With quarterback Lamar Jackson leading the way , the Ravens rushed for 265 yards

In a league that relies heavily on the forward pass Youth Maxx Williams Jersey , the Baltimore Ravens have gone old-school in their bid to reach the NFL playoffs.Sunday in a 24-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Jackson ran 27 times for 117 yards, Gus Edwards garnered 115 yards on the ground and both rookies rushed for seven first downs.There's a good chance Jackson will start for the injured Joe Flacco again Sunday when the Ravens (5-5) host the Oakland Raiders (2-8). If Jackson is the starter, it's unlikely he will again slither, slide and scramble with the ball 27 times."Yeah, you don't want your quarterback getting hit that much," coach John Harbaugh said Monday. "It's not going to last that way. So, that's pretty self-evident."That said, Harbaugh mocked those people concerned about Jackson's workload."Oh, he had 27 carries," Harbaugh said. "You know what he did? He won the game. He played his tail off. Celebrate that, and move on."Whatever it takes to win."It's not what we're going to be shooting for by any stretch, but if it takes that many, Lamar will do it http://www.ravensfootballauthentics.com/nick-boyle-jersey-authentic ," Harbaugh said. "But, no, he took some hits. I think they knew the quarterback was going to run the ball. They were going after him a little bit, as you would expect. That's something that we have to look at going forward."Selected 32nd overall in the 2018 draft, Jackson was thrust into the starting lineup because Flacco has a right hip injury that has been slow to heal and could keep him sidelined against the Raiders."He has a chance," Harbaugh said, without much conviction.Jackson ran 655 times at Louisville and won the 2016 Heisman Trophy for his ability to carry the ball, not throw it. On Sunday, his carries accounted for more than a third of Baltimore's 73 offensive plays, and the Ravens finished with 54 rushing attempts compared to 19 passes.Harbaugh bristled when someone asked him about Jackson's ability to throw the football, and where that fits into the game plan moving forward."Yeah, we're going to throw the ball more down the road," Harbaugh insisted. "All this veiled stuff, 'Is he really a thrower?' I got news for you: He's a thrower. He's a quarterback. I don't appreciate the insinuation of the question. Lamar Jackson is a quarterback."He's a quarterback with 256 yards rushing 鈥?second on the team behind Alex Collins 鈥?and 237 yards passing. Collins scored a touchdown against the Bengals Youth Maurice Canady Jersey , but his playing time was sheared by Edwards, an undrafted rookie free agent who got 17 carries and played most of the second half.Edwards, who scored his first NFL touchdown , got the call because of the way he's excelled in the days leading up to game day."He's been practicing great," Harbaugh said. "It has been a goal to get him more carries before this."Baltimore's 265 yards rushing against Cincinnati was tied for the fifth most in franchise history, and it marked the first time in NFL history that a team had a rookie quarterback and rookie running back each top 100 yards rushing.After he was done, Jackson made one final run 鈥?after the referee to snag the game ball."However you move the ball is good. You do it based on your personnel," Harbaugh said. "You want it to be a mix, but in the end, the players deserve the credit for running the ball so well." Alex Collins enters this season looking to gain 1,000 yards, enhance his stature among NFL running backs and help the Ravens reach the postseason for the first time since 2014.These goals are far more ambitious than his singular objective of a year ago, which was simply to earn a place on Baltimore's 53-man roster.After being waived by Seattle early last September, Collins was signed to the Ravens practice squad. He was activated in Week 2 and thrust into the starting lineup on Oct. 1.Collins finished with 973 yards rushing — ranking ninth in the NFL with a 4.6-yard average — and caught 23 passes for 187 yards.If he can come up with a sufficient encore in 2018 http://www.ravensfootballauthentics.com/alex-collins-jersey-authentic , then perhaps Collins will no longer feel underappreciated."I feel like I've been overlooked my entire career, throughout college and at this level," Collins said. "But I'd rather show them on the field why I'm overlooked than run my mouth talking about it."At Arkansas, Collins became only the third player in the history of the Southeastern Conference to open his career with three successive 1,000-yard seasons. Yet, he wasn't selected until the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft.Collins rushed for 125 yards in his rookie season, not enough to convince Seattle to keep him for another season.He finally made some noise with Baltimore last year, though not quite enough to get him the acclaim many believe he deserves."I definitely think he's underrated, but it's probably due to the fact that he's only played one real year," Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco said. "After this year, I'm not sure he'll still be underrated."Collins certainly isn't underappreciated by the Ravens."In my mind, he's a veteran back. He's been there before and has a lot to prove," coach John Harbaugh said. "He still has a little bit of a chip on his shoulder; I'm looking forward to seeing how he plays."Collins does not like talking about himself. He was scheduled to meet with the local media on Wednesday to preview Baltimore's opener against Buffalo, but was nowhere to be found when it was his turn to step up to the podium.Long after most of the cameramen and reporters departed Youth Willie Snead IV Jersey , Collins finally spoke in the hallway outside the locker room.It's been a quiet summer for the 5-foot-10, 208-pound Collins, who carried only three times during the preseason in the only game he played."There's an expectation at the end of that," he said. "They took care of me in the preseason, so I feel like it's my responsibility to take care of them in the regular season. I'm going to show them that I can carry that load. I'm ready to take on that pounding."It sure beats being a member of the practice squad."I'm thankful for the position I'm in, from last year to this year," Collins said. "But at the same time, I'm trying to go above and beyond what I did last year. I have the motivation."Collins twice ran for 100 yards last season and probably would have topped 1,000 yards if he played in all 16 games instead of 15. He expects to reach four digits in yards this time around."That's something I'm trying hard to achieve. At the same time, I still have other goals that trump that," he said. "I'm going to help the team first. I'll worry about my personal goals after that."