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Getty Images All Justin Tucker did yesterday was hit the game-winning field goal in the rain and the wind with no time left which established his team as the best in the NFL at the moment. But he wanted it to be harder. The veteran kicker told Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning in America...

Getty Images The six teams in playoff position in the AFC didn’t change in Week 13, but there’s a new team at the top. The Patriots lost to the Texans on Sunday night, which pushes the Ravens into the No. 1 position with four games left to play in the regular season. Baltimore beat New England...

Getty Images The Ravens can bring safety Brynden Trawick back from injured reserve this week and they opened a spot on the 53-man roster on Monday by parting ways with another safety. The team announced that they have waived Bennett Jackson. Jackson spent time on Baltimore’s practice squad in...

Getty Images The Saints are already in, and six more teams can join them in the playoffs depending on this week’s results. The league announced the week’s clinching scenarios, and four AFC teams and two in the NFC can secure a spot in the postseason. The Ravens can clinch the AFC North title...

Getty Images The Ravens placed center Matt Skura on injured reserve after he suffered a season-ending knee injury during last Monday’s win over the Rams, which left them with an open roster spot to fill this week. They filled it on Wednesday by signing center Jake Brendel. Brendel was...

Getty Images The Ravens will host the 49ers on Sunday afternoon and it’s not hard to find references to the game being a potential Super Bowl preview. Baltimore is 9-2 with a win over the Patriots while the 49ers are 10-1 and currently holding the top spot in the NFC. There are still five more...

Getty Images Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is the clear favorite for the MVP award. He also is the front-runner in Pro Bowl voting. Jackson has 361,096 votes, according to the NFL. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (286,205), Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (274,456), Vikings running...

Getty Images Running back Matt Breida didn’t practice at all for the 49ers last week, but he’s moving in a better direction as the team’s preparations for the Ravens get underway. Head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters on Wednesday that Breida will be a limited participant in practice. Breida...

Getty Images The Ravens announced Tuesday night they have placed center Matt Skura on injured reserve. Skura injured his knee on the Ravens’ 16th snap of Monday night’s game. He played all 1,189 offensive snaps last season and all 700 snaps in the first 10 games this season. The Ravens have...

Getty Images Sean McVay said he had not talked to Jalen Ramsey and didn’t know much about the Rams cornerback’s run-in with former Rams cornerback Marcus Peters after Monday night’s game. “I haven’t spoken to him,” McVay said Tuesday. “I addressed the team. We talked about a couple of things...

Getty Images Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson took a break from taking AFC offensive player of the week honors in Week 11, but he took in back in Week 12. Jackson took the prize two straight weeks before Bills quarterback Josh Allen got the nod last week. Jackson’s performance on Monday night...

Getty Images The Ravens have a good punter in Sam Koch, but they hardly ever use him. In fact, the Ravens have punted just 22 times in 11 games, putting them on pace to punt 32 times this season. That would be the fewest in NFL history for a 16-game season. Since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, the...

Getty Images The top of the AFC’s playoff picture has looked the same for some time now and there’s little reason to think the Patriots and Ravens won’t be able to remain in the top two spots. What it will look like behind them is a bit less clear. Seven teams have five, six or seven wins to...

Getty Images Stopping Lamar Jackson is one thing. Preparing to stop him is another. Making it harder to solve the problem that is the Ravens offense is that fact that it’s difficult to get ready to face the Ravens, as the Rams learned both before and during Monday night’s 45-6 debacle. “You...

Getty Images The Ravens had the same starting offensive line for each of the first 11 games this season, but they won’t be able to make it 12 straight against the 49ers this week. Center Matt Skura was carted off the field with a knee injury in the first quarter of Monday night’s game and...

Getty Images Monday night’s thrashing of the Rams by the Ravens was, in isolation, very impressive. Coupled with Baltimore’s game immediately preceding Monday night, it was historic. Via ESPN Stats and Information, the Ravens’ 41-7 win over the Texans coupled with the 45-6 victory over the...

Getty Images Football in L.A. means that fans of the team not headquartered in L.A. will be present in large numbers and, when things are going well, they will be loud. Last night in L.A., Ravens fans were present in large numbers. And they were loud. Chants of “MVP” could be heard during the...

Getty Images Eric Weddle is a better position than most to understand what Lamar Jackson is capable of given his time as teammates with Jackson last year with the Baltimore Ravens. Even that fact didn’t keep Weddle from being gobsmacked by the complete and total destruction of the Los Angeles...

Getty Images Monday night was only the 18th career start for Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, but he’s already one of the 50 most productive running quarterbacks in NFL history. Jackson ran for 95 yards on Monday night, which gives him a total of 1,571 career rushing yards. That moved him...

Getty Images Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was listed as questionable for Sunday’s win over the Cowboys with an elbow injury. And while the elbow still seems to be an issue, Brady made it clear during his weekly visit with Jim Gray of Westwood One that there’s no question about Brady’s...