Ravens vs. Jets: Live blog and instant analysis

Find out how the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets are doing in Week 15 on Thursday night football, as well as the up-to-date scores.

The Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets take to the field for Thursday Night Football. In the national spotlight, the Ravens have another golden opportunity to show how dominant they can be. But with the return of some familiar faces and an NFL record on the line tonight, there are plenty of other reasons to watch the Ravens vs. Jets this week.

If you can’t watch the game or want to get a little more insight on what happened, keep it tuned here. We’ll be providing up-to-date Ravens scores as well as instant analysis of each scoring drive

First quarter:

Ravens 0 – Jets 0

Drive analysis:

Instant analysis of Packers’ 20-15 win over Redskins in Week 14

Instant analysis of the Packers’ win over the Redskins on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Lambeau Field.

The Green Bay Packers used a 14-0 start in the first quarter and a smothering defensive performance against rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins to squeak out a 20-15 win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

It was over when …

… Davante Adams handled the onside kick with under a minute left, securing the win after the Redskins scored a late touchdown to cut the lead to five points.

Game balls

RB Aaron Jones: He rushed 16 times for a season-high 134 yards and led the Packers in receptions (6) and receiving yards (58). His 4-yard touchdown gave the Packers an early 7-0 lead.
DL Kenny Clark: He was dominant in the middle of the line, tallying 1.5 sacks, one tackle for loss and two quarterback hits.
PR Tyler Ervin: His four punt returns netted 51 yards. In fact, all four returns gained 10 or more yards and set up the Packers offense with prime field position.

Key Stat

175: The Packers rushed for 175 yards, the team’s most in a game this season.

Quick takes

– Ugly wins still count as wins, and Matt LaFleur’s team is 10-3, but it’d be hard to argue the Packers are operating at maximum capacity entering the final three games of the season. The offense’s performance was especially disheartening. They’ll get beat the next two weeks if they play at the same level they did Sunday.

– The Packers came into the game with -8 punt return yards. They’ll exit Week 14 with 43 punt return yards – 16 more than the previous NFL record for a single season low – after newcomer Tyler Ervin and better blocking sparked the Packers’ revival on punt returns.

– The Packers’ passing game remains frustratingly inconsistent. A mix of factors can be blamed, but more often than not, the offense’s lack of weapons in the passing game makes consistently scheming open players on time really difficult. Aaron Rodgers finished with 195 passing yards on 28 attempts despite facing a secondary missing its two starting cornerbacks.

– Packers receivers caught seven passes for 71 yards.

– Aaron Jones handled 22 touches but even that total didn’t feel like enough. He was the only consistent part of the Packers offense Sunday. He needed the football more.

– Jaire Alexander had his way with rookie Terry McLaurin until the final drive. It was a terrific one-on-one matchup for most of the afternoon.

– The Packers sacked Dwayne Haskins four times and probably should have sacked him on at least four other occasions. He was easy to find in the pocket, and once his ankle started hurting, he was easy to track down, too

– Kenny Clark had one of his best games of the season Sunday. On his sack, he beat two blocks to get to Haskins. Za’Darius Smith, who went out with a knee issue and then returned, produced another disruptive performance.

– Coach Matt LaFleur set a new franchise record with his 10th win as a first-year coach.

– Up next: The Packers welcome the Chicago Bears (7-6) to Lambeau Field for a Week 15 battle in the division on Sunday afternoon.

Ravens vs. Bills: Live blog and instant analysis

Click here to get the Ravens score and Bills score in Week 14 as well as instant analysis of each scoring drive to know what happened.

It’s December and the Baltimore Ravens have traveled north to fight against the Buffalo Bills. At 10-2 and holding the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff picture currently, the Ravens simply need to beat the Bills to clinch a postseason berth. But at 9-3, Buffalo likely isn’t ready to lay down for Baltimore and give up their postseason dreams either.

With the cold weather, implications and playoff atmosphere, we should have ourselves a great day of football. But if you’re unable to watch directly or just want to get a little insight on what’s happening on the field, we’ve got you covered. We’ll be providing up-to-date scores as well as instant analysis of each scoring drive so you know how things went down between the Ravens and Bills in Week 14.

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First quarter:

Ravens 0 – Bills 0

Drive analysis:

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Instant analysis of Bears’ 31-24 win over Cowboys

The Bears dismantled the Cowboys 31-24 to win their third consecutive game, where QB Mitchell Trubisky found success against Dallas.

