{"id":119173,"date":"2025-11-12T00:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=119173"},"modified":"2025-11-12T00:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:33:38","slug":"%e2%9a%a1%f0%9f%8f%88-ravens-hold-on-baltimore-survives-a-late-surge-to-beat-the-vikings-27-19-and-stay-in-the-playoff-race-yet-rashod-batemans-ankle-injury-from-a-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=119173","title":{"rendered":"\u26a1\ud83c\udfc8 RAVENS HOLD ON: Baltimore Survives a Late Surge to Beat the Vikings 27\u201319 and Stay in the Playoff Race \u2014 Yet Rashod Bateman\u2019s Ankle Injury From a Questionable Hip-Drop Tackle Could Haunt Their Offense Heading Into a Crucial Week 11 Battle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.sportingnews.com\/styles\/crop_style_16_9_desktop_webp\/s3\/2025-11\/USATSI_27547356.jpg.webp?itok=Z54K7qB2\" alt=\"Ravens' John Harbaugh has hilarious response to hip-drop tackle on Rashod Bateman -congthang123\" \/>\u00a9 Jeffrey Becker<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0escaped Week 10 with a crucial 27-19 win over the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0that kept their playoff hopes and season alive.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone emerged unscathed.<\/p>\n<p>Receiver Rashod Bateman, in the third quarter, caught a second-and-10 pass from Lamar Jackson in the red zone, and lunged forward to reach the endzone, only to be pulled down by a Vikings defender in what looked to be a\u00a0hip-drop tackle, but no flags were forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking on Monday about Bateman&#8217;s ankle sprain as a result of that tackle, head coach John Harbaugh was at his comedic best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is a hip drop tackle?&#8221;\u00a0Harbaugh said with a smile. &#8220;It&#8217;s an enigma, apparently, that can&#8217;t be called during the game. It looked like a hip drop tackle, I think. So, yeah, based on the definition. Am I going to get in trouble for saying that? I hope not.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s going to be okay, he&#8217;s got an ankle sprain. We&#8217;ll see how serious it is going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Ravens closing in on AFC North lead<\/h2>\n<p>As incredible as it sounds, after starting the year 1-5, Baltimore, after winning three-straight games, is now just one game behind the 5-4\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0for the division lead.<\/p>\n<p>That shows how fickle the league can be on a week-to-week basis, and the Ravens, over the past month, have gotten their mojo back.<\/p>\n<p>Still, they aren&#8217;t out of the woods yet, with five division games on the schedule, Baltimore can&#8217;t breathe easy, and having Bateman healthy will help the offense function at a higher level, as the veteran has an uncanny knack of being at the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n<p>And the Ravens hope he can take his place in Week 11 against the\u00a0Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Jeffrey Becker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u26a1\ud83c\udfc8 RAVENS HOLD ON: Baltimore Survives a Late Surge to Beat the Vikings 27\u201319 and Stay in the Playoff Race \u2014 Yet Rashod Bateman\u2019s Ankle Injury From a Questionable Hip-Drop Tackle Could Haunt Their Offense Heading Into a Crucial Week 11 Battle! 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