While his former team, the Baltimore Ravens, have been signing running backs off the street, Mark Ingram prepared for his first game with the Houston Texans.
Between Aug. 28 and Sept. 9, Baltimore running backs JK Dobbins, Justice Hill and Gus Edwards sustained season-ending injuries, leaving the Ravens remaking their running-backs room on the fly in preparation for Monday night’s season-opening game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
Ingram had been a Pro Bowl running back for Baltimore in 2019, but he had been phased out in 2020 and released during the offseason with a season left on his contract.
On Sunday, the former Alabama All-American started at running back for the Texans and ran for 85 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries.
Ingram became the first former Crimson Tide running back to play in 11 NFL seasons, and his 26 rushing attempts were the third-most in his career, behind games with 30 and 27 for the New Orleans Saints in 2014.
Ingram capped Houston’s first scoring drive of the season with a 1-yard touchdown plunge with 6:39 left in the first quarter. With 63 career rushing touchdowns, Ingram is the leader among the NFL’s active players.
The Texans are supposed to be going with a running-back-by-committee approach this season and are the only NFL team carrying five running backs on the active roster. But on Sunday, Ingram carried the load with 18 more rushing attempts than any other Houston player.
Running backs Phillip Lindsay and David Johnson – a pair of former Pro Bowlers – also scored touchdowns for the Texans, with Lindsay running 5 yards for a score and Johnson catching a 7-yard TD pass. Sunday’s game was the second in Houston history in which three running backs scored touchdowns.
Ingram was among the 42 former Alabama players who got on the field on the first Sunday of the NFL’s 102nd season.
One other former Alabama player was at the Jacksonville-Houston game:
· Cam Robinson started at left offensive tackle for the Jaguars.
In the other Sunday games:
Los Angeles Chargers 20, Washington Football Team 16
· Jonathan Allen started at defensive tackle for Washington. Allen made three tackles, including a sack.
· Landon Collins started at safety for Washington. Collins made two tackles.
· Daron Payne (Shades Valley) started at defensive tackle for Washington. Payne made four tackles.
· Washington wide receiver Cam Sims caught a 17-yard pass.
Seattle Seahawks 28, Indianapolis Colts 16
· Ryan Kelly started at center for the Colts.
Carolina Panthers 19, New York Jets 14
· Panthers guard Deonte Brown (Austin) was designated as a game-day inactive for his first NFL game.
· C.J. Mosley (Theodore) started at linebacker for the Jets. Mosley made four tackles. Mosley played in an NFL regular-season game for the first time since Oct. 21, 2019. Injuries limited Mosley to two games in the 2019 season, and he took the opt-out in the NFL’s coronavirus-pandemic plan in 2020.
· Quinnen Williams (Wenonah) started at defensive tackle for the Jets. Williams made three tackles and registered two quarterback hits.
Cincinnati Bengals 27, Minnesota Vikings 24 (OT)
· Dalvin Tomlinson started at defensive tackle for the Vikings. Tomlinson made four tackles and broke up a pass.
· Jonah Williams started at left offensive tackle for the Bengals.
Arizona Cardinals 38, Tennessee Titans 13
· Rashaan Evans (Auburn High) started at linebacker for the Titans. Evans made six tackles.
· Derrick Henry started at running back for the Titans. Henry ran for 58 yards on 17 carries and caught three passes for 19 yards. After becoming the eighth player with 2,000 rushing yards in a season in 2020, Henry had 8 yards on his first nine carries of the 2021 season.
· Julio Jones (Foley) started at wide receiver for the Titans. Jones caught three passes for 29 yards in his first game for Tennessee, which acquired the seven-time Pro Bowler in a trade with the Atlanta Falcons. Jones’ second reception on Sunday gave him 850 for his career. Playing in his 135th game, Jones became the second-fastest NFL player to reach that number, behind Antonio Brown, who did it in 133 games. Jones moved Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Marvin Harrison to third-fastest at 140 games.
· Cardinals safety Deionte Thompson played but did not record any stats.
Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Buffalo Bills 16
· Steelers defensive end Isaiah Buggs made one tackle.
· Minkah Fitzpatrick started at free safety for the Steelers. Fitzpatrick tied for the team lead with 10 tackles and broke up a pass.
· Najee Harris started at running back for the Steelers. Harris ran for 45 yards on 16 carries and caught a 4-yard pass in the first game of his NFL career.
· Steelers center J.C. Hassenauer played but did not record any stats.
