Henry rushes for 151 yards, 2 TDs as Ravens hang on to beat Cowboys 28-25

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens had an early, emphatic answer for the first 0-2 start since before he was their franchise quarterback.

The two-time MVP added a couple of clutch plays late when the Ravens were at risk of letting a big fourth-quarter lead get away.

Derrick Henry ran for 151 yards and two touchdowns, Jackson accounted for two scores and the Ravens held on for a 28-25 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

The Ravens (1-2) scored touchdowns on their first two drives and led 28-6 before Dak Prescott and the Cowboys rallied big late with some help from a rare onside kick recovery.

Baltimore was a play away from having to give the ball back to the Cowboys (1-2) leading by just three when Jackson had a clutch completion to Zay Flowers.

Jackson put the game away with a nifty fake to start a 10-yard run as the Ravens finished with 274 yards rushing. It's the most Dallas has allowed since twice giving up at least 294 with one of the worst defenses in franchise history in 2020.

The Ravens, coming off a trip to the AFC championship game in which they lost to Super Bowl champion Kansas City, were 0-2 for the first time since 2015, three years before they drafted Jackson. Only one team since 2000 has made the playoffs after starting 0-3.

“Every game is a big game for us because we're trying to get somewhere,” Jackson said. “We've got to win these games to get to the playoffs, and we need to get to the Super Bowl. But it starts with the game that’s in front of us.”

The Cowboys have allowed 120 points in their past three home games, including a 48-32 wild-card loss to Green Bay in January that ended Dallas' 16-game winning streak at AT&T Stadium.

Brandon Aubrey kicked a 65-yard field goal for the Cowboys, 1 yard shy of the NFL record from 2021 held by the kicker on the other sideline, Baltimore's Justin Tucker.

Just as in last week's 44-19 loss to New Orleans, the Cowboys needed more than field goals because of their porous defense.

The touchdowns eventually came for Dallas. They were just a little late.

Prescott scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak midway through the fourth, C.J. Griffin recovered the onside kick and Jalen Tolbert had a 15-yard TD catch to make it 28-18 before the Cowboys missed on a second consecutive 2-point conversion try.

Flowers recovered Dallas' second onside kick after whiffing on the first, but the Ravens went three-and-out.

The Cowboys kicked deep after KaVontae Turpin's 16-yard scoring catch cut the deficit to three before Jackson's 9-yard completion to Flowers on third-and-6, then the keeper that finished off the final 2:53.

“Lamar was just phenomenal,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “Didn’t really want to get to that situation, but we did, and we came through.”

Dallas lost consecutive home games in the same regular season for the first time since 2020, after Prescott's gruesome, season-ending ankle injury in Week 5 of a 6-10 season.

“Make sure guys don’t dwell,” Prescott said after emerging from quiet, frustrated locker room. “They can feel bad tonight, but come the morning, it’s over with. If you’re dwelling on that, you’re not going to prepare the right away. You’re still going to be looking back at things you could have done, should have done.”

Nelson Agholor had a 56-yard catch-and-run to set up Henry’s first touchdown, a 1-yard plunge for a 14-3 lead.

The Ravens opened with a five-play, 71-yard drive capped by Jackson's 9-yard run, untouched, to the pylon. His first throw of the game was a 30-yarder to uncovered tight end Charlie Kolar.

Henry, who averaged 6 yards on 25 carries, became the first Baltimore back to score at least one touchdown in each of his first three games for the franchise. He added a 23-yard catch.

A two-time rushing champion in his eight seasons with Tennessee, Henry ran 26 yards for a touchdown and a 28-6 lead on the opening drive of the second half.

Jackson was 12 of 15 for 182 yards with a 13-yard scoring toss to Rashod Bateman standing all alone in the end zone and added 87 yards rushing.

The late Dallas surge put Prescott at 28 of 51 for 379 yards and two touchdowns but once again didn't have any help from an anemic running game, even before the score got out of hand. Dallas averaged 3.2 yards per carry.

Ultimately, the Cowboys were in too big of a deficit against a team that emphasizes defense and the running game.

“You definitely want to get in front of that team,” Dallas coach Mike McCarthy said. “That’s a team that plays to their strength and their profile. We were not clean enough to get the win today.”

Cowboys S Markquese Bell injured an ankle in the first half and didn't return. ... Ravens CB Jalyn Armour-Davis injured a hamstring and didn't return.

Ravens: Home against Buffalo next Sunday night.

Cowboys: At the New York Giants in their first NFC East game Thursday night.

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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy (53) celebrates after sacking Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott in the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott (15) is stopped by Baltimore Ravens linebacker Roquan Smith (0) in the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) runs the ball for a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys in the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy (53) celebrates with David Ojabo (90) after sacking Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott in the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy, left, sacks Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) in the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

Dallas Cowboys' Brandon Aubrey (17) and the rest of the line watch Aubrey's 65-yard field goal go through the uprights in the first half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry (22) rushes for a touchdown as Dallas Cowboys' Caelen Carson (21) defends in the second half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb walks on the team's sideline in the first half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry (22) runs the ball as Dallas Cowboys' Jourdan Lewis (2), Eric Kendricks, bottom, and Donovan Wilson (6) attempt to make the stop in the first half of an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

SEATTLE (AP) — Just three games into his tenure, Mike Macdonald has the Seattle Seahawks off to a perfect start and already with a two-game division lead.

