I think the Ravens are SB favorites. They are hitting on all cylinders and Jackson is the MVP leader in my book. Ravens have done an amazing job building an offense to meet his skill sets.
Once they get the lead they are very tough. I'm very curious to see them play where they get behind and have to rally around Jackson's arm...
I think the Ravens are SB favorites. They are hitting on all cylinders and Jackson is the MVP leader in my book. Ravens have done an amazing job building an offense to meet his skill sets.
Once they get the lead they are very tough. I'm very curious to see them play where they get behind and have to rally around Jackson's arm...
i don't expect them to win the AFC championship in New England. They need to gain the one game on the Pats. But if they do.. i would agree.
I agree. None of that goes out the window. Personally, I would not build a team around Jackson's skillsets at the NFL level. But it's fun to watch and it's working now for the Ravens. Hope he can stay healthy.
i don't expect them to win the AFC championship in New England. They need to gain the one game on the Pats. But if they do.. i would agree.
1. Baltimore and Harbaugh have a terrific history in New England. Their culture is fearless playing on the road.
2. New England has at least 2 more losses on that schedule. Things can change, but they still can't run the ball and struggle in pass protection. So I think there is a great chance the AFC runs through Baltimore.
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Why is it more advisable to build around a West coast QB than an athlete like Jackson? In a direct comparison there are numerous disadvantages to the West Coast QB:
- rarer in the college ranks
- steeper learning curve
- more reliant on the pieces around him being good at their jobs
I think if we hired Greg Roman and committed fully to his system we'd win 8+ games in 2020.
You just have to have the courage to commit the way Baltimore has.
Why is it more advisable to build around a West coast QB than an athlete like Jackson? In a direct comparison there are numerous disadvantages to the West Coast QB:
- rarer in the college ranks
- steeper learning curve
- more reliant on the pieces around him being good at their jobs
I think if we hired Greg Roman and committed fully to his system we'd win 8+ games in 2020.
You just have to have the courage to commit the way Baltimore has.
preach it.
so true.
i agree with every word.
Let's go get Greg Roman!!. I bet he could do really well with DJ and his skill set.
Jackson is the best football player so far this year, but not the best QB. That title belongs to Russell Wilson.
With that said, we’re all just waiting til he gets hurt.
And I’d still start a team with Daniel Jones at QB over Jackson.
i meant of the players drafted in 2018/19. Mahomes, Wilson and Rodgers are still top-3 for me.
And i don't think there are any objective observers that would start a team with DJ over Lamar. That's just homerosm..
Disagree. I’d think most teams want their QB to have a longer shelf life than a few years. And you know....be a QB. Not a runner than can throw.
it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
doubt you find a person who isn't a Giants fan make the claim they'd start a team with Daniel Jones over Lamar Jackson. And I believe you will find maybe just a handful of Giants fans even make that claim.
What's the downside to Lamar? Injury risk because he runs? I read last year it was the fumbles and he wasn't a very good passer.
I think he's put those fallacies to rest.
Are you going to start a Lamar thread every week? Â
it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
Yes. Lamar is a very good to great FB player. But he is still a work in progress, too. He's ok throwing while tremendous running. That needs to turn around. He needs to do better and be more consistent throwing.
Let's not put him in Canton quite yet. RGIII started like a house afire, too.
RE: RE: Are you going to start a Lamar thread every week? Â
Perhaps it is time for you to switch your allegiance.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
Well, I wanted him in the second round but the Ravens traded up in front of the Giants to take him. Unfortunately, he's not a Giant and neither are a lot of good players but we don't see all of these threads about them.
it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
One of the podcasts had a debate about this recently (might have been The Ringer) where the question was basically this (paraphrasing):
"If you were assured of winning ONE Super Bowl with Lamar Jackson, but only could have him for 8 or 9 years, would you accept those results?"
I believe the Ravens would sign for it.
