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SPORTS Wednesday 27 november 2019
Ravens, Patriots, 49ers remain top 3 teams in AP Pro32 poll

By SIMMI BUTTAR and Minnesota Vikings (8-3) The Buffalo Bills (8-3), off to
AP Pro Football Writer each moved up a spot to their best start through 11
NEW YORK (AP) — Lamar Nos. 5 and 6, respectively. games in 23 years, have
Jackson and the Baltimore The Vikings head to Seattle inched up to No. 9. The Bills
Ravens just keep on rolling. for a key game on Monday will get a nationwide audi-
The surging Ravens, who night. ence on a short week as
have won seven in a row, The Green Bay Packers fell they head to Dallas to take
retained the top spot in the two places to No. 7 after on the Cowboys on Thanks-
latest AP Pro32 poll. getting routed on Sunday giving. The Cowboys (6-5)
Baltimore routed the Los night in the Bay Area. The dropped to No. 11 after los-
Angeles Rams 45-6 on Mon- Packers, who are tied with ing to the Patriots. Despite
day night to move to 9-2 on the Vikings for first in the the setback, the Cowboys
the season. NFC North, have a chance still lead the NFC East.
The Ravens earned 11 of to rebound in the next two "The New England loss
the 12 first-place votes for weeks when they face the marks the beginning of
382 points in balloting Tues- New York Giants and Wash- the end for Jason Garrett
day by media members ington. Both teams are tied as head coach unless this
who regularly cover the for last in the NFC East at team makes a deep play-
NFL. 2-9. off run," said Alex Marvez of
"I keep waiting for Lamar The Kansas City Chiefs (7- Sirius XM.
Jackson and the Ravens 4) remained at No. 8 after The Houston Texans moved
to have a poor outing," their bye week. The Chiefs up one place to round out
said Charean Williams of can take control of the the top 10. The Texans face
Pro Football Talk. "It hasn't AFC West this week when a steep challenge Sunday Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson celebrates after
throwing a touchdown pass against the Los Angeles Rams dur-
happened the past seven they host the rival Oakland night when they host Tom ing the first half of an NFL football game Monday, Nov. 25, 2019,
games. The Cleveland Raiders. Brady and the Patriots.q in Los Angeles.
game was the last time
they looked like something
other than the favorite."
The New England Patriots
(10-1) received the other
first-place vote for 366
points to stay in the No. 2
spot.
"(Coach Bill) Belichick in
control of every facet as
special teams whip Cow-
boys," Fox Sports' John
Czarnecki said of New Eng-
land's 13-9 victory.
The San Francisco 49ers
(10-1) followed close be-
hind with 365 points and
remained No. 3. The 49ers
head to Baltimore to face
the Ravens in the top
matchup of Week 13.
"Bill Walsh didn't start win-
ning Super Bowls until he
had a defense to match
the offense," Newsday's
Bob Glauber said. "The
Niners are now in a similar
situation for (coach) Kyle
Shanahan, whose defense
carried them to yet anoth-
er convincing win, this time
against the great Aaron
Rodgers."
The Seattle Seahawks (9-2),
the only team to beat the
49ers this season, stayed
No. 4.
"Led by their unflappable
quarterback (Russell Wil-
son), the Seahawks are 6-0
on the road and still in po-
sition to chase down the
49ers atop the NFC West,"
said Ira Kaufman of Fox 13
in Tampa, Florida.
The New Orleans Saints (9-2)