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Days After Being Slammed for Seven Fumbles, Lamar Jackson Scores Two Touchdowns Inside the First Quarter

Published 10/22/2023, 2:01 PM EDT

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Stephen A. Smith had doubted Lamar Jackson’s ability on national TV, and he got a fitting reply from the Baltimore Ravens QB! Stephen asked his viewers on ESPN’s First Take if the Ravens were getting their money’s worth. The $260 million QB was, for a short time, the highest-paid player in NFL history. However, his seven fumbles in the season so far drew sharp criticism from the First Take host.

The Detroit Lions seemed invincible with just one loss in the entire season. But in the first quarter itself, the Ravens managed to keep them at 0, while securing a 14-point lead for themselves.

Lamar Jackson secures an early lead for the Ravens

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After just 5 minutes into the game, with the ball at the 7-yard line, Lamar Jackson made a run for the end zone. And touchdown! The run resulted in a 75-yard opening drive and gave the Ravens a 7-0 lead over the Detroit Lions. With this Jackson recorded his fifth TD of the season and is now tied with Jalen Hurts for the most number of rushing TDs inside the 20-yard line.

Just when we thought the Ravens could not play a better start against the formidable Lions, with just 3 minutes to go for the first quarter… another touchdown! This time, Jackson found Nelson Agholor in the end zone and threw a 12-yard pass. As the first quarter drew to a close, the Ravens were ahead of the Lions by 14 points.

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NFL fanatics are high on adrenaline rush!

Lamar and Nelly are indeed making it happen! One sports fanatic couldn’t hold back emotions and wrote, That was special.” Raven’s die-hard fan, Nick Poulos wrote, “LETS GOOO!!! KEEP BEING AGGRESSIVE!!!”  Another fan expressed, “He is a wizard.”  One mesmerized fan wrote,”Beautiful throw and catch!!” One wrote, “That O-Line is on TEN!!!!

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Okay, this one’s our favorite! One fan came up with a pun, “LAMARVELOUS!” Another die-hard Lamar fan wrote, “Lamar is dead** my QB I can’t believe this shit.” “NAH MAN THIS IS WHAT WE DREAMED OF!” another motivated fan wrote. The adrenaline rush is indeed on, and the score stands at 28-0 at half-time.

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Mallika Singh