Nov 01, 2025
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Long linebacker Jackson threw four touchdown passes
After missing three games and spending three minutes on the bench awaiting his return, Lamar Jackson took some time to get going Thursday.
After a low Jackson went through the Ravens' first line and forced a punt, Baltimore and its quarterback return Alohi Gilman were forced to fumble.
It came on a call-down in which Jackson sacked Mark Andrews on a pick-six.
As it was, the Ravens were once underdogs, building on Jackson's stellar night with four touchdowns in his comeback victory as Baltimore rolled past the Miami Dolphins, 28-6.
"It's awesome," said Jackson, who watched from the bench as the Dolphins won the coin toss and elected to take the ball, delaying their first game since Sept. 28.
After a full week of practice for Jackson, his head coach saw a performance like this on the horizon.
"He's been in a great mindset all week and he was on Tuesday when we changed quickly," John Harbabo.
Jackson found himself in the near-perfect environment to return to action, as the Pompano Beach, Florida, native tore through Miami again, throwing for four or more touchdowns for the third time in five games against the Dolphins.He completed 18 of 23 passes for 204 yards with no interceptions and a brilliant rating of 143.2.
In five career starts for the Dolphins, Jackson posted a 3-2 yardage record (281 per game), one interception and one sack, the most by a player (at least 100).
After hitting Andrews on his first two touchdowns, Jackson hit Charlie Kolar and Rashod Bateman for third-quarter scores.
It seems that there is a runst immediately - especially those things that were previously described to bateman in the first drive - and Jackson does not seem to be a beast 14, but then he finished all the things, they passed.
"Yeah, a little bit," Jackson said when asked if he felt like he hadn't played since Week 4 against the Chiefs. But it's great. We got the dub."
Miami had twice as many first downs (10-4) and twice as many yards (225-109) as Baltimore in the first half, but Jackson and the Ravens had a halftime lead.
In the second half, the Tigers really took off, with Jackson Scamble lighting it up for them.On the opening play of the second half, Jackson faced a third-and-six before rushing for 13 yards.
"That would have been the key play of the whole game because if it wasn't. He's in second quarter mode," Harbaugh said of Jackson's third down.
Andrew's second TD catch came with 14:10 left in the second quarter and preceded a trio of three-and-outs late in the half.Jackson's tackle energized the team and led to an 11-play, 68-yard drive that ended with Kolar's TD and really got the ball rolling.
Baltimore has finished with 338 yards and 229 coming off the last two seasons.
Jackson said a few things I was ready and the boys were ready to check out."Screamed a lot. They did a lot. Every position, every position, and at our back, those guys locked in and wanted to put a point in the first half."
Baltimore has now won two straight after a horrible 1-5 start.Only four teams since the 1970 merger have made the postseason after such a start.
However, since 1990, 21 teams have made the postseason after 3-5 starts.
Jackson is back, and with him the Ravens' backside may have returned as well.
“Yeah, I mean, it's do or die,” Jackson said."Win or go home. We usually start the game by winning, we are never behind and we all have to step up."
