Lamar Jackson and the Ravens: Unstoppable Force on the Ground
The Baltimore Ravens overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Cincinnati, 38-35, in overtime as quarterback Lamar Jackson totaled 403 yards (348 passing, 55 rushing) with four touchdown passes and running back Derrick Henry rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown.
The Ravens have 1,056 rushing yards this season and are the fifth team since 1980 with at least 1,000 rushing yards in its first five games of a season, joining the 2006 Atlanta Falcons (1,160 rushing yards), 1984 Chicago Bears (1,084), 1980 Detroit Lions (1,073) and 1983 Pittsburgh Steelers (1,030).
Baltimore rushed for 175 yards in Week 5 and has rushed for at least 100 yards in 38 consecutive games, tied with the 1935-39 Detroit Lions (38 consecutive games) for the third-longest such streak by a team in NFL history. Only the 2018-21 Baltimore Ravens (43 consecutive games) and 1974-77 Pittsburgh Steelers (43) have a longer such streak.
Jackson is the first player in NFL history with multiple career games with at least 300 passing yards, 50 rushing yards and four touchdown passes. He also reached those marks in Week 5 of the 2021 season.
Henry has 10,074 rushing yards and 100 scrimmage touchdowns (96 rushing, four receiving) in 124 career games and became the fifth player in NFL history with at least 10,000 rushing yards and 100 scrimmage touchdowns in his first 125 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Emmitt Smith and LaDainian Tomlinson as well as Adrian Peterson.
Henry has a rushing touchdown in each of the first five weeks and is the first non-rookie and fourth player overall in NFL history to record a rushing touchdown in each of his first five games with a team, joining Alan Ameche (with the Baltimore Colts in 1955), Joe Cribbs (with Buffalo in 1980) and Robert Edwards(with New England in 1998).
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