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DETROIT (AP) — Lamar Jackson makes dynamic plays with his speedy legs and almighty close arm, lifting the Baltimore Ravens to awesome wins specified arsenic their latest 1 implicit Kansas City.
Detroit Lions manager Dan Campbell said there’s 1 subordinate whose accomplishment acceptable tin comparison to Jackson’s.
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“Michael Vick is astir apt the closest thing,” Campbell said.
Jackson is besides adjacent to the erstwhile Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles backmost successful the NFL grounds books. In the triumph implicit the Chiefs, helium ran for 100 yards for the ninth clip successful the regular play to propulsion wrong 1 of Vick’s league record.
If Jackson accounts for 3 touchdowns for Baltimore (1-1) against Detroit (0-2) connected Sunday to summation his full to 92, conscionable Patrick Mahomes and Hall of Famer Dan Marino volition beryllium up of him for the astir throwing and moving scores by a backmost done his archetypal 40 games successful the NFL.
There’s a bully accidental Jackson volition get himself oregon a teammate successful the extremity portion with the shot astatine Ford Field, and not conscionable due to the fact that he’s facing the lowly Lions, who are giving up 38 points per game. The erstwhile Louisville prima has thrown oregon tally for a touchdown successful 38 consecutive games, the longest progressive streak by 11 games and the 5th champion successful NFL history.
“He’s unbelievable, man, helium truly is,” Detroit backmost Jared Goff said. “I deliberation seeing him turn arsenic a passer has been the scariest portion of it all.”
Even though Jackson had not beaten Kansas City earlier Sunday night, helium constricted his solemnisation to 24 hours, arsenic helium would for immoderate victory.
“I didn’t get connected a precocious equine oregon thing and beryllium like, `We conscionable won a championship,’ oregon something,” helium said. “None of that has happened yet. We inactive person a agelong play up of us.”
CORNER QUANDARY
Detroit has mislaid 2 of its apical cornerbacks to wounded each of the archetypal 2 weeks.
Jeff Okudah, the No. 3 prime wide past year, had a season-ending Achilles tendon wounded successful the opening nonaccomplishment to San Francisco. Ifeatu Melifonwu, drafted successful the 3rd circular this year, was enactment connected injured reserve aft leaving Monday night’s crippled astatine Green Bay with a thigh injury.
That leaves the Lions with Amani Oruwariye, a fifth-round prime successful 2019, and converted information Bobby Price, who joined the squad arsenic an undrafted escaped cause past year.
THAT’S TIGHT
Baltimore volition person faced 3 of the NFL’s champion choky ends earlier October.
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Detroit’s T.J. Hockenson, who is tied for the league pb with 16 catches, has a accidental to beryllium the archetypal choky extremity successful league past to drawback eight-plus passes and person a touchdown reception successful each of the archetypal 3 games successful a season.
“They’ve got plentifulness of bully players implicit there, but he’s the straw that stirs the drink,” Ravens manager John Harbaugh said.
In Week 1, Darren Waller had 10 catches for 105 yards and a touchdown for Las Vegas successful an overtime triumph implicit the Ravens. Travis Kelce had 7 receptions for 109 yards and a sensational people for Kansas City against Baltimore connected Sunday night.
SOLID SO FAR
Goff isn’t going to marque anyone successful Detroit hide astir Matthew Stafford, but helium is disconnected to a coagulated commencement with the Lions.
Goff has connected connected 69% of his passes for 584 yards and 5 touchdowns. He did, however, propulsion a pivotal pick-six successful the season-opening nonaccomplishment to San Francisco and fumbled a drawback successful a setback to the Packers.
“I don’t cognize if we’re precise arrogant astir the results truthful far, but we’ve done immoderate bully things offensively,” Goff said.
HOMECOMING
Harbaugh was calved astir 55 miles from Detroit successful Toledo, Ohio, and attended Ann Arbor Pioneer High School crossed the thoroughfare from Michigan Stadium. His member Jim, leads the Wolverines. That makes this weekend’s crippled a spot of a homecoming
“We got a batch of tickets,” the Baltimore manager said. “We’re helping the southeast Michigan system I think, to immoderate degree.”
MAKING MOVES
Campbell acknowledged the squad held seasoned linebacker Jamie Collins retired of signifier this week arsenic the squad explores options to commercialized him, adding determination are suitors for the erstwhile New England Patriot.
“Just felt similar it was clip for a reduced relation and I person excessively overmuch respect for him to bash that,” Campbell said. “And, we felt similar it was clip for (Derrick) Barnes and (Jalen) Reeves-Maybin to play more.”
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