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For the second straight week, the Cincinnati Bengals are set to host the Baltimore Ravens. This time, however, this game will end one team's season and ...

The good guys lost that game but they're undoubtedly the better team between the two heading into this matchup. Baltimore rested a lot of their starters last week but now they'll be rested and ready to go. This time, however, this game will end one team's season and we're all hoping that it's the Ravens whose season is about to end.

The Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 24-17, to advance to the AFC Divisional Round for the second consecutive year.

The Ravens didn't snap the ball again until there was 34 seconds left on the clock, and after a holding penalty on [Kevin Zeitler](https://www.nfl.com/players/kevin-zeitler/)pushed them out of the red zone (on a running play, no less), the Ravens were forced to rely solely on the pass. Baltimore had a chance to send this game to overtime or potentially win it (with a two-point conversion) in the final minutes of the game, and Harbaugh had two of his three timeouts still in his pocket for the final drive. A last-ditch heave to the end zone nearly produced a touchdown, but the ball glanced off [James Proche](https://www.nfl.com/players/james-proche/)'s hands. With Huntley facing an uphill climb in terms of yards-to-go and time remaining, he forced two passes in the direction of [Mark Andrews](https://www.nfl.com/players/mark-andrews/), which both landed incomplete. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/greggrosenthal/status/1614842108153823232), Baltimore found a way to turn the usually explosive Bengals offense into the [Baker Mayfield](https://www.nfl.com/players/baker-mayfield/)-led Panthers in their last two games. He did enough to give Baltimore a chance to win, especially after he connected with [Demarcus Robinson](https://www.nfl.com/players/demarcus-robinson/)for a 41-yard touchdown. Dobbins](https://www.nfl.com/players/j-k-dobbins/)gained 11 yards on a short pass, reaching the Bengals' 17-yard line. The next team awaiting them -- Buffalo, which features a defense that had eight players record two-plus pressures versus Miami Sunday -- has to be salivating at the thought of rushing Burrow with a very banged-up offensive line. After gaining just 90 yards in the second half of their regular-season finale against the Ravens, the Bengals finished with just 234 yards of offense for the entire game. From there, the defense stepped up to the challenge of preventing Huntley and Co. [Lamar Jackson](https://www.nfl.com/players/lamar-jackson/)stayed home for this one, leaving the responsibility in the hands of Huntley to try to push the Ravens to the Divisional Round. Much like the second half of their Week 18 meeting, the Bengals encountered a defense that was difficult to solve.

Tyler Huntley was about to give Baltimore the lead, until a forced fumble and 98-yard return changed the game.

Robinson got 4.7 yards of separation after faking out Bengals cornerback [Eli Apple](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3040506/eli-apple) on a double move. [Marcus Peters](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2578378/marcus-peters) was a liability in his return after missing three games with a calf injury. [Demarcus Robinson](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3043116/demarcus-robinson) in the third quarter was one of the most surprising plays of the game. In the first quarter, Peters' taunting penalty -- he got in the face of [Joe Mixon](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116385/joe-mixon) when lying on top of him -- led to Cincinnati's first touchdown. [Jonah Williams](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4040726/jonah-williams) was ruled out of the game with a left knee injury. [Logan Wilson](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3918330/logan-wilson) punched the ball out of Huntley's grasp. That leaves Cincinnati without three starting linemen if Williams and right guard [Alex Cappa](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3059021/alex-cappa) cannot play against Buffalo in the divisional round. Baltimore was the last remaining NFL team that was undefeated in road wild-card games. [Joe Burrow](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3915511/joe-burrow) had some stellar moments. He also scrambled out of the pocket and found wide receiver [Tee Higgins](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4239993/tee-higgins) for a 2-point conversion that gave the Bengals a 17-10 lead. The previous longest fumble return in the playoffs was 93 yards by Andy Russell in the 1975 divisional playoffs vs. As Huntley tried to extend the ball over the goal line for a touchdown, linebacker

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport says Baltimore Ravens still view Lamar Jackson as franchise QB, resuming contract extension talks in offseason.

For the third time in the 2022-23 NFL season, the Baltimore Ravens will play the Cincinnati Bengals, and these two teams have a score to settle.

