Tucker’s Overtime Kick Gives Ravens 34-31 Win Over Vikings

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By NOAH TRISTERNovember 7, 2021 astatine 4:56 pm

BALTIMORE (AP) — Justin Tucker kicked a 36-yard tract extremity with 16 seconds near successful overtime to springiness the Baltimore Ravens a 34-31 triumph implicit the Minnesota Vikings connected Sunday.

The AFC North-leading Ravens (6-2) rallied from a 14-point third-quarter shortage and survived an acrobatic interception by Minnesota’s Anthony Barr connected the archetypal possession of overtime. Barr tipped Lamar Jackson’s walk and caught it retired of the air, giving the Vikings the shot astatine their ain 38, but Minnesota went three-and-out, and Baltimore drove into Tucker’s scope again.

This was a overmuch easier footwear than Tucker’s erstwhile game-winning effort — a record-setting 66-yarder to bushed Detroit earlier this season.

It was the 3rd overtime crippled of the play for each team. They some had divided their archetypal two.

It was different agonizing nonaccomplishment for the Vikings (3-5), who person not dropped a crippled each play by much than 7 points.

The Ravens took a 31-24 pb connected Le’Veon Bell’s 1-yard tally with 3:29 remaining successful regulation. The Vikings tied it connected a 1-yard scoring walk from Kirk Cousins to Adam Thielen with 1:03 to play.

Cousins had thrown a 12-yard walk to Justin Jefferson connected fourth-and-9 from the Baltimore 16 to support that thrust going.

Jackson threw for 266 yards and 3 touchdowns with 2 interceptions. He besides ran for 120 yards connected 21 carries. It was his 10th vocation 100-yard rushing game, tying Michael Vick’s regular-season grounds for quarterbacks.

Baltimore trailed 24-10 aft Minnesota’s Kene Nwangwu ran the second-half kickoff backmost 98 yards for a touchdown, but the Ravens rallied acknowledgment to 3 large fourth-down conversions.

Devonta Freeman ran for the indispensable yardage connected fourth-and-2 from the Baltimore 36, and past Jackson threw a 1-yard touchdown walk to Patrick Ricard connected fourth-and-goal to marque it 24-17.

On the Ravens’ adjacent possession, Jackson converted a backmost sneak connected fourth-and-1 from his ain 27. Baltimore aboriginal made a archetypal down connected third-and-15 erstwhile Marquise Brown gained 18 yards connected a catch-and-run.

Jackson yet threw a 5-yard TD walk to Devin Duvernay, a hard drawback that tied the crippled and capped an 18-play, 82-yard thrust that took 10:17.

Penalties played a important relation successful the archetypal half. Minnesota’s D.J. Wonnum was called for a horse-collar tackle — a replay appeared to amusement helium grabbed Jackson’s jersey successful the mediate of the back, not the collar — and that kept a Baltimore thrust going erstwhile the Vikings thought they had travel up with a halt connected 4th down. The Ravens yet kicked a tract goal.

Justin Jefferson ran close past antiaircraft backs Marlon Humphrey and Chuck Clark earlier hauling successful a 50-yard touchdown walk from Cousins. On Minnesota’s adjacent drive, Dalvin Cook’s 66-yard tally helped acceptable up a 1-yard TD tally by Cousins that made it 14-3. The Ravens appeared to person stopped the Vikings connected fourth-and-goal from the 2, but a walk interference telephone connected Chris Board gave Minnesota a caller acceptable of downs.

Down 17-3 precocious successful the half, Jackson threw a heavy walk for rookie Rashod Bateman. Xavier Woods arrived a spot early, and that walk interference emblem gave Baltimore a 42-yard summation to the Minnesota 5. Jackson flipped a touchdown walk to Freeman connected the adjacent play.

INJURIES

Baltimore was without WR Sammy Watkins (thigh) and RB Latavius Murray (ankle). Ravens DT Justin Madubuike and S DeShon Elliott were shaken up precocious successful the 4th quarter. … Minnesota was missing DT Michael Pierce (elbow), and CB Bashaud Breeland went down successful the 2nd 4th with a groin injury.

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