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Watch: Lamar Jackson hits Hollywood Brown for touchdown

Lamar Jackson found Marquise Brown for a Baltimore Ravens touchdown

Lamar Jackson is healthy and he is making the Dallas Cowboys’ defense look sick.

The reigning NFL MVP and Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback threw his second touchdown pass on Tuesday, connecting with Marquise “Hollywood” Brown for a touchdown in the third quarter against Dallas.

Jackson also had a running TD as Baltimore built a 24-10 advantage.

Former Oklahoma WR Marquise Brown scores touchdown in Baltimore-Pittsburgh game

Former Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown scored an electric 70-yard touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday.

Marquise Brown is very fun to watch play football.

His sophomore season in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens hasn’t been quite as prolific as his rookie campaign, along with many of his teammates who have also taken a step back from a year ago, but he has still provided some highlights this season including an electrifying long touchdown reception in Wednesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Down 19-7 late in the game, second-year quarterback Trace McSorley connected with Brown a little over 15 yards down the field and then Hollywood did the rest taking it 70 yards to the house.

The catch was Brown’s fourth of the day and brought him up to 85 yards on the afternoon.

It was only his third touchdown of the season compared to seven last year, so it’ll be interesting to see if Brown can use this play as a spark to a strong finish to the season.

Next up, he and his Ravens teammates are set to host his former rock-paper-scissors foe CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys next Tuesday night in Baltimore.

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Marquise Brown needs to step up or sit down

It’s time for the Baltimore Ravens to stop placating Marquise Brown and either expect him to step up or give his snaps to someone else.

Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Marquise Brown was expected to take a massive leap forward this season. But nine games down, Brown has been underwhelming and it might be time to take off the kid’s gloves when dealing with him.

Following the team’s Week 8 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in which Brown was targeted just twice with one reception for a three-yard touchdown, the second-year wide receiver vented his frustrations about the lack of looks in a now-deleted tweet. Quarterback Lamar Jackson and the coaching staff all said the right things, giving him some public support and promising to get him more involved in the offense. Two games later and it’s Brown that isn’t holding up his end of the bargain.

Sunday night against the New England Patriots, Brown had arguably his worst game this season. Jackson targeted him plenty enough, sending six passes his way. But Brown failed to show much effort, speed, or physicality to make plays, ultimately catching just two of those passes for 14 yards while watching one target turn into an interception.

Former Ravens receiver Qadry Ismail didn’t pull any punches when talking about Brown’s effort during the game, often lambasting the notion of Brown being a No. 1 receiver.

Ismail diagnosed some of Brown’s issues, calling him out for not accelerating at the top of the route or being physical enough at the point of attack while questioning his effort.

This isn’t the first time Brown has been called out for a seeming lack of effort or heart. Earlier in the season, Brown ducked out of bounds after a one-yard reception to avoid contact even though there was a lane inside that could have allowed a big play after the catch. Considering Brown got the bulk of the snaps (94%) among the wide receivers in Week 10 and no less than 85% of the offensive snaps since Week 5, what we’ve seen from him this year simply is not good enough. Until Brown can prove he’s capable of doing the things Ismail pointed out, I believe it’s time to give some of the other guys a bigger role and a bunch of his snaps.

Baltimore has been getting consistent results from Willie Snead for the past three weeks, seeing him catch 14 of his 18 targets for 207 yards and two touchdowns. Rookie Devin Duvernay has been getting an increase in his snap share and producing with it, catching seven of his nine targets for 115 yards over the last four weeks. Combined with tight end Mark Andrews and an increase in targets to the running backs, the Ravens’ passing offense could see improvements if they actually gave the productive guys more opportunities.

Brown was expected to dominate this season. He was entering his second year, a time when many young players note the game begins to slow down for them and a year’s worth of coaching has given them some of the tips and tricks necessary to turn their physical talent into in-game production. Brown had even more going for him this year, being fully healed from a foot injury that kept him out of training camp and limited his rookie campaign. An increase in weight without a loss of top-end speed pointed to Brown balling out for Baltimore in 2020.

Brown certainly isn’t alone in disappointing this season but the Ravens can’t allow him to not grow as a player and become a distraction at the same time. If Brown is going to complain and not produce, it’s time for some tough love to send a message that he needs to step up or sit down.