The Ravens must play free and fly to the ball. It’s time to use those pads and win the game. This will allow the Ravens to rotate players and feed their backs the ball. On defense, leaders like Calais Campbell, Roquan Smith, Marcus Williams, and Chuck Clark will be consistently communicating on the field to place everyone in position. The Ravens, on the other hand, can boast about their run game and hard-nosed defense. Despite losing a week ago, missing their starting quarterback, and losing three of their last four meetings against Cincinnati, the Ravens come into this game properly motivated.

The Bengals flipped their playoff game vs. the Ravens with one of the longest defensive TDs in the playoff history.

Instead, it turned into a backbreaking turnover and the longest fumble return in the history of the NFL playoffs. This is truly an incredible play by Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson to force the fumble just before Huntley could cross the plane for a touchdown. They were on the doorstep of scoring a touchdown and taking the lead in playoff game no one gave them a chance to win. Cincinnati linemen Sam Hubbard caught the ball and rumbled 98 yards for a touchdown. Watch video of the play here: Yet early in the fourth quarter, the Ravens and Bengals were tied and Baltimore was driving behind the inspired play of backup QB Tyler Huntley.

The Ravens are planning to use both Tyler Huntley and undrafted rookie Anthony Brown at QB in Sunday night's wild-card game against the Bengals, ...

But Brown is more prone to mistakes, turning the ball over three times (two interceptions and a fumble) last Sunday. In four starts this season, he has completed just three passes that have traveled at least 20 yards. Huntley was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday before being a full participant Friday.

With an injured Lamar Jackson out, the Baltimore Ravens reportedly plan to use both backup quarterbacks during Sunday night's AFC wild-card game against the ...

Head Coach John Harbaugh said it was a quarterback sneak play that was supposed to go low, but Tyler Huntley saw a look that made him jump.

"They just made a play and just happened to take it all the way back." I just tried to make a play," Huntley said. "I'm going to be thinking about that the whole offseason, how just one play, they won the game. I thought I cleared the line," Huntley said. That's the way the play is designed." "Tyler went over the top; that's a 'burrow' play.

Sam Hubbard scored on a 98-yard fumble return, the longest in postseason history, and Joe Burrow accounted for two touchdowns as the Cincinnati Bengals ...

The Ravens followed up the Bengals' touchdown with a 17-play, 75-yard drive that lasted 10:03. But Wilson leaped and knocked the ball out of Huntley's hands and right to Hubbard, who raced 98 yards to give the Bengals a 24-17 lead with 11:39 remaining in the contest. Baltimore's final drive was plagued by shaky time management and the last play came on fourth-and-20 from the Cincinnati 27. McPherson missed the extra point, leaving Cincinnati up by nine. Burrow passed for 209 yards and one touchdown and rushed for another score for the Bengals, who won their eighth straight game and will visit the Buffalo Bills in next weekend's divisional round. Huntley started in place of Lamar Jackson (knee), who missed his sixth consecutive game.

Sam Hubbard returned Tyler Huntley's fumble 98 yards for a tiebreaking touchdown in the fourth quarter, helping Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals beat ...

The Ravens' 2022 season closed with a bitter pill to swallow in a wild-card playoff loss in Cincinnati. In a game that not many pundits felt the Ravens had ...

The Ravens were so close in so many ways. That year, the Ravens were threatening to tie the game at the end of the third quarter, when Jackson was intercepted by Taron Johnson in the end zone and he returned it for a 101-yard touchdown. The Ravens entered the game ranked 30th in the league in red zone efficiency, scoring a touchdown 46% of the time. The Ravens tried all kinds of things in the red zone, but simply turning around and handing it to Dobbins may have been the best option. Chase added his sixth catch on the first play of the second quarter – a 7-yard touchdown. Dobbins in which he showed his heart to fight through a tackle and stretch to get the ball over the goal line. The Ravens defense got stronger as the year went on. It was going to take more than just a jump and ball extension to reach the goal line. Even though the Ravens were on the 1-yard line, it was a long 1. The Ravens were at least going to take a fourth-quarter lead, potentially go up a touchdown. But this was a game the Ravens had in their grip, and it slipped through their fingers. Without Lamar Jackson, the Ravens were heavy underdogs, at least according to the outside world.

