Brian Burns had a first-quarter sack of Lamar Jackson for a lack of 10-yards, which isn’t straightforward to do and certainly felt good for Burns.
What occurred within the second quarter to Burns didn’t really feel almost nearly as good.
Jackson did what he does, which is reverse the sphere with a scramble, with Burns in pursuit.
Because the Giants’ outdoors linebacker seemed a method, offensive lineman Daniel Faalele lined up Burns and put a blindside hit on him.
Burns needed to come off the sphere — Faalele is 6-foot-8 and 380 kilos — however was capable of return to the sport to complete up Sunday’s 35-14 loss to the Ravens at MetLife Stadium.
Jackson scrambled for 21 yards on the play and Burns got here away hurting.
“He lined me up,” Burns mentioned. “I focused on Lamar as he was trying to get outside and he kind of just blindsided me. It’s football. I feel if he wanted to, he probably could have hit me harder because I wasn’t looking. Still felt it.”
Burns additionally had his ankle rolled up “pretty bad” on one other play.
“But nothing crazy,” he mentioned.
Rookie WR Malik Nabers leaped with CB Desmond King ultimately zone to haul in a 23-yard scoring cross within the fourth quarter.
It was Nabers’ fourth landing catch of the season and his first since Week 3, when he had two landing receptions in a victory in Cleveland.
“It was a good day to get back in the box,” Nabers mentioned.
The 9 consecutive losses match a franchise document.
The 1976 and 2019 groups misplaced 9 straight and there was a nine-game dropping streak bridging the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
WR Wan’Dale Robinson was checked out for a attainable concussion within the fourth quarter and was cleared to return to the sport.
“They had spotted me but I was like, ‘I’m fine,’ ” Robinson mentioned, “I didn’t know why they known as down however I went in and handed all of the checks with no downside.’’
Ravens TE Mark Andrews turned the Ravens’ all-time chief in touchdowns when he hauled in a 13-yard scoring reception within the first quarter.
It was Andrews’ forty eighth profession landing for the Ravens, transferring him one forward of RB Jamal Lewis.
Deonte Banks missed his third straight sport with an damage to his ribs.
That meant the Giants had been with out their three prime cornerbacks, as Dru Phillips and Cor’Dale Flott, each starters, are injured and had been inactive for the sport.
The protection was with out two different starters, ILB Bobby Okereke and DL Rakeem Nunez-Roches.
The Ravens (9-5) got here off their bye and had no bother routing the Giants.
“You could tell that they wanted to get back to it,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh mentioned. “They took the Giants seriously. The Giants are a serious football team, and it’s a really good win for us.”
