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The apparently picked a good time to give John Harbaugh a vote of confidence.Le s than 24 hours after the team announced that, the Ravens responded by destroying the in a must-win game that kept Baltimore alive in the race for the AFC North title (more on their playoff hopes later). More from Saturday The Ravens defense delivered an absolute beat-down in Baltimore's 22-10 win over Los Angeles. The performance was especially impre sive because the Ravens became the first team all year to hold the high-scoring Chargers to le s than 20 points.The Ravens defense dominated this game from start to finish. Literally. The game started with the Ravens picking off on the Chargers' first play from scrimmage and it ended with another Rivers interception on the Chargers' final offensive play from scrimmage.In between those two plays, Tyler Conklin Jersey the Ravens got a huge performance from their defense that included four sacks and a fumble return for a touchdown. In a game of big defensive plays for the Ravens, the touchdown was the biggest, and that's because it iced the game. With the Chargers trailing 16-10 and driving to take the lead in the fourth quarter, picked up an fumble and took it 62 yards to the house. RAVENS D CALLED GAME. The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) It was fitting that a Ravens defensive back came away with the score because Baltimore's secondary played one of its best games of the year, limiting Rivers to just 181 yards while also picking him off twice. The performance for Baltimore's secondary probably felt especially good for .The Ravens safety, who spent nine seasons with the Chargers before being unceremoniously dumped in 2015, was going up against his former team for the first time and he definitely had the last laugh. Chargers receivers couldn't get open and even in the rare times where they did, they weren't really able to add any yards after the catch. The Chargers' top three receivers this year -- , and -- were limited to just seven catches combined for 77 yards. Rivers would probably prefer that the Chargers don't have to play the Ravens again this year, and that's because he took a beating in this game. Not only did the Ravens tally four sacks, but they all came in the second half during important stretches. had two of those sacks, including one that went for an eight-yard lo s in the fourth quarter on a second-and-6 play the Chargers were running from their own 46-yard line. If defense wins championships, then every team in the better hope Baltimore mi ses the playoffs because the Ravens look like they have a defense ready to contend for a title. Of course, the scariest thing about the Ravens might be the fact that they an offense that can punch you in the mouth just as hard as their defense, and it all starts with Al Toon Jersey their budding star of a quarterback, .Lamar turning into a starThe one big question about Lamar Jackson heading into this week was whether or not he could beat a team by throwing the ball, and he answered that on Saturday with a resounding yes. Although the Chargers were able to keep Jackson in check on the ground -- the Ravens quarterback rushed for just 39 yards on 13 carries -- they seemed completely caught off guard by his ability to throw the ball. Jackson's biggest throw of the night was a 68-yard touchdown pa s to , and it came when the Ravens needed it most. After the Chargers scored a touchdown in the third quarter to take their only lead of the game at 10-6, Jackson responded with a two-play, 85-yard drive where he did nearly all the work.First, Jackson hit for a 17-yard gain on first down. On the Ravens' next play from scrimmage, Jackson threw the 68-yard score to Andrews. They got that rookie to rookie connection The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) Thomas Morstead Jersey The long touchdown pa s to Andrews gave the Ravens a 13-10 lead and they didn't trail again for the rest of the game. The pa s was huge because the Ravens could have collapsed after the second half got off to a rough start. On their first play from scrimmage, lost a fumble at Baltimore's 17-yard line and the Chargers quickly turned that into a touchdown. However, thanks to the response from Jackson, the fumble didn't end up hurting the Ravens.Jackson didn't just thrive at the start of the second half, he was also on fire to start the game. On Baltimore's first three po se sions, Jackson went 6 of 9 for 76 yards and drove the Ravens into scoring position all three times. Of course, the Ravens only came away with three total points on those three po se sions, and if John Harbaugh has one complaint about his team from this game, it will probably be the fact that they struggled in the red zone on offense. The Ravens probably could have beaten the Chargers by four touchdowns if the red zone offense had been more efficient.That being said, Harbaugh probably won't be complaining about much after a dominating win like the one the Ravens had in L.A.As for Jackson, although he didn't put up huge yards on the ground, just the threat of him running opened things up for . Edwards steamrolled the Chargers for 92 yards on just 14 carries, which averages out to an absurdly impre sive 6.6 yards per carry. Edwards' biggest run of the night came in the first quarter when he busted loose for a 43-yarder, and as you can see below, the mere presence of Jackson was enough to briefly freeze the Chargers defense, which opened things up for Edwards. The Gus Bus!43-yard gain for . : on NFL (@NFL) If you want to win in Vinny Curry Jersey the playoffs, you have to be able to play defense and run the ball, and right now, there's no team in the NFL that does both of those things better than the Ravens. The scary thing for other teams is that when it comes to throwing the ball, Jackson is looking better each week. The Ravens quarterback finished Saturday's game 12 of 22 for a career-high 204 yards. tried to break an NFL recordWhen you have Justin Tucker on your team, no field goal attempt is too crazy, and the Ravens proved that during the second quarter against the Chargers. On the final play of the first half, Ravens coach John Harbaugh decided to send Tucker out for a 65-yard field goal attempt, which would have topped the NFL record of 64 yards set by back Conor McDermott Jersey in 2013. Although Tucker has the ability to hit a 65-yarder -- he hit one during warm-ups -- the Ravens kicker came up about three yards short on his record-setting attempt. In the tweet below, you can see where caught the kick after it fell short (oh, and there was no kick-six here, as James was tackled pretty quickly). Justin Tucker just attempted a 65-yard FG, but we could not get any NFL history made there. Ravens have 223 yards and 6 points. MyBookie Sportsbook (@betmybookie) Despite the mi s, Tucker still had a big game for the Ravens. Tucker hit three field goals, with those kicks coming from 24, 35 and 56 yards. Overall, Tucker went 3 of 5 in the game. Besides the 65-yarder, Tucker also mi sed an attempt from 5