Here we go, short week, Wednesday game, Christmas on Netflix, H-Town unis and Beyonce too?!?
Man, there’s a lot going on in this game with the Ravens, who’ve won 10 of their last 13 games. Baltimore is led by two of the biggest Texans villains of all-time: 2x MVP QB Lamar Jackson and former Titans RB Derrick Henry.
From the last matchup in 2019 through the end of 2023, Henry wasn’t just a thorn in the sides of the Texans; that dude was a full on Crocodile Dundee knife to the heart. He hammered the Texans through some lean years, rushing for 200 yards four times against the Texans (2019 finale, both games in 2020, one in 2022) in that time frame. However, the 2023 Texans defense finally, FINALLY, slowed him down to pre-2019 numbers in both games against Tennessee in 2023. They held him to 51 yards on 28 carries.
But the #8 that was handing him the ball in 2023 wasn’t THIS #8,. Jackson has owned the Texans in his four outings against them, sporting a 4-0 record against Houston. How bad has it been with Jackson under center? The combined score: Ravens – 133 v. Texans – 42, an average game score of 33-10. Yuck.
The even worse news is that Jackson is playing the BEST ball of his career in 2024, even if the MVP has already been delivered to Buffalo’s Josh Allen (that’s tongue in cheek because the media seemed to already have voted for Josh before these final two key games.) Either way, Jackson continues to evolve into an all-around pass/run weapon and now he’s got Henry to rely upon to take the pounding that Jackson typically received on a regular basis.
As I mentioned heading into Week 1 last year and the Division round playoff game, head coach DeMeco Ryans leads his guys into a massive matchup with Baltimore and his squad MUST bust the 800-lb monster right in the mouth. If not, it’s going to be as long a day, on Christmas, no less, as every other contest against the Lamar era Ravens has been. Furthermore,…
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