This week’s MNF game came with a lot of playoff implications on the line, and the Ravens & Browns delivered with a historic performance. Lamar Jackson came back from a “cramp” incident and put up one of the best rushing performance by a QB in NFL history. Nick Chubb made history as well by putting his name alongside the likes of Jim Brown. Cleveland is using everything in their arsenal to make a playoff push, with Jarvis Landry having the most efficient Non-QB passing season of all-time.
Here are the 5 most interesting facts to know from the Ravens vs Browns on MNF:
Ravens vs. Browns was one of the most exciting and historic MNF games ever played.
Thanks to a game-ending safety, the @Ravens win over the Browns tonight was the 1st contest in NFL history to end by a score of 47-42. Its 89 combined points also made it the highest scoring NFL game this season as well as the 3rd highest scoring in Monday Night Football history
Tonight is the 5th matchup between Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson.
It will be the 2nd matchup in Monday Night Football history between former Heisman Trophy winning QBs (Roger Staubach and Cowboys def. Jim Plunkett and 49ers in 1977) pic.twitter.com/9qSTbKq50z
Coming back into the game to throw a TD on 4th down that puts his @Ravens ahead 42-35, Lamar Jackson has recorded the 4th ever game by a QB with a passing TD, 2 or more rushing TDs & 120+ yards rushing. Others: Charley Trippi (1951), Michael Vick (2002), Robert Griffin III (2012) pic.twitter.com/fSdn9vggNU
Carrying it into the endzone twice so far tonight vs the Ravens, Nick Chubb is the 1st player with the @Browns franchise to have a year with at least 3 multi-touchdown rushing games since Kevin Mack recorded 4 of those in 1986 (Most: 5- Jim Brown in both the 1958 & 1959 seasons) pic.twitter.com/NWQgcvN1hN