After a ten play, 1:22 drive, Howell found Dymai Brown to complete his fantastic half as the starter, going 19/25 for 188 lads and 2 TD. That minute left on the clock was enough time for Howell to put his team up going into the halftime break. Johnson and the Ravens responded in three plays, going 75 yards down the field and taking the lead with just over a minute to go in the half with a touchdown pass to Tylan Wallace. Howell hit Antonio Gibson out of the backfield for a 7 yard TD pass to take the lead. The Commanders scored on their first drive of the night, but they were held to a field goal, and despite some great play from their quarterback it took them until after the Two Minute Warning to get into the end zone. 21 points in final 2 minutes of first half
The second year quarterback is the most likely to be starting under center Week 1 and after Monday night his case has only been strengthened. Sam Howell made his case to be the first string QB with a fantastic performance from FedEx Field on Monday night. He wasted no time getting Baltimore into the end zone, driving right down the field in 7 plays and found Zay Flowers on a 26 yard catch and run for the opening score of the game. Lamar Jackson was in street clothes watching the Ravens second preseason game, and J osh Johnson got the start under center. Both teams opened up the playbook and all four quarters felt like a regular season game. Coaches don’t want to gamble too much, so we see a lot of dinks and dunks, and a whole lot of short possessions. There are a lot of preseason games where it seems like we are just going through the motions. Joey Slye hit the go ahead field goal with 10 second remaining in the Commanders 29-28 win from FedEx Field. Jackson has 12 TD passes in four career Week 1 starts.The streak is finally over! The Washington Commanders put an end to the Baltimore Ravens’ 24 game preseason win streak with comeback win in the fourth quarter. makes his return for his first game since injuring his knee in the Super Bowl two seasons ago while playing for the Los Angeles Rams. Baltimore’s Justin Tucker has 57 career FGs of at least 50 yards, one behind Sebastian Janikowski for second place on the NFL’s career list. Jackson is the only quarterback since the 1970 merger to reach 600 yards rushing in each of his first five seasons. That’s the league’s longest current streak. The Ravens had multiple sacks in 13 consecutive games to finish the 2022 regular season. Josh Allen, Daunte Culpepper, Cam Newton and Dak Prescott are the others.
With one more rushing TD, Baltimore QB Lamar Jackson will become the fifth player in NFL history to post 100 TDs passing and 25 rushing in his first six seasons.
Only Philadelphia (12-3) is better in that span. Since coach John Harbaugh took over, the Ravens are 11-4 in season openers. He became the third rookie in franchise history to surpass 1,000 yards. Houston RB Dameon Pierce ranked fourth among rookies last season with 1,104 yards from scrimmage. The other was David Carr, who started the first game in Texans history in 2002 - a 19-10 win over Dallas. Stroud is set to become the second rookie in franchise history to start Week 1. The record holder - with 156 in 2006 - is DeMeco Ryans, who makes his debut as Houston’s coach on Sunday. S Jalen Pitre had 147 tackles last season, second most in Texans history by a rookie. Houston WR Robert Woods has had at least 500 yards receiving in all 10 seasons since entering the league in 2013. STATS AND STUFF: The Texans (2002) and Ravens (1996) are the NFL’s two youngest franchises.
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