287 yards, a touchdown and an interception. He added 58 yards connected 7 carries.

Despite carrying a 13-0 pb aboriginal successful the 3rd quarter, the Ravens couldn’t support the Lions from roaring backmost with a brace of touchdowns from moving backs D’Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams successful the 3rd and 4th quarters.

It looked similar a Jackson mightiness person outgo the Ravens the crippled erstwhile helium threw a prime with a small much than 5 minutes to spell portion clinging to a 16-14 lead.

The Lions past marched down the field, going up 17-16 connected a 35-yard Ryan Santoso tract goal.

Jackson was sacked for a three-yard nonaccomplishment erstwhile Baltimore got the shot backmost with 1:04 near connected the clock. He couldn’t link with Devin Duvernay connected the pursuing play and past took different sack, this 1 for a six-yard loss.

But with the timepiece winding down and the crippled connected the line, Jackson hooked up with Sammy Watkins for a 36-yard gain. He spiked the shot to halt the timepiece with 7 seconds to go.

After Jackson threw the shot distant connected the adjacent down, the Ravens brought retired Tucker and the tract extremity portion for an improbable effort astatine a game-winning tract extremity from 66 yards out.

And the rest, arsenic they say, is history.

Jackson didn’t get overmuch assistance erstwhile it mattered from wideout Marquise Brown, who had 3 catches connected 7 targets for 53 yards contempt dropping aggregate passes passim the game.

The Ravens’ astir reliable receiving menace was choky extremity Mark Andrews, who had 5 catches for 109 yards.

Watkins reeled successful 4 catches for 68 yards, and Duvernay caught 2 passes for 22 receiving yards and the Ravens’ lone touchdown.

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