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Targets, Touches and TDs: Week 10

Reviewing interesting paces among fantasy football’s most surprising statistics.

We’re on the verge of double-digit weeks in NFL 2020, and as usual, the first nine weeks have produced no shortage of surprises.

The unexpected occurrences of the fantasy variety are our focus here, so this week we’re rolling with the TT&T: Surprise Statistics edition. Here are eight unanticipated figures we’ve culled from the season’s statistical tables to date, and we kick off things with …

The 6-2 Baltimore Ravens once again boast one of the league’s best records and are one of the highest-scoring teams with an average of 28.4 points per game. However, the Ravens aren’t offering much in the way of reliable fantasy production as no offensive player, outside of fringe-TE1 Mark Andrews, is currently ranked in must-start territory in standard 10-team leagues.

It starts with quarterback Lamar Jackson, fantasy’ No. 1 QB a season ago with an average of 30.9 fantasy points per contest — 4.8 points more than the next-closest quarterback. This season, he’s slipped to 23.6 points per game, which puts him 12th among QBs who have played at least five contests.

Jackson ranks second at the position with 469 rushing yards, but his aerial production has taken a marked dip as he is averaging nearly 20 fewer passing yards (189.1 from 208.4) per outing and is on pace for 24 passing touchdowns after tossing a league-leading 36 a year ago.

Even more perplexing is the rest of the backfield, which is currently an unusable, three-headed quagmire with none of the top three running backs (rookie J.K. Dobbins, Mark Ingram and Gus Edwards) averaging more than 8.1 fantasy points (point-per-reception scoring) per game. That’s low-end RB4 territory folks.

As for the wide receivers, speedy sophomore Marquise Brown leads the team with 49 targets, 30 receptions and 417 receiving yards, but he’s only averaging 10.5 fantasy points per contest (tied for 49th among WRs) and has finished with 9.7 fantasy points or fewer in five of eight games.

Andrews, meanwhile, is averaging 10.7 fantasy points (tied for eighth) courtesy of his five TD grabs, which are tied for third at the position. Still, Andrews ranks 13th among tight ends in receptions with 26 and 15th in yards with 297 and has not topped 6.2 fantasy points in a game since Week 5.

With 24 touchdown passes in eight games so far, Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is on pace to throw a career-high 48 TDs.

Rodgers is red hot with at least three TD passes and 283 passing yards in each of his last three games as his connection with WR Davante Adams (30 receptions for 422 yards and six TDs on 39 targets in those three contests) has gone from fire to mini-inferno.

Overall, only league-leader Russell Wilson (3.5) is averaging more TD tosses per outing than Rodgers, who is on pace to easily eclipse in season totals in his NFL MVP seasons of 2011 (45) and 2014 (38) and 2016 when he led the league with 40 TD passes.

Over the previous two seasons, Rodgers threw only 25 and 26 scoring passes and finished with TD-pass percentages (4.2 and 4.6) well below his career mark of 6.1. And with the Packers drafting a quarterback and failing to provide Rodgers with any notable pass-catching help in free agency or the draft — outside of WR Devin Funchess, who opted out of the season due to COVID-19 concerns — it’s no surprise that the soon-to-be 37-year-old Rodgers wasn’t a summer fantasy priority with an ADP of 11 among quarterbacks.

But thanks to his eye-popping TD numbers (8.6 percentage), he’s currently fourth among QBs with 29.5 fantasy points per game and is on track for his best fantasy finish since 2016 when he was the overall QB1.

Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen has thrown for 300 yards or more in five of nine games this season. He only hit that mark four times in his first career 28 contests.

The third-year quarterback matched his career high (from Week 2 of this season) with 415 passing yards and four total touchdowns Sunday in a 44-34 shootout win over Wilson and the Seahawks.

On the season, only the Atlanta Falcons’ Matt Ryan (2,746) and the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes (2,687) have thrown for more yards than Allen’s 2,587, and he’s averaging 287.4 yards per contest — a whopping 103-yard increase over his per-game average (over 28 contests) entering the season.

