Quite the tight battle as is to be expected between top teams in the AFC North on Sunday in Baltimore.
The Ravens had the ultimate weapons in the end — Lamar Jackson and Justin Tucker.
The dual-threat quarterback marched Baltimore into position for a game-winning field goal.
Lamar with the moves. 🕺
📺: #CINvsBAL on NBC
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/Izvnl1kmB4 pic.twitter.com/0wMEFByHMd— NFL (@NFL) October 10, 2022
The most elite of kickers then took over from 43 yards, drilling the kick right down the middle to give Baltimore a 19-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Using @NextGenStats ball tracking data, Justin Tucker's game winning field goal crossed the upright with a y-coordinate (width of field) of 26.52.
The exact middle of the field is y= 26.67
That is, if the uprights were half a yard wide, the kick would have still been good
— Michael Lopez (@StatsbyLopez) October 10, 2022
Tucker has now hit 25 of 26 field goals in similar situations with games on the line.
Baltimore also avoided losing its sixth straight at home.
RIGHT. DOWN. THE. MIDDLE. @jtuck9#CINvsBAL pic.twitter.com/fF5k53FI6P
— NFL (@NFL) October 10, 2022
Earlier the Bengals had scored to tie the game and Evan McPherson came on to kick the PAT.
He made it interesting as the kick soared over the top of the upright and it was ruled good to give the Bengals a 17-16 lead … that didn’t hold up.
And the kick is good! The @Bengals take a one-point lead 😱 #WHODEY
📺: #CINvsBAL on NBC
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/Izvnl1kmB4 pic.twitter.com/n3mHC3cawK— NFL (@NFL) October 10, 2022
The Bengals are 2-3 and each of the losses in 2022 has come on field goals as time ran out.
Ouch.
