Unc & Ocho react to Lamar Jackson & Ravens losing to Patrick Mahomes & Chiefs

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Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson react to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs defeating Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in week 1 of the NFL season. Unc & Ocho break down Lamar’s game-saving pass to Isaiah Likely that got overturned and Chiefs’ rookie Xavier Worthy’s fantastic debut.

Looking Back At The Ravens-Chiefs Matchups Featuring Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes

The Ravens now know they will face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game at M&T Bank Stadium, renewing a tremendous rivalry between two of the league’s best quarterbacks.

The Ravens earned the AFC’s No. 1 seed with a 13-4 record, then opened the playoffs with a 34-10 divisional round win against Houston at frigid M&T Bank Stadium on Jan. 20. Lamar Jackson ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns and threw two touchdown passes.

A day later, Mahomes led the visiting Chiefs past the Buffalo Bills, 27-24, to reach the AFC title game for the sixth time in Mahomes’ six seasons as a starter.

This will be the first AFC championship game for the Ravens since their 2012 Super Bowl season, and their first ever at home. Baltimore hasn’t hosted a conference title game since the 1970 season, when the Colts beat the Oakland Raiders to advance to the Super Bowl.

Jackson frequently stresses that he doesn’t play against the other team’s quarterback, as he squares off against the opponent’s defense, but the Jackson-vs.-Mahomes narrative will be inescapable this week when the national media descend on the Ravens facility in Owings Mills.

Jackson is 1-3 in his career against the Chiefs, one of just two teams he has a losing record against as a starting quarterback. (Pittsburgh is the other at 1-3.)

After the Ravens suffered a 34-20 loss to the Chiefs in 2020 — his third loss in a row to them — Jackson called the Chiefs “our kryptonite.” Jackson finally scored his first win against the Chiefs a year later.

Here is a quick look back at the four meetings between the teams since Jackson became the Ravens starting quarterback midway through the 2018 season:

2018: Chiefs 27, Ravens 24 (OT)

In the fourth start of his career, Jackson had the Ravens on the brink of beating the then 10-2 Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium. But then Mahomes, essentially down to his final snap on fourth-and-9, escaped pressure and heaved a pass that Tyreek Hill caught for a 48-yard gain with 1:17 left. Four plays later, Mahomes threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Damien Williams to tie the game at 24 with 57 seconds left.

The Chiefs actually had a chance to win in regulation after Justin Houston strip-sacked Jackson and recovered the fumble for Kansas City at the Ravens 23-yard line. But Harrison Butker’s 43-yard field goal sailed wide right on the final play of regulation.

In overtime, Butker hit a 35-yard field goal for the lead. The Ravens then had a possession, but Jackson was shaken up and left the game after a second-down sack. Robert Griffin III took over and threw two incompletions that ended the game.

Jackson finished 13-for-24 for 147 yards and two touchdowns, and ran 14 times for 67 yards. Mahomes finished 35-for-53 for 377 yards and two touchdowns with one interception, by Chuck Clark.

2019: Chiefs 33, Ravens 28

The Ravens fell behind 23-6 at halftime, and a furious rally fell short in the Week 3 contest at Arrowhead Stadium. That would prove to be one of just two losses for the Ravens, who finished 14-2 and earned the AFC’s No. 1 seed.

The game was defined early by the Ravens’ aggressive approach, with head coach John Harbaugh going for a first down on fourth down three times in the Ravens’ first two drives. The first one, on fourth-and-3 from the Chiefs’ 9-yard line, essentially was Harbaugh acknowledging that the Ravens weren’t going to win in Kansas City with short field goals. Jackson got the first down, and Mark Ingram then scored a touchdown for a 6-0 lead. (The Ravens’ went for a two-point conversion after a Chiefs penalty moved the spot to the 1, but they were stopped.)

In the second quarter, the Ravens were stopped on fourth-and-2 from the Ravens’ 47, and five plays later, Mahomes threw an 18-yard touchdown to Demarcus Robinson.

Harbaugh later said that his theory was that possession mattered more than field position against Mahomes and the Chiefs. The Chiefs essentially proved that point when the Ravens punted after their next possession, and Mahomes connected with Mecole Hardman on an 83- touchdown pass for a 20-6 lead.

Trailing 30-13 entering in the fourth quarter, the Ravens rallied with touchdown runs by Ingram, who finished with 103 yards on 16 carries, and Jackson, whose 9-yard touchdown run cut the Chiefs’ lead to 33-28 with 2:01 left, but the Ravens never regained possession.

Jackson finished 22-for-43 for 267 yards and ran eight times for 46 yards and a touchdown. Mahomes was 27-for-37 for 374 yards and three touchdowns.

2020: Chiefs 34, Ravens 20

The Ravens finally got to host the Chiefs at M&T Bank Stadium in a Week 3 Monday Night Football matchup that was one of the most highly anticipated of the young season, but during the COVID season they played in an essentially empty stadium. Only 250 immediate family members were permitted to attend.

The Chiefs opened up a 27-10 halftime lead behind three touchdown passes and a touchdown run from Mahomes. The Ravens’ only first-half touchdown came on a 93-yard kickoff return by Devin Duvernay.

The Ravens cut the Chiefs’ lead to 27-20 early in the fourth quarter on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Jackson to tight end Nick Boyle, but the Chiefs responded with a 13-play drive that ended with a 2-yard, tackle-eligible touchdown to tackle Eric Fisher.

Jackson finished 15-for-28 for 97 yards through the air, the lowest in his career in a game in which he started and played the entire game. (He had lower numbers in two injury-shortened starts.) As a rusher, he led the Ravens with 83 yards on nine carries.

Mahomes finished 31-for-42 for 385 yards, with four touchdowns passing and one rushing.

2021: Ravens 36, Chiefs 35

The Ravens and Jackson finally topped the Chiefs as they rallied from an 11-point deficit with two touchdown runs by Jackson in the fourth quarter of a Week 2 “Sunday Night Football” matchup at M&T Bank Stadium — this time with more than 70,000 fans on hand.

It was a nice recovery for Jackson, who threw a 34-yard pick-six interception to Tyrann Mathieu on the game’s third play.

The Chiefs led 21-17 at halftime, and they built their lead to 35-24 when Mahomes threw a short pass to Travis Kelce that the All-Pro tight end turned into a 47-yard touchdown.

Momentum shifted, though, when Odafe Oweh pressured Mahomes into a poor throw that Tavon Young intercepted at the Ravens’ 44-yard line late in the third quarter. That began a drive that ended with a 2-yard touchdown run by Jackson.

After the Ravens forced a punt, Jackson engineered another sustained drive, and from the 1-yard line, he faked a handoff inside, rolled out and flipped into the end zone for a 36-35 lead with 3:14 left.

Oweh then recovered a Chiefs fumble, and the Ravens salted the game away when Jackson gained 2 yards on a bold fourth-and-1 call with a minute left.

Jackson finished 18-for-26 for 239 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. He ran 16 times for a game-high 107 yards and two scores.

Mahomes finished 24-for-31 for 343 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception. His passer rating of 131.5 marked his third straight of at least 130 against the Ravens.