Allen’s 2020 aerial numbers have taken huge leaps across the board as his completion percentage of 68.9 is way up over his last season’s 58.8, his TD-pass percentage of 6.0 is well ahead of 2019’s 4.3, and his yards-per-attempt average of 8.2 is up over last season’s average of 6.7.

And with his rushing numbers (241 yards, five TDs) holding strong, Allen is well on pace for his second straight top-10 fantasy QB finish.

Playing for the 1-7 Jacksonville Jaguars, undrafted rookie James Robinson, from FCS Illinois State, ranks fifth among running backs with an average of 18.7 fantasy points per game.

With more rushing yards (580) than Ezekiel Elliott (572) and James Conner (520), more receiving yards (225) than Clyde Edwards-Helaire (224) and Dalvin Cook (173), more total TDs (seven) than Elliott and Josh Jacobs (six apiece) and more total touches (159) than Alvin Kamara (156) and fellow rookie Jonathan Taylor (126), Robinson has arguably been the come-out-of-nowhere fantasy find of the season.

Robinson was the 55th running back drafted on average with the preseason confusion over which Jacksonville RB — remember Devine Ozigbo and Chris Thompson? — would emerge as the team’s RB1 after the release of RB Leonard Fournette and the Reserve/COVID-19 list placement of Ryquell Armstead.

But it’s been Robinson from Day 1 as he’s handled a full 85.0 percent of the Jags’ total running back touches, including 132 of 139 rushing attempts.

He’s been a consistent fantasy force as well with double-digit fantasy points in all eight of his games this season and 14.7 or more points in six of his last seven outings.

RB Kenyan Drake and WR DeAndre Hopkins, both drafted as fantasy starters, are not even the Arizona Cardinals’ leaders in yards per touch or fantasy points per touch at their respective positions.

Drake is averaging 0.3 more fantasy points per game (12.2-11.9) than fellow Cards RB Chase Edmonds but has done so on 43 more touches in one fewer contest.

Edmonds is only 55 total yards behind Drake, and even given the latter’s 4-3 edge in TDs, Edmonds has been the far more efficient back, averaging 1.6 more yards per touch (5.9-4.3) and 0.47 more fantasy points per touch (1.15-0.68).

It’s much the same with the Cards’ wide receiver contingent.

Hopkins easily paces the group in receptions (60) and receiving yards (734), but second-year wideout Christian Kirk’s 24 receptions have resulted in 400 yards and six TDs — second only on the team to QB Kyler Murray’s eight rushing scores.

Factoring in a 3-yard run for Kirk, he’s still averaging 4.4 more yards per touch (16.8-12.2) and 1.61 more fantasy points per touch (4.13-2.52) than Hopkins.

Simply due to volume, Drake and Hopkins have been the more productive fantasy assets overall, but definitely do not undervalue or overlook the highly efficient seasons Edmonds and Kirk are enjoying on one of the league’s most potent offenses (first with 422.0 total yards per game and sixth with 29.3 points per outing).

Through nine games with the Carolina Panthers, WR Robby Anderson is only three receptions shy of his career season high of 63.

Only the Buffalo Bills’ Stefon Diggs (63) and the Los Angeles’ Chargers’ Keenan Allen (62) have caught more passes than Anderson’s 60, leaving him only three catches short of his career season high of 63 set in 2017 (16 games).

Anderson has done so this season with a 75.0 catch percentage, hauling in 60 of 80 targets. Entering the season, Anderson sported only a 54.2 career catch percentage and never caught more than 55.3 percent of his targets in four previous seasons with the New York Jets.

Anderson is simply being utilized on a larger route tree than he was as a deep-threat specialists with the Jets, and is averaging 2.3 fewer yards per reception (12.5-14.8) as a result. Anderson, though, has been much more efficient this season, averaging 1.4 more yards per target (9.4-8.0) than he did in his four previous campaigns.

However, Anderson has fallen off his career pace in TD receptions with only one so far in nine games. He averaged five per season in his four years in New York, with a total of 18 over his final three campaigns.

That’s the main reason why Anderson — a wideout who ranks third in both receptions and receiving yards (751) — ranks 18th overall at the position with an average of 15.7 fantasy points per game.

