Evan Habeeb/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
BALTIMORE — By Lamar Jackson’s third touchdown pass Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens’ 41-7 victory had started to resemble so many others this season: an unequivocal romp by the N.F.L.’s scariest team. But it was still missing something.
Jackson had merely throttled the Houston Texans’ defense, not juked his way through it. He hadn’t accelerated into a spin move, as he did last week, or left clusters of defenders grasping at air, as he does every week, or added to his loop of highlights that’s as long as the “Godfather” trilogy.
Jackson slogged through the first quarter, masterfully controlled the second and waited until the Ravens led, 21-0, in the third to unbridle the spectacular.