ExtremeRavens Posted September 25 Posted September 25 The Ravens got their first win of the season Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. But unlike cornerback Marlon Humphrey, quarterback Lamar Jackson was in no mood for revelry or celebration. On the team’s plane ride back to Baltimore, the two-time and reigning NFL Most Valuable Player quickly shut down Humphrey’s Instagram Live as the former All-Pro sought Jackson’s thoughts on the 28-25 victory in which the Ravens nearly blew a 22-point lead. “Marlo gonna be Marlo,” Jackson said after Wednesday’s practice in Owings Mills. “I just didn’t want the camera on me at the time. He knows this [but] I’m all about winning. I like to, I don’t wanna say win in style, but I just, when we’re up I just wanna punish people. I just want to get out of there with a dub. “We got things to work on. There’s always things to work on, no matter if we beat a team 40-0 or 28-[25].” Still, Humphrey basked in the win, which moved the Ravens to 1-2 on the season with a showdown against the undefeated Buffalo Bills (3-0) and quarterback Josh Allen at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday night looming. “Lamar, talk to us a little bit about getting that first down, you know the flock, they gotta hear from you,” Humphrey said in the video, referencing Jackson’s 10-yard run with under two minutes remaining to seal the win. Jackson was not amused, however. “We got the dub. Keep stacking. You shouldn’t even be live right now,” he told Humphrey from his seat, pointing his finger at the veteran. “We gotta get right.” Humphrey then said “Yes, sir,” and complimented the quarterback’s jewelry and the amount of “drip” he had on before the two shook hands and the video cut out. Jackson was efficient against Dallas, going 12-for-15 for 182 yards with a touchdown along with accounting for 87 of the team’s 274 rushing yards, but the Cowboys staged a furious comeback with 19 fourth-quarter points to nearly erase the deficit. Asked Wednesday what “getting right” looks like to him, Jackson said playing “Ravens football.” “Put points on the board,” he continued. “Those guys on the other side, our defense, just stopping people, and it’s like, man, Ravens didn’t take their foot off their neck. That’s how I look at games with us.” While Humphrey hasn’t spoken with the media since Sept. 2, coach John Harbaugh said after the game that Jackson was “phenomenal.” Teammates have also lauded the quarterback’s leadership and his being more vocal this season. That was especially true after an 0-2 start that included losses to the Chiefs in Kansas City and an embarrassing, mistake-filled defeat in their home opener against the Las Vegas Raiders. The message following the latter was simple, according to tight end Isaiah Likely. “What we’re putting on film, on the field, just hasn’t been us,” Likely recounted. “We’ve been beating ourselves and harping on the little things. Play our brand of football and let’s see if they can beat us if we’re not beating ourselves.” Fourth-quarter collapses and being the most penalized team in the NFL have been among Baltimore’s biggest problems. They avoided a meltdown Sunday, but the Ravens have suffered 10 losses after leading by seven or more points in the fourth quarter since 2021, the most in the NFL. “When another team scores and we’re really just getting off the field and not helping our defense out, that’s the frustrating part,” Jackson said. “We gotta do something, too. We can’t just let another team look like they just steamroll and make a comeback, because that’s happened in the past and we wasn’t trying to let that happen again.” View the full article Quote
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