Diggs has 33.8 more fantasy points than fellow wideout and former Minnesota Vikings teammate Adam Thielen so far this season, despite catching four fewer TD passes.

Diggs is soaring in his new Buffalo home, leading the league in targets (91), receptions (63) and receiving yards (813) through Week 9.

Thielen, meanwhile, ranks 24th in the league in targets (58) and receptions (37) and 27th in receiving yards (480).

Thielen, though, has played one fewer game with eight and is averaging only 1.9 fewer fantasy points per contest (16.1-18.0) than Diggs, thanks to his seven scoring grabs, which, as aforementioned, is four more than Diggs has and is tied for fourth overall among pass catchers.

In summary, it’s a stark example of how switching locales can benefit a player as Diggs now plays on a Bills team that has attempted the league’s seventh-most passes (320 or 35.6 per game) while Thielen remains with the run-heavy Vikings who have attempted the league’s fewest passes (209 or 26.1 per contest).

In their four previous seasons together with the Vikings, the two wideouts’ numbers were nearly identical across the board with Diggs totaling 872.9 fantasy points on 450 targets and 339 touches in 57 games and Thielen compiling 862.6 points on 435 targets and 316 touches in 58 contests.

At age 33 and playing on his fourth team in seven seasons, Chicago Bears tight end Jimmy Graham is tied for third among tight ends with five TD receptions.

That puts Graham on pace for nine scoring grabs after he finished with more than six TDs once in his previous six seasons.

In his previous two seasons in Green Bay, Graham hauled in five TD passes total and finished as the 12th and 21st-ranked fantasy tight end, respectively, in terms of total PPR fantasy points.

Currently, he’s the TE11 with an average of 10.6 fantasy points per contest, despite ranking 14th with 302 receiving yards.

Overall, though, only three tight ends — Travis Kelce (80), Darren Waller (72) and Evan Engram (64) — have more targets than Graham’s 55 and only five at the position have more receptions than Graham’s 35.

That can’t be overlooked at a fantasy position of ongoing scarcity.

5 bold predictions for Ravens vs. Colts: Baltimore returns to its roots in Week 9

We predict the Baltimore Ravens get back to their roots of a smothering defense and tough running in Week 9 against the Indianapolis Colts

The Baltimore Ravens are looking to get back to the win column on Sunday and finally end what has been a terrible week. With season-ending injuries, a positive COVID-19 test, others with close contact, and players growing frustrated on top of losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers last week, the Ravens could really use a good showing this time around. We here at Ravens Wire believe that’s exactly what Baltimore will do against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 9.

Despite a growing list of concerns for this team, we believe things are looking up for the Ravens right now. While only another week in what is a long slog of a season, we’re predicting Baltimore gets back to their roots of strong running and smothering defense against the Colts.

Take a look at the five bold predictions we have in Week 9 as the Ravens take on the Colts.

Lamar Jackson: We’ve got to do a better job getting ball to Marquise Brown

In a now-deleted tweet, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Marquise Brown was seemingly upset at the lack of targets sent his way in Week 8 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown was targeted just twice in that game, catching one three-yard pass for a …

In a now-deleted tweet, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Marquise Brown was seemingly upset at the lack of targets sent his way in Week 8 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown was targeted just twice in that game, catching one three-yard pass for a touchdown.

Coach John Harbaugh might have downplayed the incident on Monday but quarterback Lamar Jackson acknowledged Brown’s complaint. Jackson said Brown is a big part of the Ravens’ offense and they have to do a better job getting him the ball.

“That’s one of our key players to our offense,” Jackson said Wednesday. “We want to get him the ball the easiest way, the fastest way, that we can. We just have to do a better job of getting it to him. He’s a big part of our offense and we need him. So, we just have to do better at that, and we’ll be fine.”

However, it’s worth wondering what getting Brown the ball more often would actually look like.

Brown is the most well-fed target in Baltimore’s offense right now, leading the team in targets, receptions, and receiving yards. While Brown is coming off a particularly down game, Jackson’s focus on him and tight end Mark Andrews have been the cause of some of Baltimore’s offensive woes this season. Throwing him the ball even more would mean having to force targets his way at the loss of other receivers who might be performing better in a given game.

