Baker Mayfield threw a 23-yard landing move to Van Jefferson with 10 seconds to play to cap a 98-yard power, and the Los Angeles Rams’ brand-new quarterback led two TD drives overdue within the fourth quarter of a surprising 17-16 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night time.
Just two days after the Rams (4-9) claimed Mayfield off waivers from Carolina, the previous No. 1 pick out went 22 of 35 for 230 yards and snapped the protecting Super Bowl champions’ six-game shedding streak in dramatic model.
“It’s been a wild 48 hours,” Mayfield stated after the sport on Amazon’s broadcast.
Los Angeles trailed 16–3 after Daniel Carlson’s 1/3 box function with 12:20 to play, however Mayfield engineered a 75-yard power capped through Cam Akers’ TD run with 3:19 to play.
The Los Angeles protection stopped Derek Carr and the Raiders on the two-minute caution, however AJ Cole put a 64-yard punt on the Rams’ two-yard line. Undaunted and and not using a timeouts, Mayfield led the Rams downfield – with considerable assist from an unsportsmanlike behavior penalty at the Raiders’ Jerry Tillery for knocking the ball out of the quarterback’s arms after a play.
The Rams reached the Vegas 23 with 15 seconds left, and Mayfield promptly discovered Jefferson within the again nook of the top zone. The power incorporated a contested 32-yard reception through Ben Skowronek, who completed with seven catches for 89 yards.
Josh Jacobs rushed for 99 yards and the one landing for the Raiders (5-8), whose three-game successful streak led to humiliating model. Less than 4 weeks after Las Vegas misplaced in former ESPN analyst Jeff Saturday’s NFL training debut with Indianapolis, the Raiders misplaced to a quarterback who joined his new staff lower than 48 hours ahead of the sport. The Raiders are simply the fourth staff in NFL historical past to lose 4 video games in a season after main through 13 or extra issues, in line with ESPN Stats and Info.
Carr handed for 137 yards and not using a TDs and two interceptions, together with a game-icing pick out at midfield.
Mayfield was once having a horrible season for the Panthers, however he improbably injected a spark into the Rams with a handful of huge performs and respectable drives in spite of minimum wisdom of trainer Sean McVay’s offense.
With McVay it seems that giving detailed directions into his helmet ahead of every play, Mayfield right away were given the Rams transferring with 3 completions of no less than 20 yards in his first two collection. Los Angeles had handiest 26 such completions of their first 12 video games – the third-fewest within the NFL.
And as soon as he was once warmed up, Mayfield finished 15 of his 20 passes within the fourth quarter, flawlessly directing his new teammates downfield for 2 rankings.
After the sport, Mayfield was once requested how Thursday’s occasions ranked amongst his profession highlights. “It’s up there to be honest with you,” he stated. “I didn’t think it was going to play out like this, but I’m sure happy we covered the two-minute operation, my goodness.”