Lamar Jackson credits Nelson Agholor for Zay Flowers' clutch TD vs. Rams
The Baltimore Ravens’ home win over the Los Angeles Rams had plenty of memorable plays and moments. Among them, Lamar Jackson connected with Zay Flowers for a go-ahead touchdown during the late stages of the fourth quarter. With time and space in the pocket, Jackson surveyed his options on the field and ended up delivering […]
The Baltimore Ravens’ home win over the Los Angeles Rams had plenty of memorable plays and moments. Among them, Lamar Jackson connected with Zay Flowers for a go-ahead touchdown during the late stages of the fourth quarter.
With time and space in the pocket, Jackson surveyed his options on the field and ended up delivering a pinpoint perfect pass to the former Boston College standout.
During his postgame press conference, Jackson gave credit to Nelson Agholor for playing the role of a decoy on the play, which helped to free up space for Flowers on the field.
"That was our play call," Jackson said. "… ‘Nelly’ was telling me if we do that play, he’s going to run to the safety and run him out of the window, Zay should be wide open, and that’s exactly what happened.
"We had the coverage, the safety jumped ‘Nelly’ and Zay did the rest. … Usually the play, he usually runs it shorter, and the safety would have been, would have been single high. But ‘Nelly’ knew he was going to run with him if he ran and got on his toes and ran past him, he would have thought he’d been open."
Rams safety John Johnson III wound up tracking Agholor on the play, which left Flowers in single coverage with Jordan Fuller. Flowers' keen route-running prowess ended up being too much for Fuller, as the rookie wideout tallied the third touchdown catch of his season.
Agholor had himself a productive outing against the Rams. He caught five passes from Jackson, and he tallied 32 receiving yards.
The Ravens now hold the No. 1 seed in the AFC with a 10-3 record.
