John Harbaugh remains undefeated against his brother, Jim, after a 30-23 Baltimore win over Los Angeles.
— Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh remained undefeated in the NFL’s historic sibling rivalry, beating his brother Jim’s Los Angeles Chargers 30-23. He kept the upper hand over Jim with some gutsy calls and another dominant effort by quarterback Lamar Jackson on Monday night.
John Harbaugh improved to 3-0 over his younger brother in part because Baltimore was 3-for-3 on fourth down conversions — all of which extended drives that resulted in touchdowns. This marked the first time that John and Jim had faced each other as opposing head coaches since Super Bowl XLVII 11 years ago.
Jackson totaled three scores, running for one touchdown and throwing touchdown passes of 40 and 6 yards. In nine „Monday Night Football“ games, Jackson has recorded 22 touchdown passes and no interceptions — the most consecutive touchdown passes without an interception in „Monday Night Football“ history.
The Ravens (8-4) moved to within a half-game of the Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3) for first place in the AFC North.
Promising trend: Running back Derrick Henry continues to show Baltimore has success when it feeds him the ball. The Ravens are now 9-1 when Henry gets 15 or more carries. Henry gained 140 yards on 24 carries to become the second player to record over 100 yards rushing against the Chargers. But this marked the first time in 12 games that Henry didn’t reach the end zone. He fell one shy of tying Hall of Famers LaDainian Tomlinson, Jerry Rice and John Riggins for the third-longest streak of scoring a touchdown within a season in NFL history.
