Ravens QB Lamar Jackson puts up 'MVP performance' in Baltimore's beatdown of Niners

Christmas night saw multiple MVP candidates take the field. Following the Baltimore Ravens' 33-19 beatdown of the San Francisco 49ers, one was left standing.

Lamar Jackson shined, ripping apart a good Niners defense to the tune of 252 pass yards, two passing touchdowns and no interceptions for a 105.9 passer rating. Jackson also led Baltimore with 45 yards rushing on seven totes.

The raw stats are solid, but Jackson brings so much more to the table than a good box score, turning negative plays into positive ones with regularity. 

"I thought Lamar had an MVP performance tonight," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said via the team's official website. "It takes a team to create a performance like that, but it takes a player to play at that level -- to play at an MVP level -- it takes a player to play that way. And Lamar was all over the field doing everything."

Jackson dismissed his performance as nothing more than getting a pivotal win in the quest for the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

"We got the 'dub.' I really don't care about [my] performance," Jackson said. "I just want to win, and that's what happened tonight. On Christmas, that was my gift."

Jackson improved to 6-0 in his career versus top-five scoring defenses on the road (scoring defense rank entering that game) -- the Ravens have averaged 26.5 points per game in those six games.

Monday night, the quarterback overcame pressure all game, escaping the pocket to make throws and turning would-be losses into gains. His season-long 30-yard scramble set up an end-of-half field goal to extend the Ravens lead. On Baltimore's first drive of the third quarter, Jackson found space to get a release toss to Gus Edwards for a 39-yard gain. Two plays later, the QB again extended the play, kept his