Harbaugh’s decision to go there added 25% to the chance of winning, according to Next Generation stats.
The two-yard gain capped a comeback victory for the Ravens that saved them from another loss to the Chiefs and a 0-2 start to the 2021 campaign.
Instead, the Jackson Ravens are 1-1 despite Jackson turning the ball twice in each of the first two games and winning for the first time in four games against Patrick Mahomes. .
“It feels good. It feels good to get rid of this monkey,” Jackson said, via Shawn Stepner of ABC Baltimore.
Jackson threw a pick-six in Baltimore’s first possession to Tyrann Mathieu and threw another at Honey Badger in the first quarter.
It was a bad start that hardly presaged the great end to come.
Jackson finished the game 18 for 26, passing 239 yards and one touchdown, and added 107 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. These three touchdowns all took place in the second half.
It was a 2-yard touchdown run from Jackson with 14:13 left in the game that reduced the Ravens’ deficit to 35-30 and it was a 1-yard run from Jackson that propelled Baltimore to its first. , the last and only lead of the match at 36-35 with 3:14 to go.
Then came the 2-yard conversion on fourth down which showed Jackson’s ability in the clutch and his coach’s confidence in him.
“Dude, anyway, shoot that first,” Jackson said in his NBC post-game interview about what’s going on in his head. “The coach asked me, ‘should we go? I said hell yeah.