Lamar Jackson makes NFL history with dominant performance in 34-10 win over Texans
The Ravens avoided the repeat of 2019, advancing to the AFC title game after a dominant 31-10 win over the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium.
The win gave Baltimore two wins over DeMeco Ryan’s team, and the combined scores of 56-19 provide insight into how far Houston has to climb before they start thinking about championship Sunday.
Lamar Jackson was dominant from start to finish and will likely win his second NFL MVP.
In Saturday’s win, Jackson accounted for four total touchdowns while becoming the first player in NFL history to log two rushing touchdowns, two passing touchdowns, 100 yards rushing, and 100 yards passing in the same game.
The stat line is a credit to offensive coordinator Todd Monken and the Ravens’ ability to develop a scheme that features what the dual-threat quarterback does best.
Lamar Jackson is the first player in NFL HISTORY (regular season or postseason) to have in one game:
2 passing touchdowns
2 rushing touchdowns
100 rushing yards
100 passer rating— Ryan Mink (@ryanmink) January 21, 2024
In all, Jackson accounted for 252 yards, four total touchdowns, and a `121.8 quarterback rating on the night while getting Baltimore one step closer to a Super Bowl appearance.
Pro Football Reference
Lamar Jackson now has the most playoff games with 100+ rushing yards by a QB (3) 🔥#NFL ⎹ #RavensFlock pic.twitter.com/iF3x2rsK0Y
— Pro Football Reference (@pfref) January 21, 2024
Pro Football Talk
Credit to Ravens for not freaking out when it was tied at the half. Whatever happened in the locker room is something they should bottle and sell.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 21, 2024
Kevin Van Valkenburg
Read the replies to this if you want a laugh, and an example of just how bad so many wanted to reboot the #LamarChokes narrative. https://t.co/lsXb8Q8hmm
— Kevin Van Valkenburg (@KVanValkenburg) January 21, 2024
Justin Forsett
I don’t know who needs to hear this but this @Ravens team is special!!
— Justin Forsett (@JForsett) January 21, 2024
Mark Ingram II
Quit all that hatin on L Freaky!!
Really HIM!! #TRUZZ— Mark Ingram II (@markingramII) January 21, 2024
RG3
Lamar Jackson Haters right now 😂 pic.twitter.com/41WhfVmsF8
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) January 21, 2024
Next Gen Stats
Lamar Jackson runs untouched into the end zone for his second TD on a designed run of the game, becoming the first quarterback with multiple touchdowns on designed runs in a playoff game in the NGS era.#HOUvsBAL | #RavensFlock pic.twitter.com/QzG1ZBt2Ab
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) January 21, 2024
Field Yates
Lamar Jackson is now just the second player in the Super Bowl era with 2+ passing TD, 2+ rushing TD and 100+ rushing yards in a single playoff game, joining Colin Kaepernick in 2013.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 21, 2024
NFL
Lamar with a spot in the AFC Championship on the line:#NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/2iH8F3t8cq
— NFL (@NFL) January 21, 2024
PFF
LAMAR JACKSON IS GOING TO THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP pic.twitter.com/eYGnGX60pf
— PFF (@PFF) January 21, 2024
NextGenStats
Lamar Jackson faced a career-high 75.0% blitz rate, completing 13 of 18 passes against the blitz for 120 yards & 2 TD.
Jackson got rid of the ball more than a second quicker vs the blitz in the 2nd half (2.25 seconds) compared to the first half (3.51).#HOUvsBAL | #RavensFlock pic.twitter.com/j49zz4jjEr
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) January 21, 2024
NFL on ESPN
Lamar tonight:
🔥 16/22 Comp/Att
🔥 2 Pass TD
🔥 2 Rush TD
🔥 252 Total YdsAFC Championship Game bound‼️ pic.twitter.com/FbwQ6fFuN5
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) January 21, 2024
Ravens
MVP. pic.twitter.com/7kEFW6sORa
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) January 21, 2024