This could also be Jackson placating his top target’s fears and frustrations. While not the most glamorous part of the job, it wouldn’t be the first time a franchise quarterback had to publicly support a top target after an outburst at the perceived lack of targets. In fact, it almost seems like an inevitable job responsibility for many successful quarterbacks over the years.

We’ll truly find out come Sunday if Jackson’s talk turns into action. If Jackson sends the ball Brown’s way more often against the Indianapolis Colts, his initial tweet would have worked. At the same time, if Jackson and Brown can finally hit on the deep throws, you won’t see Baltimore’s coaching staff complaining any.

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Ravens WR Marquise Brown vents frustrations following Week 8 loss

Getting just two targets in Week 8, Baltimore Ravens WR Marquise Brown questioned the usage of Baltimore’s top players vs. the Steelers.

The Baltimore Ravens didn’t play their best football in Week 8 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Falling to 5-2 on the season and seeing the offense once again struggle, wide receiver Marquise Brown took to Twitter to vent his frustrations in a since-deleted tweet. Brown seemed to call into question Baltimore’s usage of their top players. While it’s unclear exactly who Brown is talking about, it could easily fit his stat line from this game.

Against the Steelers, Brown was targeted just two times for three yards and a touchdown. His two targets came on back-to-back plays, seeing Brown be overthrown out of the back corner of the end zone only to get a three-yard touchdown grab on the very next play. Five other players had at least as many targets as Brown in this game with every other player who caught a pass had more yards.

It’s a dramatic difference from Brown’s stats before the Ravens’ Week 7 bye. In those six weeks, Brown averaged seven targets, four receptions, and nearly 63 yards per game.

Unfortunately, Brown isn’t alone in having a bad day. Baltimore’s passing offense struggled as a whole. Quarterback Lamar Jackson completed just 46.4% of his 28 passes for 208 yards, two touchdown throws, and two interceptions. While wide receiver Willie Snead feasted, catching five passes for 106 yards, the rest of the Ravens’ pass catchers had forgettable outings.

It’s a continuation of Jackson’s struggles this season. But where winning helps cure all ailments, losing against the only two quality opponents Baltimore has faced this season seems to be causing some issues in the locker room.

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Eagles CB Darius Slay to play vs. the Baltimore Ravens after clearing the concussion protocol

Darius Slay to play vs. the Ravens after clearing concussion protocol

The Eagles will have their best cover guy available for Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens when head coach Doug Pederson confirmed that Darius Slay had cleared the concussion protocol.

Slay left Sunday’s game against the Steelers with a head injury and was placed in the concussion protocol on Monday.

Slay will likely shadow Ravens second-year star, Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown.

Lamar Jackson needs to play better or Ravens will start losing games

With inconsistent play and well-known tendencies, QB Lamar Jackson either needs to step up or the Baltimore Ravens will start losing games

Though the Baltimore Ravens picked up another win, beating the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 5, the offense was far from the unit we all saw last season. After a 2019 campaign that broke records and earned quarterback Lamar Jackson an MVP award, Baltimore’s offense has been far more inconsistent in the early part of the 2020 NFL season.

One of the reasons might just be who Jackson turns to first when throwing the football. Astute fans might recognize that wide receiver Marquise Brown and tight end Mark Andrews lead the way in all receiving categories for the Ravens, and by a pretty wide margin. Brown leads everyone on Baltimore’s roster in targets (36), receptions (22), and receiving yards (319) while Andrews tops the charts with five touchdown catches, coming in at a close second in every other receiving category.

Unfortunately, Ravens fans aren’t the only people taking notice of where the ball is going. Following the game, Bengals safety Jessie Bates III and linebacker Logan Wilson both noted it’s the Brown and Andrews show through the air. Though both admitted Cincinnati’s defense didn’t do enough to completely shut both passing targets down, Wilson pointed to a far different second half for Jackson when they were able to slow Andrews and Brown down.

“It’s just as simple as not letting him get the ball,” Bates said about Andrews after Sunday’s game. “We know where Lamar wants to go: either ’15’ [Marquise Brown] or ’89’ [Mark Andrews]. It showed up today as well. That’s all he was really throwing to, was ’15’ or ’89.'”

