Lamar Jackson returned for the Baltimore Ravens in model as he threw 4 touuchdowns in a 28-6 win over the Miami Dolphins.
The star quarterback and former MVP threw for 204 yards and accomplished 18 of 23 passes in his first begin since Week 4 towards Kansas Metropolis, and the Ravens (3-5) gained their second straight sport as they hope to make a run within the wide-open AFC North.
“It felt nice,” Jackson mentioned. “I didn’t have any issues. I used to be feeling good on the market.”
Jackson had been out of motion with a hamstring damage however linked up with tight finish Mark Andrews for 2 landing catches. Jackson’s different TD passes went to tight finish Charlie Kolar and receiver Rashod Bateman.
“It’s do or die,” Jackson mentioned. “Win or go house. Normally we begin off profitable video games. However proper now we’re behind, and we’ve all received to step it up.”
The Ravens had been 1-5 simply 5 days in the past however have put collectively consecutive spectacular wins after Tyler Huntley led them to a 30-16 victory over Chicago final Sunday.
“We had two video games that we wanted to win in 4 days,” Baltimore coach John Harbaugh mentioned. “They usually had been absolute must-wins. And for our guys to step up the best way they did is commendable. And it simply means we’re two video games beneath .500. That’s all it means. However we’re two video games beneath .500, proper? We had been 4 video games beneath .500.”
Tua Tagovailoa, who accomplished 25 of 40 passes for 261 yards with an interception, led the Dolphins 80 yards down the sphere early within the fourth, a promising drive that included two fourth-down conversions. However receiver Malik Washington fumbled on the 10, and Dolphins followers started to exit Onerous Rock Stadium en masse with greater than 10 minutes remaining.
“You wish to dictate the phrases. You wish to repair stuff,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned. “That sucks. All of that does. Nevertheless it’s a reasonably constant formulation of – followers take pleasure in profitable. Our expectation is that we’ve to try this work and do the precise issues for followers to benefit from the expertise. Sadly we didn’t do this tonight, so we’ve received to get again to work to present them one thing to cheer about.”