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Ravens vs. Bills score, results: Derrick Henry, Baltimore bombard Buffalo

joe rivera and jacob camenker, usa today
·16 min read

A potential AFC championship game preview proved to be very one-sided.

The Week 4 "Sunday Night Football" matchup pitted the Buffalo Bills against the Baltimore Ravens, which resulted in a dominant 35-10 Ravens win over the Bills.

Derrick Henry was a force to be reckoned with on Sunday night: With 209 total yards (199 rushing, 10 receiving) and 10 touchdowns, Henry helped thump the Bills. It was, though, a complete multifaceted attack from the Ravens all night long, who ran up the score and stifled the Bills offense.

Entering the game, Josh Allen looked about as good as Josh Allen has ever looked in the NFL, but the Bills passer didn't have an answer for Baltimore's defense. Allen finished 16-of-29 passing with no touchdowns in the loss.

USA TODAY Sports provided live updates, highlights, and more from the Week 4 "Sunday Night Football" matchup below.

Ravens vs. Bills final score: Ravens dominate 35-10

It was a laugher from the first Ravens snap on Sunday night. The Bills simply didn't have answers, offensively or defensively, for anything Baltimore threw at them.

Derrick Henry came up a yard shy of a 200-yard rushing night, but still scored twice in the rout.

Mitchell Trubisky replaces Josh Allen as Bills QB

The allegorical white-flag waving of the matchup, the Bills have given Josh Allen the rest of the night off with just over five minutes left in the fourth quarter. Entering in relief of Allen is former No. 2 overall pick Mitchell Trubisky.

The Ravens lead Buffalo 35-10 with 5:37 left in the matchup.

Ravens-Bills score: Patrick Ricard secures fumble for TD

Derrick Henry was angling for his third touchdown of the night, but coughed up the ball just short of the goal line. The Duke caromed into the end zone, where it eventually found a home in the arms of fullback Patrick Ricard for the touchdown. The Ravens lead 35-10 in the fourth.

Tyler Bass misses 48-yard field goal

Josh Allen's 16-yard sack proves costly. Bass misses the 48-yard field goal, wide left. The Ravens maintain a three-possession lead with just 14:55 left, and the Bills are running out of time to get back in the contest.

End of third quarter: Ravens keep control over Bills

The Ravens are maintaining a sizeable lead entering the fourth quarter and just got a key stop of Josh Allen on a third-and-4. Marlon Humphrey came off the edge on a cornerback blitz and forced Allen to retreat in the hopes of making a play.

Ultimately, Allen was chased by Odafe Oweh for a loss of 16 yards, setting up a fourth-and-20. The Bills will have to try a long field goal in the hopes of cutting Baltimore's lead to 18, which is certainly not what they were hoping for after getting inside the 20.

Lamar Jackson scores on 9-yard touchdown run

The Ravens dialed up a run for Jackson, and he took it around the right side of the offensive line and into the end-zone with ease. It's his third touchdown of the day but his first on the ground.

Justin Tucker converts the point after attempt, and the Ravens are back on top by 18 points.

Josh Allen fumbles during trick play, Ravens recover

Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady dialed up a trick play, and it didn't work out at all. Curtis Samuel took the direct snap and tried to flip it back to Allen, who caught the awkward lateral before quickly being swarmed by Ravens defenders.

Allen was eventually strip-sacked by Kyle Van Noy before he was crushed by Travis Jones. The Ravens recovered the ball and Allen remained down for a bit before getting up and walking off under his own power.

Bills defense forces second consecutive three-and-out

Buffalo's defense is now 2 for 2 in stopping the Ravens after failing to do so in the first half. They were aided by a Baltimore false start. but the Bills corralled Derrick Henry and saw Baylon Spector sack Lamar Jackson on a third-and-long to force a punt.

Rookie return man Brandon Codrington bobbled and nearly lost the punt but managed to jump on top of it. The Bills get the ball back on their own 19-yard line.

Ty Johnson scores first Bills TD of game

The Bills get off to a great start in the second half, as Johnson scored on a 3-yard run after Josh Allen hit Khalil Shakir on a 52-yard pass to set up Buffalo's first red-zone opportunity of the day.

Tyler Bass knocked through the extra point to cut Baltimore's lead to 21-10.

Bills force Ravens into three-and-out

The Bills blitzed Lamar Jackson on their first defensive play coming out of the locker room and forced him to intentionally ground the ball for a 14-yard loss. That put Baltimore behind the chains and allowed Buffalo to force a three-and-out.

Buffalo got the ball to their own 40-yard line, giving them good field position to begin the second half.

Taylor Rapp injury update

The Bills lost starting safety Rapp in the second quarter. He has been ruled out for the rest of the game because of a concussion and has been replaced by second-round rookie Cole Bishop.

NFL undefeated teams

The Bills are one of the NFL's four remaining undefeated teams, so if they can't pull off an improbable comeback against the Ravens, there will only be three left standing.