· Levi Wallace started at right cornerback for the Bills. Wallace made four tackles and broke up a pass.
Philadelphia Eagles 32, Atlanta Falcons 6
· Eagles offensive lineman Landon Dickerson was designated as a game-day inactive for his first NFL game.
· Jalen Hurts started at quarterback for the Eagles. Hurts completed 27-of-35 passes for 264 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions and ran seven times for 62 yards.
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· Calvin Ridley started at wide receiver for the Falcons. Ridley caught five passes for 51 yards.
· DeVonta Smith started at wide receiver for the Eagles in his first NFL game. Smith caught six passes for 71 yards and one touchdown. Smith caught an 18-yard pass from Hurts for Philadelphia’s first touchdown of the season with 6:17 left in the first quarter.
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Kansas City Chiefs 33, Cleveland Browns 29
· Ronnie Harrison started at strong safety for the Browns. Harrison made two tackles before he was ejected from the game for shoving Kansas City running backs coach Greg Lewis after the Chiefs’ fifth snap. Harrison had helped linebacker Mack Wilson run Kansas City running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire out of bounds. As he stepped over the prone Edwards-Helaire back onto the playing field, Harrison bumped into Chiefs offensive lineman Creed Humphrey, causing him to step back over Edwards-Helaire. Lewis then pushed Harrison, who responded by shoving the Kansas City coach. Harrison was disqualified from further participation with 4:43 left in the first quarter.
· Jarran Reed started at left defensive tackle for the Chiefs. Reed made one tackle and registered one quarterback hit.
· Jedrick Wills Jr. started at left offensive tackle for the Browns.
· Browns linebacker Mack Wilson (Carver-Montgomery) made three tackles on defense and one on special teams.
Denver Broncos 27, New York Giants 13
· Kareem Jackson started at strong safety for the Broncos. Jackson made two tackles.
· Jerry Jeudy started at wide receiver for the Broncos. Jeudy caught six passes for 72 yards before leaving the field on a cart because of an ankle injury.
· Xavier McKinney started at free safety for the Giants. McKinney made three tackles and broke up two passes.
· Giants linebacker Reggie Ragland (Bob Jones) made seven tackles.
· Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II played but did not record any stats in his first NFL game. Surtain joined Denver as the ninth player picked in the NFL Draft on April 29.
Miami Dolphins 17, New England Patriots 16
· Patriots defensive tackle Christian Barmore made one tackle in his first NFL game. Barmore joined New England in the second round of the NFL Draft on April 30.
· Raekwon Davis started at nose tackle for the Dolphins. Davis left the game in the first quarter because of a knee injury.
· Damien Harris started at running back for the Patriots. Harris ran for 100 yards on 23 carries and caught two passes for 17 yards. Harris lost a fumble on a first-and-10 snap at the Miami 11-yard line with 3:31 left in the game, and the Dolphins were able to maintain possession to run out the clock.
· Dont’a Hightower started at linebacker for the Patriots. Hightower made four tackles.
· Mac Jones started at quarterback for the Patriots. Jones completed 29-of-39 passes for 281 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions in the first game of his NFL career. Jones joined New England as the 15th player picked in the NFL Draft on April 29.
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· Tua Tagovailoa started at quarterback for the Dolphins. Tagovailoa completed 16-of-27 passes for 202 yards with one touchdown and one interception and ran for 1 yard and one touchdown on four carries.
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· Jaylen Waddle started at wide receiver for the Dolphins. Waddle caught four passes for 61 yards and one touchdown in his first NFL game. The sixth player picked in the NFL Draft on April 29, Waddle scored on a 3-yard touchdown pass as New England took a 17-10 lead with 10:51 left in the third quarter.
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Los Angeles Rams 34, Chicago Bears 14
· Eddie Jackson started at safety for the Bears. Jackson made five tackles.
· Rams outside linebacker Terrell Lewis made two tackles.
· Rams defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson made one tackle.
· Bears defensive lineman Damion Square played but did not record any stats in his first game for Chicago. Square was elevated from the practice squad to play.
Week 1 kicked off with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beating the Dallas Cowboys 31-29 on Thursday night. Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper caught 13 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns, and cornerback Trevon Diggs intercepted a pass.
Week 1 concludes with the Baltimore Ravens-Las Vegas Raiders game at 7:15 p.m. CDT Monday at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. ABC and ESPN will televise the game.
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Julio Jones runs after making a reception during an NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.AP Photo/Mark Zaleski
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