Madden Simulation: Ravens at Chiefs in Week 4
STOP!If you want to watch the simulation without spoilers, start this video or if you can't see it, click quarterZay Flowers was the early spark for the Baltimore Ravens, converting two critical third downs with gains of 2and 24 yards to push the Ravens deep into the Kansas City Chiefs' territory on GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. He hauled in three catches on the opening drive, quickly establishing himself as the focal point of the after all that momentum, the Ravens stalled inside the Kansas City 12yard line and had to settle for a field the Chiefs' first possession, something stood out that has been seen only rarely: the offensive line won the battle up front in the running game. Isiah Pacheco ripped off key gains on the ground, as the line consistently pushed back the Ravens' front the run setting the tone, the passing game opened up. Tyquan Thornton hauled in four catches on the drive, including a post route over the middle where Patrick Mahomes put a friendly touch on the ball that allowed Thornton to get into the end of first quarter: Chiefs 7, Ravens 3Second quarterBaltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson was sacked hard by Kansas City's Chris Jones, but that didn't slow him down. On the very next play, Jackson on the move slid to the side of the pocket and launched a deep ball that dropped perfectly into the hands of DeAndre Hopkins, who beat single coverage for a 54yard answered by spreading the ball around. He hit JuJu SmithSchuster for a first down, found Xavier Worthy for 23 yards over the middle on third down and connected with Pacheco on a designed screen. Mahomes even lowered his shoulder, diving headfirst to pick up a yard and move the after the twominute warning, SmithSchuster broke free on an inroute pass at the back of the end zone, once again giving Kansas City the Chiefs' defense kept the pressure on. Jones swallowed up Jackson for an yard sack, George Karlaftis forced him to throw out of another and Jaden Hicks jarred the ball loose from Rashod Bateman on what could have been a big thirddown conversion. The Ravens were forced to punt it back with just over a minute left in the City capitalized before halftime, adding three more points with Harrison Butker's 32yard field of second quarter: Chiefs 17, Ravens 10Third quarterPacheco got into Ravens territory with a screen first down, the Chiefs' right tackle Jawaan Taylor was flagged for holding. On the next play https://www.chiefsfullapparel.com/Chiefs_Charles_Omenihu_Jersey, Kansas City went back to the screen game, but this time the Ravens defense sniffed it out for a fouryard Chiefs' offense worked its way to a fourthand4, where Mahomes found Thornton on an inroute. Thornton made the catch but was stopped two yards short of the Ravens took over near midfield and leaned on the legs of Derrick Henry and the hands of Mark Andrews to march inside the Chiefs' 5yard line. Henry capped off the drive with a short touchdown of third quarter: Chiefs 17, Ravens 17Fourth quarterOn third down inside the Ravens' 20yard line, Mahomes took off with his legs to pick up the first down and more. But as he gained extra yards, three Ravens defenders converged and knocked him hard to the ground, forcing a fumble. Luckily for Kansas City, Mahomes fell back on it to keep the drive alive.A few plays later, Mahomes waltzed untouched into the end zone to put the Chiefs back on 's next drive went nowhere, ending with a Chiefs managed one first down on their following possession, but the drive stalled at midfield, and Matt Araiza's punt rolled into the end zone for a fourthand13, Jackson scrambled to pick up the first down.