Would other teams? Maybe not. Harbaugh's belief was to acquire the high talent, see what he does well and maximize. That is not as easy as it would seem.
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it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
One of the podcasts had a debate about this recently (might have been The Ringer) where the question was basically this (paraphrasing):
"If you were assured of winning ONE Super Bowl with Lamar Jackson, but only could have him for 8 or 9 years, would you accept those results?"
I believe the Ravens would sign for it.
Would other teams? Maybe not. Harbaugh's belief was to acquire the high talent, see what he does well and maximize. That is not as easy as it would seem.
one super bowl does justify it, imo.
RE: RE: Are you going to start a Lamar thread every week? Â
Perhaps it is time for you to switch your allegiance.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
only one - at most. more likely one every other week. I just want the fan base to "get it". let's clamor for these kinds of players and this kind of approach.
RE: RE: RE: Are you going to start a Lamar thread every week? Â
Perhaps it is time for you to switch your allegiance.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
Well, I wanted him in the second round but the Ravens traded up in front of the Giants to take him. Unfortunately, he's not a Giant and neither are a lot of good players but we don't see all of these threads about them.
The Giants were not among him if he fell 2 more picks. Everyone gets to speculate and think DG the genius would have undoubtedly taken LJ but come on, could you ever see the Giants FO being an that unconventional? I wanted him more than anything and wanted to trade up into the mid 1st to get him but I knew the Giants were never going to. It’s just a fact you come to live with rooting for certain franchises— the Giants have always and will always do it “by the book”, at least as long as the owner’s name is Mara.
it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
Yes. Lamar is a very good to great FB player. But he is still a work in progress, too. He's ok throwing while tremendous running. That needs to turn around. He needs to do better and be more consistent throwing.
Let's not put him in Canton quite yet. RGIII started like a house afire, too.
He is absolutely better than “okay” throwing the ball. Everyone these days just looks for “arm talent” and whether the ball jumps out of a guys hand a la Mahomes. But the guy has shown more than just flashes of being historically good in terms of accuracy, efficiency, passer rating, QBR, etc. I think he’s had 2 games this year now where he’s had a perfect passer rating of 158.3? I don’t care if he’s only throwing for 200 instead of 300-400 yards, he’s winning games and getting the rest done with his legs. Give me 15/18 for 196 yards and 4 TDs 0 INTs any day over 30/55 for 408 yards 3 TDs 2 INTs. The guy is doing everything asked of him and winning football games what more could you ask for.
Jackson is so productive playing in the Baltimore offense
The problem with evaluating him is that he looks like a RB playing QB Jackson is the most elusive QB to play the position, but, he does not have a strong arm and he has a very funky motion
His release is slow and he is not accurate
He is still successful because he makes plays and extends plays
The Ravens are primarily winning because they have arguably the best defense in football
I would prefer quite a few of the younger QBs to Lamar, including;
Murray, Watson, Mahomes, I don’t know about Jones yet, but, I think that it is close
The question I would ask is how would Jackson have faired playing for the Giants? I fear he would have been injured by now
The Ravens have a good defense in large part due to Jackson and Roman Â
I hope most realize that if LJ were a Giant, he'd have a shitty offensive line in front of him and a shitty head coach. So he'd be exciting to watch...on his way to 5-11.
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I hope most realize that if LJ were a Giant, he'd have a shitty offensive line in front of him and a shitty head coach. So he'd be exciting to watch...on his way to 5-11.
Name five other players on the Giants team you'd rather have than the Ravens equivalent.
QB Lamar Jackson
RB Mark Ingram II
WR Marquise Brown
WR Miles Boykin
WR Willie Snead IV
TE Mark Andrews
LT Ronnie Stanley
LG Bradley Bozeman
C Matt Skura
RG Marshal Yanda
RT Orlando Brown Jr.
