‘MNF’ takeaways: Ravens are AFC’s best, Brock Purdy’s MVP bid comes to an end

The largest regular-season recreation of the 12 months was an enormous assertion by the Baltimore Ravens. Listed here are our takeaways from their 33-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers on “Monday Evening Soccer.” 

Baltimore is the group to beat within the AFC: The AFC is stacked with Tremendous Bowl contenders, however the Ravens are the group others ought to concern essentially the most. The protection pressured 5 interceptions and held the league’s second-highest-scoring offense getting into Week 16 to 19 factors. Offensively, quarterback Lamar Jackson was excellent towards a 49ers group that was second in whole protection coming into the sport. 

Baltimore has gained 5 in a row forward of its recreation on Sunday towards the Miami Dolphins for the AFC’s No. 1 total seed. The Ravens had been 6.5-point underdogs towards the 49ers however should not be disrespected anymore this season.

Do not bury the 49ers…: Sure, Monday evening’s loss was ugly, however let’s not overreact. The 49ers solely trailed by 4 on the half, outgained the Ravens 429-343 and averaged 6.3 yards per play in comparison with Baltimore’s 5.4 yards per play. The run recreation was efficient, gaining 121 yards on 18 carries. The Niners had been finally undone by dropping the turnover battle 5-0, an prevalence that will probably be troublesome to copy.

As “This Is Soccer” host Kevin Clark famous, San Francisco continues to be the most effective group within the NFC as displayed in its dominant wins earlier this season towards the Cowboys and Eagles.