The streak is dead. Long live the streak.
Never before in NFL history had a team won 20 or more preseason games in a row before the Baltimore Ravens achieved that feat in recent years. They ran that streak up to 24 games earlier this year, but the Washington Commanders’ win on Monday night saw their years-long efforts to preserve the run go to waste.
Baltimore lost by one point, 29-28, the winning points coming in the waning moments on a 49-yard field goal for Washington with just 14 seconds remaining. The Ravens took an eight-point lead early in the fourth quarter, but the Commanders responded with nine unanswered points (failing a two-point conversion attempt on a touchdown pass).