Lamar Jackson broke the NFL career rushing record for quarterbacks in the Baltimore Ravens' victory over the Houston Texans on Wednesday. A highlight came when Jackson dashed 48 yards for a touchdown on a run where he reached a career-best top speed of 21.

Baltimore’s defense swarmed a maligned Texans offensive line. C.J. Stroud was sacked five times, with the Ravens recording a total of nine QB hits. Stroud finished the day 17-for-31 for 185 yards and an interception. The Texans’ lone score on the afternoon came on a safety tackling Henry.

Lamar Jackson set an NFL record, Derrick Henry achieved a single-season franchise mark and the visiting Baltimore Ravens moved into first place in the AFC North with a 31-2 rout of the Houston Texans on Wednesday.

The Ravens and quarterback Lamar Jackson blew out the Texans, 31-2, on Christmas to take the AFC North into the final week of the season.

Lamar Jackson has a fan in Texans head coach DeMeco Ryan, and as the Houston head coach prepares to stop Baltimore’s star quarterback on Christmas Day, he’s saying all the right things to make Jackson comfortable. Ahead of a Monday practice, Ryans said Jackson is “definitely the MVP” when describing the Ravens quarterbacks strong play this season.

Quarterback Lamar Jackson remained a contender to earn MVP honors for the third time in his career as he guided his Baltimore Ravens to a dominant 31-2 win over the Houston Texans on Christmas Day.

Lamar Jackson won his second NFL MVP award last season. He has been even better this season. Much better, amazingly enough. We’ve seen split MVPs before and that would probably be the most appropriate ending to the Jackson/Josh Allen MVP race.

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson’s passer rating of 121.6 is just behind the single-season NFL record of 122.5 set by Aaron Rodgers in 2011.

It certainly seems that either Jackson or Allen will ultimately earn the regular-season MVP for the ongoing campaign.