The Baltimore Ravens stunned the football world on Sunday night when they overcame an early deficit and an 11-point fourth-quarter margin to surge from behind and beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Chiefs had been called the Ravens’ Kryptonite. The team that had their number. A matchup that Baltimore just could never win.
Last night, they proved otherwise.
Despite a difficult start with two first-quarter interceptions from Lamar Jackson — one of which was returned for a touchdown — the Ravens were able to overcome countless injuries and win their first game of the season.
Everyone had all but counted this team out. On the NBC Kickoff Show, Mike Tirico was the only one out of eight analysts that picked the Ravens to win, and he only did so to avoid a unanimous vote, per his own words.
And who could blame them? This was a Ravens team reeling following a devastating overtime loss to the Las Vegas Raiders a week ago. They were beaten up with injuries ravaging their roster.
And they were going up against a team who many perceive to be the very best in the NFL. Patrick Mahomes had never lost in the month of September. Lamar Jackson had never beaten the Chiefs.
Both of those streaks came to an end on Sunday.
But who do the Ravens have to thank for their triumphant victory? We take a look at five players that led the team to their first win of the season.