“He’s Lamar’s go-to target,” Wilson said when asked about shutting Andrews down in the second half. “I think everyone knows that, especially in the red zone. So, we needed to adjust to that, knowing where he’s going to be, Lamar is going to be looking for him. Like I said, I think we adjusted to that in the second half.”

Both Bengals defenders have a solid point and the evidence backs them up. Jackson went 8-of-13 for 76 yards, and two touchdowns in the first quarter (one play into the second quarter really). But things slowed down quickly for Baltimore’s passing attack once Cincinnati was better able to lock up Andrews and Brown beyond that.

After going 6-of-9 for 56 yards and a touchdown in the first half, Andrews didn’t receive a single target in the second half. Brown caught 5-of-7 targets for 42 yards and a touchdown in the first half. But things dramatically switched up in the second half where Brown was targeted just three times, catching two passes for 35 yards, including one catch-and-run that went for 30 of those yards. Meanwhile, after going 16-of-28 for 137 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the first half, Jackson went 3-of-9 for 43 yards in the second half.

On the day, Jackson completed just 19 of his 37 targets (51.4%) for 180 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception. While those stats might not seem awful, Jackson’s 4.86 yards-per-attempt for the game is the third-lowest of his 27 career starts. And anyone watching Sunday’s game likely noticed the Bengals could have easily come down with another two or three interceptions if defenders could catch a ball thrown right into their chest.

It’s not as simple as Jackson just pinpointing two receivers, however. Something many young quarterbacks struggle with at the beginning of their careers is throwing outside the numbers. Outside passes have to have a lot more touch, the timing is even more important, and it’s typically where the best defensive backs are going to be.

Bates was on top of that tendency as well. When asked how Cincinnati’s defense tried to force Jackson to throw outside the numbers, Bates said the gameplan was to load up the middle of the field “where all their completions come from.” Taking a quick look at Jackson’s passing chart for the game only proves Bates’ point, with every deep shot and a majority of the outside throws falling to the turf.

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If you’re an opposing defensive coordinator, it seems as though Bates and Wilson just drew up your gameplan against Baltimore until Jackson steps up his game and can beat it.

It might not be fair to put all the blame on Jackson here. Offensive coordinator Greg Roman is also partly responsible, as are the other receiving targets who have struggled to get open, and the rushing attack that has been just average this season. It’s also worth noting that with a condensed offseason and no preseason games due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jackson and this offense are still clearly working on things like timing and chemistry.

But at the same time, Jackson is the Ravens’ franchise quarterback and is fresh off an MVP season. We all know he can play better football than this but it’s up to him to actually do it. In Week 5, Jackson missed a few wide-open receivers, instead, trying to target his favorites or looking for a deep ball that wasn’t within a country mile of his intended target. Whether it’s a knee injury that is hampering him more than anyone is letting on, or a desire to try and prove his toughest critics wrong, Jackson isn’t playing smart or consistent football right now.

The Ravens got lucky the last two weeks and they’ll face another relatively easy opponent in Week 6 in the 1-3-1 Philadelphia Eagles. But with a schedule that quickly gets tougher following that, Jackson has very few weeks to either improve as a passer or get smarter about where he’s throwing the ball, or Baltimore could start chalking up losses.

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Oklahoma’s Marquise Brown, Mark Andrews catch touchdowns for Baltimore

The Baltimore Ravens lead the Cincinnati Bengals 20-0 in the fourth quarter, thanks in large part to a pair of former Oklahoma Sooners. 

The Baltimore Ravens lead the Cincinnati Bengals 20-0 in the fourth quarter, thanks in large part to a pair of former Oklahoma Sooners.

Baltimore tight end Mark Andrews found the end zone first for the Ravens, catching a five-yard touchdown pass from Lamar Jackson to give Baltimore a 10-0 lead late in the first quarter.

Andrews has six catches for 56 yards and a touchdown thus far.

Early in the second half, Jackson found another former Sooner, Marquise Brown, from two yards out to give Baltimore a 17-0 lead.

Brown also has six catches on the day and leads the Ravens with 77 yards receiving.

Baltimore is looking to improve to 4-1 on the season and keep pace with AFC North leader Pittsburgh.