The Chicago Bears delivered a 31-24 beatdown of the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday Night Football to improve to 7-6 on the season. It was Chicago’s third straight win as they look to keep their playoff hopes alive in the final quarter of the season.

Coming off an impressive performance against the Lions, the Bears offense had its best performance of the season against a solid Cowboys defense. They totaled 31 points and 382 yards en route to a convincing win that has this offense riding high after struggling most of this season.

Mitchell Trubisky continues to thrive on Thursdays. Following an impressive three-touchdown performance against the Lions on Thanksgiving, which earned him FedEx Air Player of the Week honors, Trubisky one-upped himself with his best game of the season against Dallas when the Bears needed it most.

Trubisky completed 23-of-31 passes for 244 yards and three touchdowns with one interception for a passer rating of 115.5. He tossed two touchdowns to receiver Allen Robinson, who five receptions for 48 yards, as well as one to receiver Anthony Miller, who three catches for 42 yards.

While Trubisky lit the Cowboys up through the air, he also used his legs to make plays, something that he did successfully last season but has shied away from this year. Trubisky had 10 carries for 63 yards and a touchdown, and he was able to utilize his mobility to pick up key first downs.

Newly-minted NFC Special Teams Player of the Month Cordarrelle Patterson continued to prove his versatility on special teams and offense on Thursday. Patterson had two kick returns for 44 yards, and he added one reception for 33 yards on offense.

The Bears saw substantial production from their tight ends against the Cowboys, where J.P. Holtz and Jesper Horsted shined for Chicago. Holtz led the team in receiving with 3 receptions for 56 yards, including a 30-yard reception that set up the Bears’ first touchdown of the game. Horsted added 4 catches for 36 yards, which doubled his total catches in his previous two games.

While the score might not indicate it, the Bears defense took care of business against the NFL’s best passing offense. The Cowboys drove 75 yards in 17 plays on the opening possession, and it looked like they might have their way with Chicago. But the defense buckled down and contained quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott, who was held to under 100 rushing yards for the fifth straight game.

While the Cowboys stacked yards and points against the Bears’ prevent defense in the fourth quarter, Chicago was able to stop one of the league’s best offenses without some of its biggest playmakers, including Akiem Hicks, Danny Trevathan, Prince Amukamara and Roquan Smith, who was injured on that first drive.

Linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski led the team in tackles with 10 combined tackles. Linebacker Khalil Mack and safety Eddie Jackson each had a sack of Prescott.

The Bears are riding a three-game winning streak with 10 days to prepare for a divisional contest against the Green Bay Packers. If Chicago can keep this momentum going — and the offense and defense continue to do their jobs — things should get interesting in these final three games.

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Ravens vs. 49ers: Live blog and instant analysis

Here’s the Ravens score and 49ers score as they square off in Week 13, alongside instant analysis of each scoring drive.

It’s Week 13 and that means another “biggest test” for the Baltimore Ravens, this time as they take on the San Francisco 49ers. As arguably the best team in the NFC, it is actually a really good litmus test for just how talented Baltimore is against another physical team and a potential Super Bowl LIV preview.

As the game of the week, you should be watching it live either on your television or on an NFL stream. But if you can’t keep up with the action, we’ve got you covered with the up-to-date score and instant analysis of each scoring drive as they happen. Keep it tuned here and refresh often to get all the insight during the game.

First quarter:

Ravens 0 – 49ers 0

Drive analysis:

Instant Analysis of Bears’ 24-20 win over Lions

The Bears overcame a 10-point deficit and notched their 2nd straight victory with a 24-20 victory over the Lions on Thanksgiving Day.

The Chicago Bears celebrated Thanksgiving with a 24-20 victory over the Detroit Lions. It was anything but a pretty win, but the win kept Chicago’s slim playoff hopes alive at 6-6.

The Bears overcame a 10-point deficit to defeat the Lions for a fourth consecutive time.

Chicago’s defense got off to a shaky start against third-string quarterback David Blough, who started the game with a 75-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Golladay. The Lions followed up that drive with a 10-play 78-yard scoring drive that culminated in a Blough to Marvin Jones Jr. and a 14-7 lead.

After jumping out to a 17-7 lead in the first half, Chicago’s offense battled back to cut the lead to 17-10 at halftime after a 30-yard Eddy Pineiro field goal.

Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky continued his hot streak against the Lions with perhaps his best performance of the season. He completed 29-of-38 passes for 338 yards with three touchdowns and one interceptions good enough for a 118.1 passer rating. Trubisky had just two incompletions in the

With the Bears thin at tight end, Jesper Horsted came up big for the Bears with an 18-yard touchdown reception that tied the game at 17-17 in the third quarter.

Chicago took its second lead of the game in the fourth quarter with a nine-play 90-yard drive that culminated in a Trubisky to David Montgomery three-yard touchdown pass.

With the Bears leading 24-20 with less than two minutes remaining, the Lions were threatening to score the go-ahead touchdown. The defense came up big, including a Roquan Smith sack for a 13-yard loss on third-and-nine.

But it was safety Eddie Jackson who intercepted Blough on a Hail Mary on fourth-and-22 with :29 left in the game that sealed the victory.

The Bears have a week before their next Thursday matchup, a primetime game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Instant analysis of the Packers’ 37-8 loss to the 49ers in Week 12

Breaking down the Packers’ miserable night in San Francisco that ended with a 37-8 win for the 49ers.

The Green Bay Packers got thoroughly dominated for the second time in a month on the West Coast, losing 37-8 to the San Francisco 49ers in a nationally televised Sunday night game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

It was over when …

… tight end George Kittle ran away from Kevin King and rumbled in from 61 yards out off a brilliantly designed play-action fake, giving the 49ers a 30-8 lead and destroying any hopes the Packers had of getting back into the game to start the second half.

Game balls

Offense: No game ball awarded.
OLB Za’Darius Smith: The defensive captain delivered 1.5 sacks and three quarterback hits. Both of his sacks ended drives.
Special teams: No game ball awarded.

Key Stat

3.2: Yards averaged per attempt by the Packers passing offense. They averaged a full yard more rushing (4.2). Overall, the offense averaged only 5.2 yards per completion.

Quick takes

– The Packers got dominated at the line of scrimmage on offense. It started early, got worse when Bryan Bulaga went out and never really stopped. Everything about the blowout starts there.

– Aaron Rodgers attempted 33 passes on 41 dropbacks. He produced 66 net yards passing, took five sacks, lost a fumble and scrambled three times for 13 yards. This was one of the worst ever performances in the long career of the future Hall of Famer.

– The Packers have fatal flaws. There is no second option in the passing game and they can’t cover the middle of the field. No magic cure is coming for either ailment. The 49ers and Chargers exposed each flaw mercilessly. Future opponents, if capable, will do the same. And there are plenty that can do it in the NFC field.

– Teams that can rush the passer with four players and cover effectively and consistently with seven are going to give the Packers a lot of problems. Matt LaFleur and Aaron Rodgers haven’t found an answer.

– I can’t shake the feeling that the 2019 Packers are just the 2015 Packers. They don’t scare anyone in the passing game and good offenses chew up their defense.

– The 49ers didn’t do anything special on offense, but they ran the ball well enough and found explosive plays in the middle of the field. Jimmy Garoppolo hit touchdown passes of 42 and 61 yards. Once again, the Packers defense got beat by the big play. Another fatal flaw.

– The Packers keep hitting new lows on special teams. JK Scott had a miserable night, and the punt return group lost more yardage. There is no bottom for Shawn Mennenga’s unit.

– The receivers behind Davante Adams did next to nothing. Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Geronimo Allison, Allen Lazard and Jake Kumerow combined for four catches on 10 targets for 23 total yards. The Packers not adding a legitimate No. 2 receiver at the deadline might have sunk their season.

– The Packers were 1-for-15 on third down. The one conversion came on the final drive.

– Things look really bad for the Packers right now, but they have two extremely winnable games coming up. Matt LaFleur’s team really needs to be 10-3 going into the final three games against the NFC North. It’s possible. This is still a playoff team, but they have a lot to figure out over the final month.

– Up next: The Packers go back on the road, this time to the East Coast for a game against the two-win New York Giants.

Instant analysis of Bears’ 19-14 win over Giants

Like most of the Chicago Bears’ wins this year, Week 12 wasn’t pretty, but they got the job done against an inferior opponent. The Bears got back into the win column on Sunday, beating the New York Giants 19-14 to improve to 5-6 on the year. After a …

Like most of the Chicago Bears’ wins this year, Week 12 wasn’t pretty, but they got the job done against an inferior opponent.

The Bears got back into the win column on Sunday, beating the New York Giants 19-14 to improve to 5-6 on the year.

