Jackson somehow escaped a sacked, and connected with Zay Flowers for Baltimore’s first score of the game.
Jackson was 5-of-12 for 67 yards, 1 TD; 4 rushes for 27 yards; 1 catch for 13 yds.
Mahomes carving the Ravens up
Patrick Mahomes’ first quarter: 10-for-10, 86 yards, one touchdown.
In the first half, Mahomes was 20-of-25 for 161 yards, 1 TD; 3 carries for 18 yards.
Patrick Mahomes held onto the ball for 9.78 seconds and scrambled 25.9 yards before finding Travis Kelce for a 10-yd reception & first down.
Mahomes & Kelce have combined for 17 receptions on 4+ sec dropbacks this season, 4 more than next closest duo.#KCvsBAL | #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/P3FxDOytmR
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) January 28, 2024
Zay Flowers
Flowers had 2 catches for 39 yards and a touchdown in the first half.
Ravens defense
After talking tough to the Chiefs offense, Baltimore’s defense was gashed in the first half on the ground and through the air.
The Ravens allowed 221 yards in the first half on 43 plays.
Chiefs defense gets the turnover
Lamar Jackson had been so careful with the football prior to this matchup, but a strip sack from Charles Omenihu and the Chiefs took over on the Ravens 33.
Omenihu got around Ronnie Stanley.
Chiefs near perfect on third downs
Kansas City was 5-9 on third downs, while Baltimore was 1-5.
KC is 4-of-5 on 3rd down
the 1 miss? they converted on 4th down
on 3rd/4th down Mahomes is 4-of-4 for 9.5 YPA
on fire right now
Mike Macdonald needs to find answers and make adjustments asap
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 28, 2024
Ravens rushing attack
Baltimore ran the football 9 times in the first half and Lamar Jackson had four of those carries for 27 yards.
Gus Edwards and Justice Hill combined for 4 carries and 18 yards in the first half.
Isiah Pacheco
The Chiefs running back had 14 carries, for 41 yards and one touchdown in the first half.
Random notes
Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce tied Jerry Rice for the most postseason catches in NFL history during the first half and then past him two plays later.
Time of possession: Chiefs have run 29 plays to Ravens’ 13, even though Baltimore got the ball first. Time of possession is a whopping 16:03 to 5:47, and Kansas City still has the ball.
The Chiefs out-gained the Ravens 221-111 in the first half. Possessed the ball for 20:39 compared to 9:21 for the Ravens. Lamar Jackson: 5-of-12 for 67 yards, 1 TD; 4 rushes for 27 yards; 1 catch for 13 yds
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