The Ravens received off to a sizzling begin Saturday night time in massive half due to Jackson’s speeding potential. On Baltimore’s opening drive, Jackson transformed two third downs together with his legs, and two drives later, he had 40 speeding yards as the Ravens took a 14-point lead.
Jackson stated he wasn’t anticipating to run that a lot, however “it is soccer.” “You by no means know what is going on to occur throughout the sport, so that you simply must be ready,” he stated.
While Jackson did plenty of injury on the floor, he was nonetheless clean by way of the air. He went 16-of-21 for 175 yards and two touchdowns, the first on an ideal throw to Rashod Bateman on Third-and-13.
“When you may have 8 working the ball and throwing the ball like that, he is unbelievable,” tight finish Charlie Kolar stated.
The Ravens completed with 299 speeding yards behind Jackson and Derrick Henry, who had a Ravens postseason document 186 speeding yards. When the Steelers crashed down on Henry early on, Jackson stored the ball and ran. When they began specializing in Jackson, he handed off to Henry.
“It’s simply making my job lots simpler,” Jackson stated of Henry. “We simply piggyback off one another.”
