ATLANTA -- On Saturday night, Ravens coach Jesse Minter told his players there's not a locker room in the NFL that has more confidence in their backup quarterback than Baltimore has in Tyler Huntley.
A day later, Huntley backed up their faith by leading the Ravens to a comeback 30-23 overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons.
With starting quarterback Lamar Jackson out with a sprained left ankle, Huntley delivered the most clutch performance of his seven-year career, going a perfect 11-for-11 passing for 80 yards on the final two drives. Looking like the two-time NFL MVP, Huntley tied the game in the final minute of regulation with a 7-yard touchdown pass and then won the game with a 1-yard touchdown off a quarterback sneak.
"[Huntley] is just one of the coolest dudes," Minter said. "He doesn't really get rattled. He just is always the same and he keeps such a good demeanor about him, keeps his composure. He played with more and more confidence as the game went on and as the moments got bigger, which is really cool to see."
Behind Huntley's heroics, the Ravens are 4-1 for the first time in five years and hold a one-game lead atop the AFC North.
Huntley proved once again that Baltimore can prevail without Jackson, winning his third straight game as a fill-in starter, but none was as dramatic as Sunday night. With the Ravens trailing 30-23, he tied the game with 40 seconds remaining when he threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Devontez Walker and running back Derrick Henry converted the 2-point conversion.
In overtime, Huntley converted two third downs with passes to Mark Andrews and Zay Flowers before pushing his way across the goal line for the winning touchdown. That 14-play series was the NFL's longest overtime touchdown drive in eight years.
Asked if he relished proving the skeptics wrong -- the Ravens were underdogs for the first time this season -- Huntley said, "Every day is kind of like beating the odds. [There] is not too much [in] listening to them. I am more trying to please my teammates and our organization by getting a win."
The Ravens have repeatedly said they believe in Huntley because of what he has done in the past. He helped Baltimore to two of its biggest wins last season over two playoff teams in the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.
Leading up to this game, Henry kept telling Huntley that he wanted to see the 2025 Green Bay version of him.
"He told me it is 2026, and I won't mention 2025 no more," Henry said.
Huntley didn't look comfortable or decisive in the first half, when he completed 11 of 18 passes (61%) for 97 yards. In the second half, Huntley turned it around by connecting on 13 of his final 14 passes (93%) for 104 yards and two touchdown passes.
Baltimore's eight-point comeback in the fourth quarter was its largest in a game not started by Lamar Jackson in 11 years.
"It's hard to back up a guy like Lamar Jackson," wide receiver Rashod Bateman said. "To come in certain situations like he has in his career, it's big, man."
The Ravens improved to 7-11 when Jackson misses a start. Huntley has been the starting quarterback in six of those seven games without Jackson.
Throughout the game, Jackson could be seen clapping and yelling support to Huntley from the sideline.
"That is probably the best thing you can have when you are coming off the field, just somebody that [has] been there before," Huntley said. "Lamar is able to just tell you what he sees and that translates over, and just feeling good while you're out there."
The Ravens haven't given a timetable on when Jackson will return. If Huntley is called to start again Sunday at Cleveland, the players are confident he can lead them to another win.
"We all believed in him," cornerback Marlon Humphrey said. "He leads a team like a starter. He is a starter in this football league, so I don't think many of the guys had any doubt."