Offensive mistakes pop up down the stretch.
Just when the Ravens offense looked to be getting into gear with the Henry-led running game, it stubbed its toe.
Baltimore’s next drive after Henry’s touchdown was short-circuited when Henry was flagged for a false start on third-and-1 from Baltimore’s 29-yard line. The Ravens were trying to run a tight end sneak with Charlie Kolar under center, and looked to have gotten it, but Henry flinched in the backfield and the play was negated.
“I wasn’t moving forward; I just moved my leg to the side,” Henry said. “I was trying to get my balance, and he snapped it right after.”
On the Ravens’ next drive, with the game tied and less than four minutes remaining, Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby came across the line and beat right guard Daniel Faalele to the inside for a sack and loss of nine yards on first down. That doomed the drive.
Crosby had two sacks and four tackles for loss. Lamar Jackson said the Ravens had the right protections on the play.
“Sometimes, you’ve got to have those one-on-one fights. Sometimes we’ve got to win those,” Jackson said. “We’ve got to find our mojo. We’ve got to find [it], and do what we do, because that’s not us at all.”