LDE Chris Wormley
NT Michael PierceO
RDE Brandon Williams
WLB Matthew Judon
LILB Patrick Onwuasor
RILB Josh Bynes
SLB Jaylon Ferguson
LCB Marlon Humphrey
SS Chuck Clark
FS Earl Thomas III
RCB Marcus Peters
Jackson is so productive playing in the Baltimore offense
The problem with evaluating him is that he looks like a RB playing QB Jackson is the most elusive QB to play the position, but, he does not have a strong arm and he has a very funky motion
His release is slow and he is not accurate
He is still successful because he makes plays and extends plays
The Ravens are primarily winning because they have arguably the best defense in football
I would prefer quite a few of the younger QBs to Lamar, including;
Murray, Watson, Mahomes, I don’t know about Jones yet, but, I think that it is close
The question I would ask is how would Jackson have faired playing for the Giants? I fear he would have been injured by now
You are way off with this hot-take on the Ravens defense. The Ravens are 15th in defensive yards per game allowed, 14th in points allowed, 8th in rush yards allowed, 20th in pass yards allowed, and 13 in points allowed. If anything they are middle of the pack defensive-wise. Lamar is carrying the team.
RE: RE: RE: Are you going to start a Lamar thread every week? Â
Perhaps it is time for you to switch your allegiance.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
only one - at most. more likely one every other week. I just want the fan base to "get it". let's clamor for these kinds of players and this kind of approach.
I get it. You like Jackson. I don’t. I like real QBs. Why is that hard to understand?
Can you bring back your original handle? I feel like it was probably better than this one.
You are way off with this hot-take on the Ravens defense. The Ravens are 15th in defensive yards per game allowed, 14th in points allowed, 8th in rush yards allowed, 20th in pass yards allowed, and 13 in points allowed. If anything they are middle of the pack defensive-wise. Lamar is carrying the team.
You call them middle of the pack, but I struggle to find a single player on that defense that I wouldn't swap starters with on the Giants, outside of maybe Dexter Lawrence
You are way off with this hot-take on the Ravens defense. The Ravens are 15th in defensive yards per game allowed, 14th in points allowed, 8th in rush yards allowed, 20th in pass yards allowed, and 13 in points allowed. If anything they are middle of the pack defensive-wise. Lamar is carrying the team.
You call them middle of the pack, but I struggle to find a single player on that defense that I wouldn't swap starters with on the Giants, outside of maybe Dexter Lawrence
The Giants defense sucks. What does that have to do with this? You can't claim the Ravens are winning because of the defense when they are not. They are putting up points on offense that they have never put up before, and the defense is average to maybe above-average.
The Giants defense sucks. What does that have to do with this? You can't claim the Ravens are winning because of the defense when they are not. They are putting up points on offense that they have never put up before, and the defense is average to maybe above-average.
There's talk on this thread about attributing the Ravens success solely to Lamar Jackson and how Jackson would be a better QB to start a team with than Jones. He is playing great, but his entire team is vastly superior to the Giants team. Outside of the quarterbacks I would take Saquon over Ingram and maybe Lawrence over one of the ends. Otherwise I'd trade the entire team for the Ravens personnel before even getting into discussions about what system we should run, etc.
How many more wins would we have if we had a middle of the pack Â
The Giants defense sucks. What does that have to do with this? You can't claim the Ravens are winning because of the defense when they are not. They are putting up points on offense that they have never put up before, and the defense is average to maybe above-average.
There's talk on this thread about attributing the Ravens success solely to Lamar Jackson and how Jackson would be a better QB to start a team with than Jones. He is playing great, but his entire team is vastly superior to the Giants team. Outside of the quarterbacks I would take Saquon over Ingram and maybe Lawrence over one of the ends. Otherwise I'd trade the entire team for the Ravens personnel before even getting into discussions about what system we should run, etc.
Fair enough. I was really responding the the person who said the Ravens are winning because they have one of the best defenses in the league. They are winning because of the offense and Lamar. I do agree, the Giants roster is really rough right now.