Meanwhile, the Miami Dolphins are again facing questions about who will be under center at quarterback moving forward.

“All that matters is that we win, however that we get it done," Seattle QB Geno Smith said. "I'm not really particular about that, but 3-0, it's a great start."

Smith threw for 289 yards and a 71-yard touchdown to DK Metcalf, Zach Charbonnet rushed for two TDs, and the Seahawks beat Miami 24-3 on Sunday where the attention turned to another injury suffered by a Dolphins quarterback.

A week after losing Tua Tagovailoa to the third concussion in the past two years, the Dolphins watched Skylar Thompson suffer a chest injury in the second half, leaving Tim Boyle to try to lead the charge back from a 17-3 deficit.

Boyle was unable to direct a comeback and the Dolphins (1-2) were stuck back in a place of uncertainty about their QB situation.

Miami coach Mike McDaniel said Thompson suffered a painful rib injury.

“You have to look at everything and you have to find a way to give your team the best chance to win," McDaniel said. "I think in 2022, this was something that happened to us as well and ultimately the rest of the league does not care, nor should they. So, we have to find a way to get better collectively.”

Thompson was hurt in the third quarter, staying down after being shoved by Dre’Mont Jones following a pass to De’Von Achane. But the injury was likely suffered on the previous drive when Thompson was sacked by Tyrel Dodson and was hunched over at the midsection as he ran off the field.

Thompson was 13 of 19 for 107 yards before leaving. He was also sacked five times.

Seattle is the first team since the Steelers in 1979 to start 3-0 and hold each of those opponents to under 150 yards passing. Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle combined for seven catches for just 66 yards.

“It's such a dangerous team. You know the usual suspects," Macdonald said. "When they get their hands on the ball you've got to take great angles, you need inside-out pursuit, you've got to set the edge. I thought our front played incredibly hard.”

Tagovailoa made the trip to Seattle just over a week after suffering the concussion against Buffalo on Sept. 12. The Dolphins expressed confidence that Thompson would be able to step in and keep their potent offense moving.

But all Miami could manage was Jason Sanders’ 23-yard field goal in the first quarter. Miami had just 205 total yards.

“I've never won a game scoring three points, so I think collectively starting with me it has to be better. We have to get it figured out fast," McDaniel said.

Miami had a chance to pull within one score early in the fourth quarter following Smith’s second interception of the game — a pass that was deflected by Calais Campbell and grabbed out of the air by Zach Sieler. Miami reached the Seattle 3, but failed on four attempts and turned the ball over on downs.

Seattle answered that defensive stand with a 98-yard scoring drive, capped by Charbonnet's 10-yard TD run with 4:55 left. Charbonnet finished with 91 yards rushing on 18 carries, while Smith was 26 of 34 passing, including the long TD toss to Metcalf.

Seattle improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2020.

“We always talk about closing the game and for the offense that was our opportunity to go close the game ... and just be on the attack right there. I think we did a great job,” Charbonnet said.

Seattle’s offense was humming early with Smith throwing for 133 yards in the first quarter. The big shot came on the final play of the first quarter when Metcalf used a double move to flash open and Smith found him for his seventh career touchdown catch of 50 yards or more.

But after that opening quarter it was a rather miserable afternoon for the Seahawks on that side of the ball with drives often stymied by penalties. The teams were each flagged for 11 accepted penalties with several more declined or offsetting.

“I think that's the only thing that stopped us today was the stupid penalties that we had,” Metcalf said.

Along with Thompson, the Dolphins lost starting left tackle Terron Armstead (eye) and cornerback Kendall Fuller (concussion) to injuries in the first half.

Seattle lost significant depth on the defensive line as rookie first round pick Byron Murphy II (hamstring) and Leonard Williams (ribs) were both lost to injuries in the first half. Both were ruled out at halftime.

Dolphins: Host Tennessee next week on "Monday Night Football."

Seahawks: At Detroit next week on "Monday Night Football."

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Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel reacts as Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson is evaluated on the field after a play during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf makes a catch before running the ball for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith looks to throw during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Miami Dolphins safety Jevon Holland (8) tackles Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet (26) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. Miami Dolphins linebacker Jaelan Phillips (15) looks on at left. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett (16) reacts after a reception during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson (19) is evaluated on the field after a play during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tim Boyle (14) throws during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith (7) throws a touchdown pass to Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf, not pictured, during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson lies on the field after a play during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf (14) greets running back Kenneth Walker III after scoring a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet (26) looks to get around Miami Dolphins defense during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Dre'Mont Jones (55) tackles Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson (19) after a throw during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. Thompson was taken out of the game after the play after an apparent injury. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, right, looks on from the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet (26) reacts after scoring a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)