John Harbaugh wins NFL’s battle of brothers as Ravens high Chargers | NFL

Lamar Jackson threw two landing passes and ran for a rating, Derrick Henry rushed for 140 yards, and Baltimore coach John Harbaugh improved to 3-0 towards his brother because the Ravens beat Jim Harbaugh’s Los Angeles Chargers 30-23 on Monday night time.

It was the primary matchup between the Harbaughs since Tremendous Bowl XLVII in February 2013, when John’s Ravens beat Jim’s San Francisco 49ers. Jim Harbaugh returned to the NFL this 12 months after 9 seasons at Michigan, the place he received a nationwide title. The brothers shared a fast hug and handshake at midfield after the sport.

Justice Hill ran for a 51-yard landing within the fourth quarter to place the sport to mattress for the Ravens (8-4), who’ve received three of 4. However Jackson stated his group nonetheless wants to enhance. “We completed the sport the right approach however we began off sluggish, we gotta repair that,” he stated.

The Chargers had began positively: Justin Herbert, who accomplished 21 of 36 for 218 yards on the night time, ran for a five-yard landing on a scramble up the center on the Chargers’ opening drive. However the Chargers went 54 minutes between touchdowns. Gus Edwards bought them to a 30-23 deficit with 45 seconds remaining. Baltimore’s Isaiah Probably recovered the following onside kick. Cameron Dicker had three area targets because the Chargers (7-4) had their four-game profitable streak snapped.

The Chargers needed to depend on Herbert and the passing recreation after operating again JK Dobbins suffered a knee damage within the second quarter. In the meantime, the Ravens completed with 212 yards speeding and outgained the Chargers 389 yards to 285. Henry didn’t rating a landing for the primary time this season however had a productive night time with 24 carries.

The Ravens trailed 10-0 early within the second quarter however scored on 5 straight drives to take management. Additionally they transformed three fourth-downs, together with a two-yard acquire by Mark Andrews on a direct snap late within the second quarter on fourth-and-one at their very own 16 on what ended up being the go-ahead drive.

“I assumed we may get it, I assumed Mark may get it on a quarterback sneak … that was an enormous turning level within the recreation,” stated John Harbaugh of his resolution to go for it on fourth down in their very own territory.

Jackson, who leads the league in whole yards, accomplished 16 of twenty-two passes for 177 yards. He additionally had 17 speeding yards, together with a 10-yard keeper off proper finish early within the second quarter to get the Ravens inside 10-7. 5 performs after Andrews’ fourth-down conversion, Jackson threw a deep ball to Rashod Bateman, who made a contested catch in the long run zone for a 40-yard landing, giving the Ravens a 14-10 benefit.

Baltimore prolonged their result in 23-16 when Andrews caught a six-yard cross at the back of the tip zone. The Ravens’ two-point conversion try was no good.

Hill put Baltimore up by two scores halfway by means of the fourth quarter along with his run off proper finish on third-and-three. It was the third TD run of at the very least 51 yards at SoFi Stadium in a 24-hour interval after Philadelphia’s Saquon Barkley had scoring runs of 72 and 70 yards en path to a 255-yard speeding night time towards the Rams on Sunday.