After a slow first half that only produced three points, the Bears came out firing the second half, scoring two touchdowns and holding the Giants to seven points.

Mitchell Trubisky completed 25 of 41 passes for 278 yards, his highest total of the season, for one touchdown and two interceptions. He also ran for a score as well.

His touchdown through the air was a 32-yard dart to Allen Robinson in the third quarter, who led all players with 131 receiving yards on six catches.

On defense, Khalil Mack returned to his All-Pro form, strip-sacking Giants QB Daniel Jones to set up Trubisky’s rushing touchdown to put them up 19-7.

Jones did lead a late rally, scoring on a heave to WR Golden Tate on a 4th and 18 to pull the Giants within one score, but that’s as close as they would get. The Giants were also burned by two missed field goals by kicker Aldrick Rosas.

The Bears continue to play well enough to beat bad opponents on their schedule. While Trubisky flashed with crisp throws to Robinson and Anthony Miller, he also threw a pair of back-breaking interceptions that were simply bad decisions.

The defense shines when they play with the lead, but once again gives up a touchdown late in the fourth quarter. As a whole, the team simply plays too inconsistently and struggles to put together a complete game.

A short week awaits them as they travel to Detroit (3-7-1) for a second-straight Thanksgiving matchup as they attempt to keep their extremely slim playoff hopes alive.

Ravens demolish Texans 41-7: Instant analysis

The Baltimore Ravens absolutely demolished yet another playoff contender, taking down the Houston Texans by a final score of 41-7.

The Baltimore Ravens demolished yet another playoff contender, taking down the Houston Texans 41-7 in Week 11.

Though the Ravens and Texans got off to a slow start, Baltimore heated up quickly and put Houston in their rearview mirror before halftime. With Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and the offense applying pressure on the scoreboard, the defense applied pressure to Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, forcing bad throws and mistakes.

Take a look down below at my instant analysis of each scoring drive to see how the game flowed through four quarters.

First quarter:

Second quarter:

Ravens 7 – Texans 0

Drive analysis: We finally got a typical Ravens drive after a first quarter full of mistakes. Baltimore got tight ends Hayden Hurst and Nick Boyle, as well as fullback Patrick Ricard involved in the passing attack. Jackson adds 12 yards on the ground before wide receiver Seth Roberts highpoints a pass in the middle of the end zone for a touchdown.

Ravens 14 – Texans 0

Drive analysis: The Ravens are in a rhythm now. This drive got started with a 17-yard pass to Marquise Brown before Jackson picked up another first down with a 12-yard run. Running back Gus Edwards added a big run, finding a crease on the left side and outracing defenders for 26 yards into the red zone. A perfectly-placed 18-yard touchdown throw to tight end Mark Andrews add to the lead.

Third quarter:

Ravens 21 – Texans 0

Drive analysis: Getting the ball to open the second half, Baltimore marched down the field. A huge pass interference call on a deep throw to Brown got a big chunk of yards. Willie Snead got a high pass for a big first down before Ingram gets a short dump-off pass he took 25 yards untouched for a touchdown.

Ravens 24 – Texans 0

Drive analysis: Another game and another highlight-reel worthy run by Jackson. He showed power and agility, breaking away from and juking out defenders on a 39-yard scamper. Jackson was contained far better in the red zone, forcing a 34-yard field goal.

Ravens 27 – Texans 0

Drive analysis: Pressure got to Watson, forcing him to scramble and throw across his body. Right into a pile of Ravens players with linebacker Josh Bynes coming down with it. The offense is now playing conservatively, letting Tucker kick a 46-yard field goal to extend their lead and chew up clock.

Fourth quarter:

Ravens 34 – Texans 0

Drive analysis: Baltimore’s defense got the job done, stopping Houston on fourth down to get the ball back and keep the shutout going. The offense was content grinding down the clock until Andrews took a pass over the middle 51 yards into the Texans’ red zone. Two plays later and Jackson found Ingram on a 12-yard touchdown pass.

Ravens 34 – Texans 7

Drive analysis: With the game over and the Ravens sitting on the deep pass, running back Carlos Hyde broke open up the middle and raced defenders into the end zone on a 41-yard run.

Ravens 41 – Texans 7

Drive analysis: The Ravens are just trying to milk the clock and end this game with Robert Griffin III in now. But Edwards apparently wanted to get in on the fun as well, breaking off a 63-yard touchdown run. He made a great jump cut on the left side and it turned into a track meet as Edwards glided down the field untouched.

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