Patriots use trick play to stun Ravens on ‘SNF’

Nov. 16 (UPI) — Running encourage Damien Harris piled up 122 speeding yards and the Original England Patriots pulled off a trick play to ranking the dawdle-ahead touchdown in an upset victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Evening Soccer.

The Patriots trailed 10-7 about 5: 30 ahead of halftime ahead of huge receiver Jakobi Meyers connected with running encourage Rex Burkhead for a 24-yard touchdown to spark the 23-17 purchase on Sunday in Foxborough, Mass.

“It used to be one thing we practiced at some level of the last couple weeks, upright by no formulation know when or not it will come encourage up,” Meyers advised newshounds. “I’m bowled over that it got right here up all the plot in which via a rain game, but you know I quiet bought a itsy-bitsy bit. And I do know I had Rex accessible.

“Rex is a playmaker. … I effect the ball within the sky and let him defend a gamble on the ball. I upright effect the ball up there, he did the relaxation. ”

Patriots quarterback Cam Newton took the snap within the beginning up of the play. Newtown then made a transient left turn and threw a lateral to Meyers.

The Patriots huge receiver — who played quarterback in highschool — then dropped encourage ahead of he launched a high-arcing throw down the upright flank. The lob then fell between two defenders and landed in Burkhead’s hands upright as he crossed the aim line.

The Patriots then outscored the Ravens 10-7 within the second half of to in discovering the upset.

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson gave his squad an early edge with a six-yard touchdown toss to Willie Snead within the beginning up of the second quarter. The Patriots answered on the following drive when Newton threw a seven-yard touchdown strike to Burkhead.

Justin Tucker then made a 24-yard enviornment aim to give Baltimore a 10-7 lead ahead of the Patriots snatched away momentum with the trick play.

Newton pushed the Patriots lead to 20-10 when he ran for a four-yard ranking on the first possession of the second half of. Sever Folks added a 20-yard enviornment aim on the Patriots procure drive. Jackson answered by throwing one other touchdown toss to Snead on the Ravens subsequent drive, but neither workers added facets to the scoreboard at some level of the last 15: 14.

Newton achieved 13 of 17 passes for 118 yards and had a passing ranking and a speeding ranking. Jackson achieved 24 of 34 passes for 249 yards, two rankings and an interception. He moreover had 55 speeding yards.

The Ravens outgained the Patriots 357 to 308 in complete yardage within the loss.

“We’re discovering programs to purchase and that is the reason pretty principal been it,” Newton acknowledged. “We’re having sizable weeks of practice and following it up with in-game efficiency.

“Coach [Bill Belichick] preached about that and we upright desire to be clear that that we defend doing that and defend transferring forward.”

The Patriots (4-5) face the Houston Texans at 1 p.m. EST on Sunday at NRG Stadium in Houston. The Ravens (6-3) host the Tennessee Titans at 1 p.m. EST on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

“We’re ticked off,” Jackson acknowledged. “Nobody likes losing. None of you guys [reporters] would fancy it, especially when we bear rather about a talent on our workers. We now bear upright bought to regroup.”

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