Ravens are one step closer with victory over the Colts

The Indianapolis Colts looked to play spoiler as they traveled to Baltimore to take on the Ravens. Having been eliminated from playoff contention, hope to derail the Ravens' chance at the postseason. The Ravens are currently tied for the sixth spot in the AFC but Buffalo owns the tiebreaker as of right now, with a win and a Bills loss means they would be on the inside track for the playoff spot. Who would come out on top in this late December matchup? Let's find out! The Colts would start with the ball and would go three and out. The Ravens would go on a long 14 play drive that would result in a 30 yard field goal by Justin Tucker for a 3-0 Ravens lead. The Colts would go on an 11 play drive that would end up with a 38 yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri that ended up blocked by the Ravens' Jefferson to keep the game 3-0. The Ravens would go on a 10 play drive that would result in Joe Flacco going to Michael Campanaro for a six yard touchdown for a 10-0 lead with 12:16 remaining in the second quarter. The Colts would answer with a nine play drive with Jacoby Brissett going to Frank Gore for the 14 yard touchdown to cut the Ravens lead to 10-7 with 7:38 remaining in the second quarter. The Ravens would however go on an 11 play drive that would result with a Justin Tucker 39 yard field goal to make it 13-7 with 1:55 remaining in the second quarter. The Colts would end up punting and the Ravens would get the ball back with 36 seconds to go and they would go three and out and the Colts would get the ball back once again. The Colts would be able to get a shot at points with a 60 yard field goal but the kick would be short as we head to halftime leading 13-7. The Ravens would start with the ball in the second half and would go on another 11 play drive ending with a 36 yard field goal by Tucker to make it 16-7. The Colts would answer with a seven play drive ending with a 48 yard field goal by Vinatieri for a 16-10 lead by the Ravens. The Colts defense would get a three and out. The Colts would go on a seven play drive that would end with another field goal by Vinatieri to cut the lead to 16-13. As we headed to the fourth quarter, the Ravens would face a third and 3 and Flacco would go to Danny Woodhead for eight yards and a first down. The Ravens would face a third and 9 and Flacco would go to Campanaro for seven yards but a defensive holding call on the Colts would give the Ravens a first down. They faced another third down, the pass would fall incomplete but a pass interference call would give the Ravens another first down. On second and 2, Collins would get four yards for a first down. The Ravens would face a third and 2 at the Colts four yard line and Flacco would find Maxx Williams for the four yard touchdown to make it 23-13. The Colts would face a fourth and 1 and Jacoby Brissett go run for seven yards. On second and 5, Brissett would find Rogers for 19 yards. They would face a third and 6, Brissett would find TY Hilton for 16 yards. The Colts would have to settle for another Vinatieri field goal to make it 23-16. Joe Flacco would find Mike Wallace for 14 yards. However, they would be unable to get another first down and the punt would get blocked by the Colts and Indianapolis would recover at the Ravens 27 yard line. On second and 6, Brissett would find Doyle for six yards as we head to the two-minute warning. The Colts would face a fourth and 10 and Brissett would go to Hilton but the pass would fall incomplete as the Ravens survived an upset bid by the Colts and kept their playoff hopes alive.