Mayfield, Browns Survive Ravens Rally Without QB Jackson

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield threw 2 touchdown passes, Myles Garrett scored his archetypal vocation TD and the Cleveland Browns stayed successful the heavy of the playoff race, surviving Baltimore’s precocious comeback for a 24-22 triumph Sunday implicit the Ravens, who mislaid superstar backmost Lamar Jackson with an ankle injury.

Healthier than he’s been successful weeks pursuing Cleveland’s bye, Mayfield connected with Jarvis Landry and Austin Hooper connected first-half scores arsenic the Browns (7-6) bounced backmost and bushed the Ravens (8-5) aft losing to them 15 days ago.

Of course, it helped that Jackson went retired with a sprained close ankle sustained connected the archetypal play of the 2nd 4th and didn’t return.

The erstwhile NFL MVP was incapable to enactment immoderate value connected the ankle, a frightening and concerning show for the AFC North-leading Ravens, who person been overrun by injuries this season. Jackson was replaced by backup Tyler Huntley.

The Ravens lacked the violative explosiveness Jackson provides, and Huntley spent overmuch of the 2nd fractional scrambling from trouble.

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However helium kept Baltimore adjacent and the Ravens, who trailed 24-6 astatine half, pulled wrong 24-22 connected Huntley’s 8-yard TD walk to Mark Andrews with 1:17 to go.

Baltimore past recovered an onside kick, but couldn’t person connected fourth-and-6 arsenic Browns cornerback Denzel Ward tackled receiver Rashod Bateman good abbreviated of the marker.

Ravens kicker Justin Tucker made tract goals of 50, 42 and 55 yards.

The Browns took a 24-3 pb precocious successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile Garrett acceptable Cleveland’s single-season sacks grounds successful benignant — scoring connected the play.

With the Ravens astatine their ain 20, Garrett got astir near tackle Alejandro Villanueva and knocked the shot escaped from Huntley arsenic helium tried to pass. Garrett scooped it up and rumbled down the near sideline for the score.

Moments later, erstwhile Garrett, who past week wondered if his teammates were arsenic focused arsenic needed for the matchup with Baltimore, was shown connected the elephantine scoreboard, the prima shook his caput and said, “I’m not done.”

Neither are the good-one-week-bad-the-next Browns, whose postseason chances would person been severely damaged with a loss.

The Ravens could beryllium successful trouble, depending connected the severity of Jackson’s injury.

The elusive QB got wounded erstwhile Browns rookie linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah dived astatine his legs portion helium completed a walk rolling right. Jackson limped to the sideline to beryllium examined and past struggled portion climbing into a cart to beryllium driven off.

ODDS AND ENDS

Andrews finished 11 catches for 115 yards and broke Baltimore’s single-season grounds for yards receiving by a choky end, surpassing Todd Heap’s 855 successful 2005. … Huntley went 27 of 38 for 270 yards — 225 aft halftime.

MYLES’ MARK

Garrett broke the nine sacks grounds helium came successful sharing with Reggie Camp (14, 1984). The Browns person players with higher numbers, but the league didn’t number sacks arsenic an idiosyncratic statistic until 1982.