Derrick Henry runs for 216 yards and four TDs as Ravens beat Packers at Lambeau

Derrick Henry walked disconnected Lambeau Field successful a food grater foam hat, waving goodbye aft a nighttime that kept Baltimore’s play alive. With Lamar Jackson sidelined by a backmost injury, the Ravens leaned connected their moving backmost and watched him rip done Green Bay for a 41-24 triumph that preserved their playoff hopes.

Henry carries Baltimore with 216 yards and 4 scores

Henry powered the Ravens with 216 rushing yards and 4 touchdown runs, delivering what manager John Harbaugh called an instant classic. “It's 1 of the top performances I've ever seen,” Harbaugh said. “I mean, it was hard, downhill running, but besides a batch of making guys miss.”

His nighttime came aft a week of disapproval that Baltimore had not fed him capable successful a nonaccomplishment to New England, erstwhile helium did not get a transportation successful the last 12 minutes. Asked astir that talk, Henry smiled: “Oh, I got it today.”

He did. Henry acceptable a vocation precocious with 36 carries and touched the shot connected 48.6% of Baltimore’s violative snaps. Quarterback Tyler Huntley said helium sensed occupation for Green Bay close away. “When Derrick touched that ball, I was like, 'Yes, they're not ready.'”

Records autumn arsenic Ravens hold connected assistance from Cleveland

The show besides rewrote respective lines successful the grounds book. Henry moved into 10th connected the NFL’s all-time rushing list, passing Tony Dorsett, and present sits astatine 12,892 vocation rushing yards, 368 down Eric Dickerson. He climbed to 4th successful rushing touchdowns with 122, passing Adrian Peterson, with lone Emmitt Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson and Marcus Allen ahead. He acceptable the Lambeau Field grounds for astir rushing yards by a visiting player, and helium broke a necktie with Peterson and O.J. Simpson by logging his seventh 200-yard rushing game, an NFL record.

“As a kid, [I was] increasing up proceeding those names and idolizing those guys,” Henry said. “For my sanction to beryllium mentioned with theirs, it's a surreal infinitesimal for maine and thing that I ever cherish.”

Baltimore (8-8) is inactive live for the AFC North, nevertheless it needs help: Pittsburgh indispensable suffer astatine Cleveland connected Sunday. Henry said helium volition beryllium glued to it. “I'll beryllium watching and praying, for sure,” helium said. “I'm going to commune arsenic soon arsenic I get connected the plane, erstwhile I get location successful the greeting erstwhile I aftermath up, and hopefully we get blessed for the accidental to person to play for thing Week 18.”