For about seven seconds, it looked like Ravens-Cowboys was headed to overtime.
Apparently Lamar Jackson didn't feel like waiting around.
Baltimore escaped Rio de Janeiro with a 34-31 win over Dallas on Sunday in easily one of the wildest games of Week 3. The Cowboys rallied from behind, made a huge goal-line stand, drove 96 yards to take the lead, watched Baltimore take it right back and then tied the game with just seven seconds remaining.
That should have been enough to get us to overtime.
It wasn't.
Jackson completed a 27-yard pass to Zay Flowers, Baltimore somehow got a timeout called with one second remaining, and Tyler Loop drilled a 56-yard field goal to end it.
Seven seconds.
One pass.
One kick.
Game over.
Dallas Came Out Ready
The Cowboys couldn't have asked for a much better start.
Dallas jumped out to a 10-0 lead while Baltimore struggled to get anything going offensively. The Cowboys defense forced a three-and-out on the Ravens' opening possession and then stuffed Derrick Henry on fourth-and-1 on Baltimore's next drive.
Dallas turned the short field into a touchdown and suddenly had control of the game.
Then Baltimore woke up.
Jackson started creating with his legs, Zay Flowers got involved and Henry began doing what Derrick Henry does.
Henry scored twice in the first half, helping Baltimore turn a 10-point deficit into a 17-13 halftime lead.
For a game that started with Dallas seemingly in complete control, it didn't take long for everything to change.
That ended up becoming the theme of the afternoon.
Dallas Kept Leaving Points on the Field
The Cowboys had opportunities.
A lot of them.
Dallas crossed midfield twice early in the third quarter and came away with nothing both times.
Jake Ferguson lost a fumble to end one possession. On the next, a penalty wiped out a potential first down before Brandon Aubrey had a 59-yard field goal blocked.
Baltimore immediately made them pay.
Henry ripped off a 29-yard run, and Jackson eventually found Chris Monroe for a touchdown to give the Ravens a 24-13 lead.
It felt like the type of sequence Dallas would look back on if the game got away from them.
Instead, the Cowboys responded.
Prescott connected with George Pickens for 19 yards, then found Ferguson for a 19-yard touchdown. Dallas converted the two-point attempt and suddenly it was 24-21.
And then the game got really fun.
The Cowboys' Goal-Line Stand Changed Everything
Baltimore had a chance to create some separation early in the fourth quarter.
The Ravens moved all the way down to the Dallas 3-yard line and had four chances to finish the drive.
They couldn't do it.
Jackson was stopped.
Henry was stopped.
Henry was stopped again.
Then, on fourth-and-1, rookie linebacker Jaishawn Barham came flying through the line and dropped Henry for a three-yard loss.
It was probably the biggest defensive play Dallas had made all season.
The Cowboys took over at their own 4-yard line.
Ninety-six yards later, they had the lead.
Prescott hit CeeDee Lamb for a massive 49-yard gain down the sideline. Brevyn Spann-Ford added another 19 yards. KaVontae Turpin eventually finished the drive with a nine-yard touchdown run.
Dallas 28. Baltimore 24.
The Cowboys had completely flipped the game.
Lamar Answered
Baltimore had 5:45 left.
That was plenty.
Jackson calmly moved the Ravens back down the field, eventually getting Baltimore right back to the Dallas goal line.
This time, the Cowboys couldn't keep them out.
On third-and-goal, Jackson found Matt Hibner for a two-yard touchdown.
31-28 Ravens.
Dallas had 90 seconds left.
And because this game apparently hadn't produced enough drama yet, Dak Prescott answered too.
Prescott completed three passes, scrambled twice and moved the Cowboys all the way down to the Baltimore 2-yard line.
Dallas couldn't finish the drive with a touchdown, but Aubrey knocked through a 23-yard field goal.
31-31.
Seven seconds remained.
At that point, everyone was thinking overtime.
Everyone except Baltimore.
Seven Seconds Was Enough
Baltimore started at its own 35.
There wasn't enough time to run a normal drive.
Jackson needed one play.
He found Flowers for 27 yards, getting Baltimore to the Dallas 38. The Ravens immediately called timeout.
One second remained.
Out came Loop.
The kick was from 56 yards.
He drilled it.
34-31.
No overtime.
No second chance for Dallas.
Just one of the craziest endings we're going to see all season.
Lamar Didn't Need Huge Numbers
The funny part is that Jackson didn't have some ridiculous 400-yard afternoon.
He didn't need one.
Jackson finished with 186 passing yards and two touchdowns while adding another 50 yards on the ground. He completed 75% of his passes and finished with a 136.7 passer rating.
Henry added 89 rushing yards and two touchdowns as Baltimore finished with 192 yards on the ground.
Dallas actually outgained Baltimore 415-378.
Prescott threw for 276 yards. Lamb finished with 112 receiving yards. Javonte Williams ran for 98. The Cowboys finally got their running game moving and put together several huge drives when they absolutely needed them.
They still lost.
That's what will make this one hurt.
What a Finish in Rio
For the first NFL game ever played in Rio de Janeiro, it's hard to imagine the league asking for much more.
Two of the NFL's biggest teams.
Lamar Jackson and Dak Prescott.
Multiple lead changes.
A huge fourth-quarter goal-line stand.
A 96-yard touchdown drive.
A game-tying drive with seconds remaining.
And then a 56-yard walk-off field goal when everyone thought overtime was inevitable.
Baltimore needed this one after blowing a fourth-quarter lead against New Orleans last week, and the Ravens leave Brazil at 2-1.
Dallas falls to 1-2 despite putting together arguably its best offensive performance of the young season.
There are going to be plenty of things for both teams to clean up when they watch the film.
But for everyone else?
That was just a ridiculously fun football game.