Here are the NFL's undefeated teams:

Kansas City Chiefs: 4-0

Minnesota Vikings: 4-0

Buffalo Bills: 3-0

Seattle Seahawks: 3-0

End of first half: Ravens dominating Bills

The Ravens are dominating the Bills in the first half. They have outgained Buffalo 281-90 and have held the Bills to a conversion rate of just 1 for 8 on third downs.

Lamar Jackson has completed 11 of 13 passes for 135 yards and two touchdowns, good for a 149.5 passer rating. Derrick Henry has 118 total yards and two touchdowns in the first half as well, as the two continue to key Baltimore's offense.

The Ravens will get the ball to start the second half with a chance to further extend their massive lead over the Bills. Buffalo's defense will need to shape up after a difficult first half to avoid being completely embarrassed and suffering its first loss of the season.

Bills convert fourth down after rare Ravens penalty

The Bills converted a fourth-and-2 without ever snapping the ball. Ravens coach John Harbaugh tried to call a timeout after Baltimore was charged with one because of an injury to Marlon Humphrey.

NFL teams aren't allowed to call back-to-back timeouts, so the Ravens were called for a 5-yard delay of game penalty. That gifted the Bills a first down.

Lamar Jackson fumbles after being hit by two Bills

The Bills finally got their first stop, as Dorian Williams punched the ball out of Jackson's hands on a first-and-20 run. Jackson had to go airborne to avoid being hit hard low and ended up flipping mid-air before losing the ball.

The Bills will now get the ball back looking to cut into Baltimore's 18-point lead before halftime.

Kyle Van Noy sacks Josh Allen

The Ravens force the Bills into a three-and-out, as Van Noy got into the backfield on a third-and-8 to sack Allen. It marks Van Noy's fifth sack in his last three games and will give Baltimore the ball back with a chance to extend its already commanding lead over the Buffalo.

Derrick Henry stats today

With 7:34 left in the second quarter, Henry has already eclipsed 100 rushing yards, racking up 104 and a touchdown on six carries while adding nine yards and a touchdown on two catches.

Henry has now scored six TDs through his first 3 1/2 games with the Ravens.

Ravens-Bills score: Lamar Jackson finds Justice Hill for TD

Three drives for the Ravens, three touchdowns. Jackson found Hill coming out of the backfield and breaking wide open to the end zone, as the Buffalo linebackers are having a tough time containing Hill and Derrick Henry, who have combined for three TDs.

Justin Tucker makes the extra point to extend Baltimore's lead to 18 points.

Ravens-Bills score: Derrick Henry scores second TD of the night

"King Henry" returned to pay dirt at the start of the second quarter, grabbing a TD pass from Lamar Jackson to put the Ravens up 14-3 in the early goings on the game.

Henry scored the longest TD run in Ravens history earlier, an 87-yard run.

End of first quarter: Ravens lead Bills 7-3

It was a back-and-forth and hard-hitting affair in the first quarter, which ended with the Ravens up 7-3 on the Bills on the back of a Derrick Henry rushing TD.

The Ravens start the second quarter threatening to score again.

Ravens-Bills score: Tyler Bass hits 50-yard field goal

After some injury confusion and penalties, the Bills put points on the board courtesy of the right leg of Tyler Bass, who nailed a 50-yard field goal to give Buffalo their first points of the night.

Khalil Shakir injury: Bills WR shaken up after catch

After a first-quarter catch, Bills wide receiver Khalil Shakir was shaken up and slow to get to his feet. The wideout would walk slowly to the bench and receive further attention from medical staff on the Bills' bench.

Shakir came into the "Sunday Night Football" matchup as one of Josh Allen's favorite targets in 2024, grabbing 14 passes for 168 yards and counting this season.

Ravens-Bills score: Derrick Henry burns Buffalo D for long TD

Well, that didn't take long. The Ravens ran the ball to the right side of their offensive line on their first offensive play of the game. Derrick Henry burst through a gaping hole in the line and quickly through each level of the Buffalo defender to get the Ravens on the board.

Henry's run was the longest run in the history of the Ravens, and Baltimore has an early 7-0 lead.

Josh Allen injury update

Allen is still wearing a glove on his non-throwing hand. He suffered a hand injury early in Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season against the Arizona Cardinals but has been able to play through it.

Allen also has the second and third fingers on his left hand taped together.

Bills convert early fourth-and-inches

The Bills couldn't get a first down within their first three plays, but Sean McDermott decided to be aggressive and go for it on fourth down inches short of his own 40-yard line. Josh Allen snuck the ball up the middle to easily get a first down.

Is James Cook related to Dalvin Cook?

Yes, for those wondering, James Cook is the younger brother of Dalvin Cook. The younger Cook went to Georgia and was a second-round pick by the Buffalo Bills in the 2022 NFL draft. He is in his third season while Dalvin, a second-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, is in his eighth season.

James Cook is 25 years old, four years younger than Dalvin, who is 29.

