Lamar Jackson’s on-field expertise speaks for itself.
In his first full season within the NFL, he gained an MVP, and he’s proper on this 12 months’s race with the first-place Baltimore Ravens.
The Ravens are 9-3 in an AFC North wherein no person is under .500, and Jackson may very effectively be on his option to his third Professional Bowl.
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Lamar Jackson, #8 of the Baltimore Ravens, warms up previous to the sport towards the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on Nov. 26, 2023 in Inglewood, California. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Photos)
Jackson has a career-high 68.8% completion proportion and has 18 complete touchdowns – 13 passing and 5 dashing. He has 574 dashing yards on 112 carries whereas additionally being on tempo to shatter his career-high 3,127 passing yards from 2019 – at this fee, he may throw for 3,708.
Nonetheless, as proficient as he’s, he offers all of the intangibles, his teammate Marcus Williams says.
“You see a guy who comes in ready to work every day, he takes every day serious, every rep serious, and he’s still very calm and poised,” Williams instructed Outkick’s Dan Dakich on Tuesday. “When you see him, you’re like, this guy’s ready to go every single day, because he practices how he plays, his preparation goes into the game, and when he’s there, he wants to make every play.
Lamar Jackson, #8 of the Baltimore Ravens, runs the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first quarter of the game at M&T Bank Stadium on Nov. 16, 2023 in Baltimore. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
“And you are like, OK, that is a man who I can experience for, that is a man that I can battle for. And when you have got a frontrunner like that who talks to everyone, who’s across the constructing, who talks to any and each particular person, that is the kind of man that you would be able to solely ask for as a quarterback.”
Jackson is the only quarterback in NFL history to hurry for 1,000 yards twice, doing so in each 2019 and 2020.
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson throws during the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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The 26-year-old inked a five-year, $260 million deal with $185 million of it guaranteed over the offseason, although he did admit he requested a trade after contract talks did not go well.
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