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should be permanently pinned to the top of the board so people think twice before laughing at any of Go Terps thoughts.
Anyone making sweeping blanket statements on a qb after one playoff game isn’t worth debating. These same apes killing Jackson were killing Eli in 2005. It’s childish.
Also, terps wasn’t the only one who loved Jackson. Many here were intrigued with his skill set and would have gotten on board with the pick it it occured.
There is a reason why athletic (run first) QBs don’t win many Super Bowls, at least up until now. It’s hard to beat good defenses and good coaching staffs in January unless your qb can read and beat that good defense.
Jackson has clearly proven to be a world beater in the regular season. Book isn’t finished on his career. He’s a fun watch.
Once they get the lead they are very tough. I'm very curious to see them play where they get behind and have to rally around Jackson's arm...
Once they get the lead they are very tough. I'm very curious to see them play where they get behind and have to rally around Jackson's arm...
i don't expect them to win the AFC championship in New England. They need to gain the one game on the Pats. But if they do.. i would agree.
With that said, we’re all just waiting til he gets hurt.
And I’d still start a team with Daniel Jones at QB over Jackson.
i don't expect them to win the AFC championship in New England. They need to gain the one game on the Pats. But if they do.. i would agree.
1. Baltimore and Harbaugh have a terrific history in New England. Their culture is fearless playing on the road.
2. New England has at least 2 more losses on that schedule. Things can change, but they still can't run the ball and struggle in pass protection. So I think there is a great chance the AFC runs through Baltimore.
that was like his eighth start. look at eli's playoff performance v carolina in 2005 after he had a season and a half under his belt.
- rarer in the college ranks
- steeper learning curve
- more reliant on the pieces around him being good at their jobs
I think if we hired Greg Roman and committed fully to his system we'd win 8+ games in 2020.
You just have to have the courage to commit the way Baltimore has.
With that said, we’re all just waiting til he gets hurt.
And I’d still start a team with Daniel Jones at QB over Jackson.
i meant of the players drafted in 2018/19. Mahomes, Wilson and Rodgers are still top-3 for me.
And i don't think there are any objective observers that would start a team with DJ over Lamar. That's just homerosm..
- rarer in the college ranks
- steeper learning curve
- more reliant on the pieces around him being good at their jobs
I think if we hired Greg Roman and committed fully to his system we'd win 8+ games in 2020.
You just have to have the courage to commit the way Baltimore has.
preach it.
so true.
i agree with every word.
Let's go get Greg Roman!!. I bet he could do really well with DJ and his skill set.
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Jackson is the best football player so far this year, but not the best QB. That title belongs to Russell Wilson.
With that said, we’re all just waiting til he gets hurt.
And I’d still start a team with Daniel Jones at QB over Jackson.
i meant of the players drafted in 2018/19. Mahomes, Wilson and Rodgers are still top-3 for me.
And i don't think there are any objective observers that would start a team with DJ over Lamar. That's just homerosm..
Disagree. I’d think most teams want their QB to have a longer shelf life than a few years. And you know....be a QB. Not a runner than can throw.
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Jackson is the best football player so far this year, but not the best QB. That title belongs to Russell Wilson.
With that said, we’re all just waiting til he gets hurt.
And I’d still start a team with Daniel Jones at QB over Jackson.
i meant of the players drafted in 2018/19. Mahomes, Wilson and Rodgers are still top-3 for me.
And i don't think there are any objective observers that would start a team with DJ over Lamar. That's just homerosm..
Disagree. I’d think most teams want their QB to have a longer shelf life than a few years. And you know....be a QB. Not a runner than can throw.
it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
What's the downside to Lamar? Injury risk because he runs? I read last year it was the fumbles and he wasn't a very good passer.
