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Football truly is a game of inches, and the Ravens found out the hard way during their loss to the Chiefs on Thursday night. On the final play of the game, Isaiah Likely appeared to catch a game-tying touchdown pass, but his toes were out of bounds. If his shoe had been two sizes smaller, the Ravens might have won. The moral of the story here: He needs smaller shoes.
We’ll be breaking down that play, plus taking a look at everything else that happened during Kansas City’s 27-20 win. Not to mention, we’ll be taking a trip to Brazil in today’s newsletter. It won’t be an actual trip because our budget isn’t big enough for me to take all of you to Brazil, but we will be talking about the Packers-Eagles game, which will be kicking off tonight from Sao Paulo.
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1. Recapping the Chiefs’ wild win over the Ravens: 7 things to know
Chiefs’ Xavier Worthy (left) and Patrick Mahomes
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The Ravens 2024 season started the same way their 2023 season ended: With a seven-point loss to the Chiefs.
If you missed the game, here’s a quick breakdown of what happened:
Ravens lose by inches. The final play of the game was a wild one. With five seconds left, the Ravens had the ball at Kansas City’s 10-yard line, and Lamar Jackson appeared to hit Isaiah Likely for a game-tying touchdown. But after a review, the pass was ruled incomplete because Likely’s toe was out-of-bounds by just CENTIMETERS. (There’s a great angle of the play that you can see here.) If the catch had stood, John Harbaugh was going to go for the two-point conversion, but instead, the game…
Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/5-things-to-know-about-nfls-first-game-in-brazil-plus-8-takeaways-from-chiefs-wild-opening-win-vs-ravens/
Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-09-06 16:59:41
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