ATLANTA - The Ravens didn’t need Lamar Jackson to steal one in Atlanta. They got a backup quarterback playing beyond his usual lane, a defense that just enough in the biggest moments, and an overtime drive that bled the life out of the Falcons before Tyler Huntley finished the job himself in a 30-23 win.
Huntley capped a 68-yard march in overtime with a quarterback sneak, and Kyle Hamilton sealed it with a game-ending interception of Tua Tagovailoa with a little more than two minutes left. By then, Baltimore had already dragged itself back from a late deficit, scoring the final 15 points to finish off its second straight victory.
The comeback started in a hurry. With 44 seconds left in regulation, Huntley found Devontez Walker for a 7-yard back-shoulder touchdown to close a six-play, 71-yard drive.
Derrick Henry followed with a wildcat run on the 2-point try to knot the game at 23. Atlanta never threatened after that; the Falcons couldn’t get past midfield on their next possession, and the game went to overtime tied.
Baltimore won the coin toss and took the ball, then delivered the kind of possession teams dream about in that spot. The Ravens went 14 plays, took more than seven minutes off the clock, and never gave Atlanta another opening.
Huntley, starting in place of Jackson after the quarterback sprained his ankle in a Week 4 win over Tennessee, finished 24 of 32 for 201 yards and two touchdowns. He wasn’t spectacular in the loud, highlight-reel sense.
He was steadier than that. The Ravens needed calm, accuracy and a little nerve at the end, and Huntley gave them all three.
Baltimore’s offense spent much of the night fighting through pressure and frustration, but it still rolled up 391 total yards at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Henry powered the ground game with 102 rushing yards, including an 18-yard touchdown on a screen pass in the third quarter. Zay Flowers caught eight passes for 53 yards, and Rashod Bateman added six receptions for 52 yards.
Mark Andrews had a much rougher night. The tight end dropped a would-be touchdown on third down early, then had the ball punched loose by Falcons safety Sydney Brown as he tried to turn a catch into extra yardage.
Jessie Bates returned the fumble 36 yards for a touchdown and a 7-3 Atlanta lead. Andrews later had a potential catch knocked away in the end zone on a 2-point attempt that would have tied the game at 17, and another third-down throw his way was broken up in the fourth quarter.
He finished with four catches for 28 yards, though he did come through with a key third-down conversion in overtime.
Tyler Loop was Baltimore’s only source of points in the first half, drilling field goals from 51, 51 and 21 yards. Even so, the Ravens went into halftime down 14-9.
Atlanta (2-3) had its own moments, but Baltimore’s defense made the key stops late. The Ravens held the Falcons to 367 yards, or 5.7 per play, and kept Bijan Robinson under wraps for most of the afternoon.
Robinson entered Week 5 as the NFL’s second-leading rusher, but he finished with 86 yards on the ground on 5.1 yards per carry. Drake London had seven catches for 118 yards, including a couple of critical third-and-long conversions.
Michael Penix Jr. didn’t complete a pass until midway through the second quarter and ended up 19 of 32 for 240 yards and a touchdown before leaving. Tagovailoa took over and watched the game slip away late, with Hamilton ending it on the final interception.
With the win, Baltimore moved into sole possession of first place in the AFC North and heads to Cleveland next Sunday for its AFC North opener.
Snoop, again
“Snoop” Huntley doesn’t look like the kind of quarterback who should be authoring game-tying drives and overtime winners. He’s the backup, the stabilizer, the guy teams hope can keep things upright when the starter is out.
But he was sharp when the Ravens needed him most, and the final stretch made that unmistakable. Huntley delivered the touchdown to Walker under pressure, then kept the offense moving in overtime until the Ravens finished the job.
An encouraging sign and a reason to worry
Even without Jackson, Baltimore still ran on Atlanta’s defense and found room for Henry and Justice Hill. That part has to feel good for the Ravens, because getting Jackson back only raises the ceiling.
The concern sits on the other side. The Ravens held Robinson in check and still gave up too many openings through the air. That has been an issue for a while now, and even if Atlanta’s passing game isn’t the toughest test Baltimore will face, the secondary still looks vulnerable.
Hello, new regime
This was the kind of win that gives a staff its own identity. The Ravens trusted Huntley, trusted the offense to grind out the final possession, and chose to take the ball in overtime after seeing what he could do in the two-minute drill. The result was methodical, relentless football - the sort of drive that wears on another team and leaves a mark.
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