I think he's put those fallacies to rest.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
Yes. Lamar is a very good to great FB player. But he is still a work in progress, too. He's ok throwing while tremendous running. That needs to turn around. He needs to do better and be more consistent throwing.
Let's not put him in Canton quite yet. RGIII started like a house afire, too.
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Perhaps it is time for you to switch your allegiance.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
Well, I wanted him in the second round but the Ravens traded up in front of the Giants to take him. Unfortunately, he's not a Giant and neither are a lot of good players but we don't see all of these threads about them.
One of the podcasts had a debate about this recently (might have been The Ringer) where the question was basically this (paraphrasing):
"If you were assured of winning ONE Super Bowl with Lamar Jackson, but only could have him for 8 or 9 years, would you accept those results?"
I believe the Ravens would sign for it.
Would other teams? Maybe not. Harbaugh's belief was to acquire the high talent, see what he does well and maximize. That is not as easy as it would seem.
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it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
One of the podcasts had a debate about this recently (might have been The Ringer) where the question was basically this (paraphrasing):
"If you were assured of winning ONE Super Bowl with Lamar Jackson, but only could have him for 8 or 9 years, would you accept those results?"
I believe the Ravens would sign for it.
Would other teams? Maybe not. Harbaugh's belief was to acquire the high talent, see what he does well and maximize. That is not as easy as it would seem.
one super bowl does justify it, imo.
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Perhaps it is time for you to switch your allegiance.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
only one - at most. more likely one every other week. I just want the fan base to "get it". let's clamor for these kinds of players and this kind of approach.
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Perhaps it is time for you to switch your allegiance.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
Well, I wanted him in the second round but the Ravens traded up in front of the Giants to take him. Unfortunately, he's not a Giant and neither are a lot of good players but we don't see all of these threads about them.
The Giants were not among him if he fell 2 more picks. Everyone gets to speculate and think DG the genius would have undoubtedly taken LJ but come on, could you ever see the Giants FO being an that unconventional? I wanted him more than anything and wanted to trade up into the mid 1st to get him but I knew the Giants were never going to. It’s just a fact you come to live with rooting for certain franchises— the Giants have always and will always do it “by the book”, at least as long as the owner’s name is Mara.
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it's a reasonable debate I suppose.. I would like to hear what others think. The thing is Lamar is a great football player, right now. He's the bird in the hand. DJ, at this stage is an unfinished product. We don't know what he is. The odds are that he is unlikely to ever be as great as Lamar is RIGHT NOW. That's the difference. Lamar can win a super bowl - now. And if he wins the super bowl it ends the debate. No? i think most observers would take Lamar. Might pose it in the main board.
Yes. Lamar is a very good to great FB player. But he is still a work in progress, too. He's ok throwing while tremendous running. That needs to turn around. He needs to do better and be more consistent throwing.
Let's not put him in Canton quite yet. RGIII started like a house afire, too.
He is absolutely better than “okay” throwing the ball. Everyone these days just looks for “arm talent” and whether the ball jumps out of a guys hand a la Mahomes. But the guy has shown more than just flashes of being historically good in terms of accuracy, efficiency, passer rating, QBR, etc. I think he’s had 2 games this year now where he’s had a perfect passer rating of 158.3? I don’t care if he’s only throwing for 200 instead of 300-400 yards, he’s winning games and getting the rest done with his legs. Give me 15/18 for 196 yards and 4 TDs 0 INTs any day over 30/55 for 408 yards 3 TDs 2 INTs. The guy is doing everything asked of him and winning football games what more could you ask for.
The problem with evaluating him is that he looks like a RB playing QB Jackson is the most elusive QB to play the position, but, he does not have a strong arm and he has a very funky motion
His release is slow and he is not accurate
He is still successful because he makes plays and extends plays
The Ravens are primarily winning because they have arguably the best defense in football
I would prefer quite a few of the younger QBs to Lamar, including;
Murray, Watson, Mahomes, I don’t know about Jones yet, but, I think that it is close
The question I would ask is how would Jackson have faired playing for the Giants? I fear he would have been injured by now
Let's put the anointing oil away until they prove differently.
