Week 5 closed with a thriller in Atlanta, and Derrick Henry was right in the middle of it. After an overtime fight on the road, the Baltimore Ravens walked out with a 30-23 win over the Atlanta Falcons.
Henry, the former Alabama star, delivered one of the night’s biggest performances on what NBC had labeled “National Running Backs Day.” He piled up 102 yards on 24 carries, finished a key two-point conversion to push the game to overtime, and added a touchdown catch while Snoop Huntley started in place of Lamar Jackson, who missed the game with an injury.
Afterward, Henry said he had already predicted how the night would end, saying he was chasing the celebratory robes that were waiting for the winner.
“I told y’all yesterday I was coming to get it,” Henry said after the game. “Thank God we was able to get this win.
Tough, hard-fought game, but we came out on top. And credit to everybody on the team, coaches, our teammates.
Good win.”
The finish turned even stranger when Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. was knocked down just before overtime and injured his ribs. That opened the door for former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to take over in OT.
Baltimore got the upper hand in the extra period, but the game ended on Tua’s second pass of overtime. Ravens safety and Atlanta native Kyle Hamilton intercepted him to seal the win.
The Ravens improved to 3-1, while the Falcons dropped to 2-3 and stayed winless at home in 2026.
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The schools statement condemned the conduct as unacceptable, said it was gathering information and made clear it will not tolerate that kind of behavior. For Alabama, the fallout from a tense SEC showdown now stretches beyond the scoreboard, with the focus shifting to what comes next for a program that has long prided itself on home-field standards as much as results. [Read more 🡒]
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Wake Forest also moved into the rankings, a reminder of how quickly the poll can turn when a few key results land the wrong way. For programs like Florida, the bigger takeaway is less about who rose and fell in one chaotic week and more about the gap the rankings still reflect, with the nations elite separating themselves fast and leaving everyone else trying to keep pace. [Read more 🡒]