What time is Bills at Ravens?

  • Bills at Ravens will kick off at 8:20 p.m. ET from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

How to watch Ravens vs. Bills

  • TV channel: NBC

The game will air on NBC and Peacock. The game is also available to stream on Fubo.

Mike Tirico (play-by-play) and Cris Collinsworth (analyst) will be on the call, with Melissa Stark adding reports from the field for NBC.

Ravens vs. Bills predictions, picks

Here's how the USA TODAY Sports staff feels the Bills-Ravens "SNF" matchup will shake out.

  • Lorenzo Reyes: Bills 27, Ravens 21

  • Tyler Dragon: Ravens 26, Bills 22

  • Richard Morin: Bills 22, Ravens 18

  • Jordan Mendoza: Ravens 29, Bills 28

Ravens vs. Bills odds, moneyline, over/under 

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  • Spread: Ravens (-2.5)

  • Moneyline: Ravens (-145), Bills (+120)

  • Over/under: 46.5 points

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Why did Lamar Jackson fall in the draft?

There was one notable stat that stood out as a potential problem for Jackson. He completed just 59.1 percent of his passes during his final college season and just 57 percent total for his college career. It's rare for quarterbacks to significantly improve their accuracy and efficiency at the NFL level so Jackson's "tendency to miss on simple throws," as NFL.com's Lance Zierlein put it, was a concern some talent evaluators had.

That's also why a select few – like former Indianapolis Colts general manager and ESPN talent Bill Polian – argued that Jackson should move to receiver at the NFL level.

Few agreed with Polian's take, though Jackson revealed on one of the Ravens' podcasts that the Los Angeles Chargers asked him to work out as a receiver at the 2018 NFL Combine.

How Josh Allen’s new approach is keeping Bills rolling

The makeover of the Bills’ receivers corps without Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis, a free agency departure, has underscored Josh Allen’s growth in a diversified offense. Sure, third-year pro Khalil Shakir, a blazer who stretches the field, continues to step up. Shakir has been targeted 14 times and produced 14 catches. Yet balance has been the ticket for Allen.

“I think he’s spreading the ball out more,” Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr told reporters this week. “You really don’t know where the ball is going to go. All of his receivers are liable to get the ball in any situation at any point in time – including the running backs and the tight ends.”

How is Josh Allen doing it?

Cris Collinsworth staying at NBC, signs contract extension

The No. 1 team on NBC's Sunday night football will stay intact, at least for the foreseeable future.

According to a report from The Athletic, NBC Sports is close to securing a new four-year contract extension with top analyst Cris Collinsworth. The extension will keep him with the network through the 2029-30 season. His current contract runs through the 2026 season.

NBC is scheduled to broadcast two more Super Bowls in the next six years, including Super Bowl 60 in 2026 and Super Bowl 64 in 2030.

Collinsworth, 65, who has won seven Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports Studio Analyst, makes about $12.5 million a year and has teamed up with Mike Tirico to call games.

AFC East standings

The Bills currently sit atop the AFC East, and have an opportunity to extend their lead with a win over the Ravens tonight. Here's the AFC East standings after Sunday's games:

  1. Bills (3-0)

  2. Jets (2-2)

  3. Dolphins (1-2)

  4. Patriots (1-3)

AFC North standings

The Ravens have an opportunity to shorten a gap between themselves and the Steelers on Sunday with a win. Here's how the AFC North shakes out after Sunday's games:

  1. Steelers (3-1)

  2. Ravens (1-2)

  3. Bengals (1-3)

  4. Browns (1-3)

Bills vs. Ravens weather updates

Weather conditions will be worth monitoring during the Bills vs. Ravens game on "Sunday Night Football." It will be 68 degrees with 90 percent humidity when the game kicks off, and rain is "likely" to start falling around 9:45 p.m. ET, per Weather.com.

Wind will be blowing up to 8 mph throughout the game, so that could create a challenging environment for kickers once the rain arrives. It shouldn't be too difficult for Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson to throw early in the game, but it may get more difficult as rain slicks the ball later in the night.

Bills inactives vs. Ravens

The Bills will be without two starters against the Ravens: slot cornerback Taron Johnson and middle linebacker Terrel Bernard. Below is a full look at their inactives for "SNF":

  • CB Taron Johnson

  • S Mike Edwards

  • LB Terrel Bernard

  • LB Edefuan Ulofoshio

  • C/G Will Clapp

Ravens inactives vs. Bills

The Ravens will be without starting left guard Andrew Vorhees against the Bills. Below is a full look at their inactives:

  • FS Beau Brade

  • NT Michael Pierce

  • C Nick Samac

  • G Andrew Vorhees

  • WR Devontez Walker

Baltimore native Angel Reese attends Ravens vs. Bills

Reese is in attendance for the Ravens-Bills "Sunday Night Football" game in Week 4. The Ravens included a video of the Chicago Sky star saying she was "super excited" to be at the game and representing Baltimore.

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