{"id":251503,"date":"2025-10-31T03:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251503\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T03:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:52:08","slug":"lamar-jackson-dazzles-on-return-from-injury-as-ravens-dominate-dolphins-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251503\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamar Jackson dazzles on return from injury as Ravens dominate Dolphins | NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lamar Jackson threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns, showing little rust in his return from a hamstring strain, and the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> routed the Miami Dolphins 28-6 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Jackson completed 18 of 23 passes in his first start since Week 4 against Kansas City, and the Ravens won their second straight as they attempt to make a run in the wide-open AFC North<\/a>. The Pittsburgh Steelers (4-3) top the division ahead of the Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals, who have 3-5 records. The Ravens have a favorable schedule<\/a> going forward, and will face only one time currently over .500 \u2013 the Steelers \u2013 in their next six games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt great to be out there, it felt awesome,\u201d Jackson said of his return from injury.<\/p>\n

Tight end Mark Andrews made two touchdown catches for the Ravens. Jackson\u2019s other TD passes went to tight end Charlie Kolar and receiver Rashod Bateman. Derrick Henry rushed 119 yards on 19 carries. Jackson ran the ball five times for 14 yards.<\/p>\n

For the Dolphins, De\u2019Von Achane had 14 carries for 67 yards, while Jaylen Waddle caught six passes for 82 yards.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins (2-7) outgained the Ravens 226 yards to 109 and held them to 1 of 6 on third down in the first half, but Miami trailed 14-6 at the break because of a slew of mistakes.<\/p>\n

On Miami\u2019s second drive, rookie Tahj Washington fumbled at the Dolphins\u2019 four-yard line, and Andrews caught a two-yard TD from Jackson on fourth down on the Ravens\u2019 ensuing possession.<\/p>\n

Achane led the Dolphins back down the field with runs of 19 and 22 yards, but a false start by offensive lineman Larry Borom on fourth-and-one forced Miami to kick a field goal, which Riley Patterson missed from 35 yards out.<\/p>\n

The Ravens\u2019 offense answered again. Jackson escaped the grasp of linebacker Jaelan Phillips and connected with Isaiah Likely for a 35-yard pickup, which set up Andrews\u2019 20-yard score \u2013 aided by two Dolphins defenders running into each other in coverage \u2013 that put Baltimore ahead 14-3.<\/p>\n

Jackson, a two-time MVP, connected on his first nine passes of the second half before he finally missed DeAndre Hopkins on a deep throw in the final minute of the third quarter. The game was out of reach by then, and Jackson had already thrown his fourth TD \u2013 a nine-yard toss to Bateman that put Baltimore up 28-6.<\/p>\n

Tua Tagovailoa, who completed 25 of 40 passes for 261 yards with an interception, led the Dolphins 80 yards down the field early in the fourth, a promising drive that included two fourth-down conversions. But receiver Malik Washington fumbled at the 10, and Dolphins fans began to exit Hard Rock Stadium en masse with more than 10 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s only points were Patterson\u2019s field goals of 49 and 43 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lamar Jackson threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns, showing little rust in his return from a hamstring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-251503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}