The Baltimore Ravens came up short in their wild card matchup against the Bengals on Sunday night, falling to Cincinnati 24-17. After falling behind by two ...

The Ravens could have had a full minute to gain 17 yards with a full set of downs and one timeout to work with. If Harbaugh was set on not using a timeout, the Ravens could have at least gone no-huddle to give themselves more time to work with. The Ravens’ clock management at the end of the game will be highly scrutinized in the days to come and rightfully so. They began to control the game late in the third quarter after tying the score and forcing a quick three-and-out. They gave up next to nothing on the ground and forced Joe Burrow to beat them primarily with underneath and intermediate throws. The Ravens had three chances to gain three yards.

The Baltimore Ravens' season is over after a 24-17 wild-card loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night. Like the Miami Dolphins earlier on Sunday, ...

The Baltimore Ravens lost, 24-17, to the Cincinnati Bengals in the Wild Card round, ending their season on an extremely sour note.

Huntley was able to make some show-stopping plays on the ground and in the air, including a deep pass to Demarcus Robinson for a 41-yard touchdown in the third quarter. It was Huntley’s first attempt of the game that was over 10 yards in the air, and it was Robinson’s first deep reception of the season; it also marked the first time Baltimore scored two offensive touchdowns in a game since November. The Ravens are now on the losing end of two awful NFL records, but this loss to the Bengals hurts more considering how surprisingly well the team played all game. Dobbins, for all his talent and efficacy, didn’t receive a single carry in the red zone on Sunday night. A Cincy defender knocked the unprotected ball out of Huntley’s hands into Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard’s lap, and Hubbard cradled that rock all the way for a 98-yard fumble-six. Dobbins or Gus Edwards, both of whom were running extremely well at that point, to pound it into the end zone?

The Ravens fell to the Bengals in the Wild Card round, 24-17, but this didn't feel like the team's other hopeless games. Baltimore actually had a chance.

They essentially treated Joe Burrow as a Mahomes-eque quarterback who was capable of driving down the field for a game-winning score in 13 seconds or fewer. Yet when the Ravens needed time the most, they fumbled the bag. It’s how they scored their first touchdown, which consisted of 17 plays for 75 yards that ate up 10 minutes of the clock. Twitter reacts to Ravens’ horrific play clock management at the end of Wild Card game Dobbins who ran it for 11 yards. Head coach John Harbaugh had used the clock in his favor for most of the game, keeping the ball in the Ravens’ hands for as much as possible as the team pounded the rock over and over again.

In some situations, this is how trades get rolling. In others, it's how contract negotiations come to a head and deals get done. Either could happen with ...

J.K. Dobbins had about half of the offensive snaps. Kyle Hamilton finished the season strong with the defense's highest grade.

Dobbins played nearly half of the offensive snaps (49%), but had only one more carry than Gus Edwards, who played 30% of the snaps. - The Ravens' backup offensive linemen got some usage due to a brief injury to Morgan Moses and goal-line work. Oweh got the defense's third-highest grade (89.4), which was by far his highest mark of the season. - Outside linebacker Odafe Oweh played 55% of the snaps, his highest percentage since Week 9 against the New Orleans Saints. Hamilton earned the defense's highest grade of a 90.8 from PFF and gave up just 35 yards on four passes that came his direction. He played 91% of the snaps (tied for his season high) and finishing with a team-high nine tackles, including a huge hit on tight end Hayden Hurst to force a fumble, which Hamilton recovered himself.

Ravens players strongly supported starting quarterback Lamar Jackson after Monday's final team meeting of the season.

[Chuck Clark](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3045463/chuck-clark): "He's not healthy. [Sammy Watkins](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16725/sammy-watkins) implied to The Washington Post that Jackson would be back on the field if not for a contract standoff with the team. 8 as a person, as a player and as a friend." "I have nothing but love and respect for No. "When you do this at a high level, you know if you can be effective or not," Stanley said. I was just very selfish in saying, 'Shoot, I hope he plays, and I hope he hobbles out there.' It was nothing personal. I think it's in the best interest of the Ravens organization to give him a long-term contract and make him 'the guy.'" "The outside world, and all the different narratives that people paint in their minds, sometimes it's humorous," Campbell said. Jackson and the Ravens can now resume negotiations on a long-term deal after suspending talks at the start of the regular season. He really wants to win, contrary to popular belief." Now, Baltimore will have to decide whether to reach a long-term deal with Jackson, put the franchise tag on him or look to trade him. Baltimore failed to score more than 17 points in a game during Jackson's absence.

