Statistical Storylines: Key Metrics from the Ravens’ Week 5 Win in Cincy

There’s only one number that truly matters at the end of a football game: the final score. But advancements in player tracking and the creative work of the NFL’s growing analytics wing has given fans a whole new way to understand how and why their team won (or lost).

Here are the key advanced metrics from the Baltimore Ravens’ 41-38 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.

5.5% sack rate when pressured

Lamar Jackson was a miracle-worker on Sunday, taking just one sack despite 18 pressures and a 42.6% blitz rate by the Bengals defense, per NextGen Stats. Most teams would kill for a 5.5% sack rate across all dropbacks, but that was Jackson’s sack rate when pressured on Sunday. He’s a magician in the…