Monday Night Football: Ravens dominate Buccaneers, Cardinals stun Chargers with game-winning field goal

Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens had no issues on Monday night.
The Ravens cruised to a dominant 41-31 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first game of a “Monday Night Football” doubleheader at Raymond James Stadium in Florida. It marked their fifth straight win, and pushed them to 5-2 on the season.
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After falling into a 10-point hole right away, the Ravens put up 34 unanswered points to completely stun Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers. Jackson threw for five touchdowns, two of which went to tight end Mark Andrews, and Derrick Henry racked up 169 rushing yards — thanks in part to a wild 81-yard run in the second half.
The Buccaneers put up 21 points in the fourth quarter, but their push came way too late to give them a realistic shot at the win. They lost both star wide receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, too. Godwin went down in the final minutes with a gruesome leg injury, and had to be carted off the field.
In the other game of the night, Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals mounted a perfect game-winning drive to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 17-15 at State Farm Stadium.
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The Cardinals, after giving up a fifth field goal to Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker and falling down a point just inside of the two minute warning, marched down the field quickly to set up a 32-yard game-winning field goal from Chad Ryland.
Justin Herbert threw for 349 yards in the loss for the Chargers, but he didn’t throw a touchdown. He led them on a long eight-minute drive in the fourth quarter to set up Dicker’s fifth field goal, but they left too much time on the clock for James Conner and the Cardinals. Conner ran for 101 yards, had another 51 receiving yards, and set up the final field goal with a huge 33-yard reception on the winning drive.
The win pushed Arizona to 3-4 on the season while the Chargers fall to 3-3.
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