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Warren Moon says if he had been teaching the Ravens, he would not sit Lamar Jackson, Odell Beckham Jr. or some other starter this week — telling TMZ Sports activities he believes the strikes may critically spoil their possibilities at a Tremendous Bowl.
In fact, with the No. 1 seed within the AFC already locked up, John Harbaugh revealed earlier this week Jackson and a number of other others will sit down on the bench towards the Steelers on Saturday so as to keep wholesome for the postseason.
Moon, although, would not assume that concept’s so nice … explaining that as a result of Baltimore has a bye within the first spherical of the playoffs, there’s now a far larger probability the squad shall be rusty when it lastly kicks off its divisional spherical sport in additional than two weeks.
“As a football player,” the Corridor of Famer mentioned, “you want to stay within that routine and that habit of what you’ve been going through the whole season to make you successful.”
Moon mentioned he is in no way advocating enjoying Jackson and co. the complete sport towards Pittsburgh — he simply thinks a number of collection may mitigate any potential issues down the street.
“That’s the only thing that concerns about this team and some of the guys that they’re sitting down,” the ex-quarterback mentioned. “How sharp are they going to be in three weeks after going through a season where they’re used to playing week after week after week?”
Along with Jackson … three different starters — Beckham, Marlon Humphrey and Kevin Zeitler — have already been dominated out. Star rookie Zay Flowers and star defensive again Kyle Hamilton seem poised to overlook the sport too.
Nonetheless, Moon nonetheless believes the Ravens have carried out sufficient to point out him they’re the NFL’s greatest heading into 2024.
“They dominated against some of the best teams in the league,” he mentioned.