As the Ravens cleaned out their lockers Monday, many team leaders expressed their desire for Lamar Jackson to return next season.

"Yes, I hope that he's going to be back," Andrews said. I love the guy, so I hope he's back." He's a competitor, he wants to win, and this is his team and his offense. I thank him every day, the type of person he is, the type of player he is, the type of teammate he is. I think it's in the best interests of the Ravens' organization to give him a long-term contract, make him our guy." As he gets older and more wise, he'll learn how to take care of his body in different ways." I trust Lamar." I truly believe he worked as hard as he could to give himself a chance to play. Left tackle Ronnie Stanley said he could relate to Jackson's situation on a personal level. We get to talk to him. "I know it's football, and there's always some new exciting toy, new exciting kid that has potential to go out there and be great. But as the franchise quarterback enters another offseason without a long-term contract, Campbell believes the best move for the Ravens is to move forward with Jackson.

The Baltimore Ravens lost a heartbreaking wild-card game Sunday night against the division rival Cincinnati Bengals, which not only means their season is ...

You don't neglect it. You appreciate it. You don't take chances losing it. The 26-year-old did not travel with the team for its playoff game against its AFC North foes after ruling himself out in the social media post, another move that people have overanalyzed. Just one day after the Ravens' season-ending defeat, we already have a social media message to decrypt, with Jackson [posting the following on his Instagram story](https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1615025317525204992?s=20&t=1FMH70UDmmEatAq2x-bRCw): [Whether Jackson will be back in Baltimore next year](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/lamar-jacksons-future-with-ravens-heres-what-we-know-about-the-former-league-mvps-contract-situation/) -- and if he does stay, what the price will be -- are major storylines heading into the 2023 season.

As Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson enters the offseason without a contract and ends a second straight year sidelined by injury, multiple Ravens players ...

8 as a person, as a player and as a friend." 12 that he had a grade 2 PCL sprain, saying it still had "inflammation" and was "unstable." I think it's in the best interest of the Ravens organization to give him a long-term contract and make him 'the guy.'" But if you ask the players for a forecast, Baltimore's key contributors appear to badly want their QB1 back. The offense sputtered to a halt without him and limped into the postseason averaging 12.5 points a game in its final six regular-season contests. But this is a business of 'for sures' and 'knowns,' and you know who Lamar Jackson is.

The Baltimore Ravens were eliminated from the postseason Sunday night following a devastating 24-17 defeat to the Cincinnati Bengals.

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But in the biggest moments, things slipped from their grasp in what The Athletic's Jeff Zrebiec called "microcosms of their season." "[The fumble on the goal ...

"They need to find a wideout running mate for Bateman, and this class should offer a few potential pass-catchers in the Ravens' first-round range." Could the Ravens make a big move and trade for DeAndre Hopkins?" "The Ravens have to improve this wide receiver group," Hensley wrote. Doon's critique involved the Ravens players huddling up to get the next play in after running the ball and the clock continuing. "Saving them for a red zone trip you may never make (and the Ravens never did) seems more like folly and hubris than the right kind of coaching decision. "The Ravens elected to huddle after the play and not use one of their two remaining timeouts, letting 35 seconds tick away before an incomplete pass stopped the clock," Doon wrote. After Burrow retook the lead for Cincinnati late in the third quarter, the Ravens quarterback answered just three minutes later with a 41-yard touchdown bomb to Demarcus Robinson to tie the game up." Of course, just as we're told in our youth, playing the "What if?" "What if the Ravens had scored a touchdown when they had a first-and-goal from the Bengals' 3 late in the second quarter, rather than settling for a 22-yard Justin Tucker field goal and a 10-9 halftime lead? They did so much right and still, they ended the night searching for the words to explain why it had not worked out." "…The Ravens thought they'd scored; the Bengals had scored." With great frequency, Ravens games boiled down to the final minutes of the fourth quarter this season; both the Ravens, and their opponents, were never out of it until the end.