Like Saquon?
QB Lamar Jackson
RB Mark Ingram II
WR Marquise Brown
WR Miles Boykin
WR Willie Snead IV
TE Mark Andrews
LT Ronnie Stanley
LG Bradley Bozeman
C Matt Skura
RG Marshal Yanda
RT Orlando Brown Jr.
LDE Chris Wormley
NT Michael PierceO
RDE Brandon Williams
WLB Matthew Judon
LILB Patrick Onwuasor
RILB Josh Bynes
SLB Jaylon Ferguson
LCB Marlon Humphrey
SS Chuck Clark
FS Earl Thomas III
RCB Marcus Peters
Not to mention I'd swap any coach for the Ravens equivalent.
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Not to mention I'd swap any coach for the Ravens equivalent.
indeed
The problem with evaluating him is that he looks like a RB playing QB Jackson is the most elusive QB to play the position, but, he does not have a strong arm and he has a very funky motion
His release is slow and he is not accurate
He is still successful because he makes plays and extends plays
The Ravens are primarily winning because they have arguably the best defense in football
I would prefer quite a few of the younger QBs to Lamar, including;
Murray, Watson, Mahomes, I don’t know about Jones yet, but, I think that it is close
The question I would ask is how would Jackson have faired playing for the Giants? I fear he would have been injured by now
You are way off with this hot-take on the Ravens defense. The Ravens are 15th in defensive yards per game allowed, 14th in points allowed, 8th in rush yards allowed, 20th in pass yards allowed, and 13 in points allowed. If anything they are middle of the pack defensive-wise. Lamar is carrying the team.
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Perhaps it is time for you to switch your allegiance.
No, he is going to start at least 3 a week.
Jackson is having a remarkable year so far, and the OP wants to make sure that you realize it.
only one - at most. more likely one every other week. I just want the fan base to "get it". let's clamor for these kinds of players and this kind of approach.
I get it. You like Jackson. I don’t. I like real QBs. Why is that hard to understand?
Can you bring back your original handle? I feel like it was probably better than this one.
You call them middle of the pack, but I struggle to find a single player on that defense that I wouldn't swap starters with on the Giants, outside of maybe Dexter Lawrence
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You are way off with this hot-take on the Ravens defense. The Ravens are 15th in defensive yards per game allowed, 14th in points allowed, 8th in rush yards allowed, 20th in pass yards allowed, and 13 in points allowed. If anything they are middle of the pack defensive-wise. Lamar is carrying the team.
You call them middle of the pack, but I struggle to find a single player on that defense that I wouldn't swap starters with on the Giants, outside of maybe Dexter Lawrence
The Giants defense sucks. What does that have to do with this? You can't claim the Ravens are winning because of the defense when they are not. They are putting up points on offense that they have never put up before, and the defense is average to maybe above-average.
There's talk on this thread about attributing the Ravens success solely to Lamar Jackson and how Jackson would be a better QB to start a team with than Jones. He is playing great, but his entire team is vastly superior to the Giants team. Outside of the quarterbacks I would take Saquon over Ingram and maybe Lawrence over one of the ends. Otherwise I'd trade the entire team for the Ravens personnel before even getting into discussions about what system we should run, etc.
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The Giants defense sucks. What does that have to do with this? You can't claim the Ravens are winning because of the defense when they are not. They are putting up points on offense that they have never put up before, and the defense is average to maybe above-average.
There's talk on this thread about attributing the Ravens success solely to Lamar Jackson and how Jackson would be a better QB to start a team with than Jones. He is playing great, but his entire team is vastly superior to the Giants team. Outside of the quarterbacks I would take Saquon over Ingram and maybe Lawrence over one of the ends. Otherwise I'd trade the entire team for the Ravens personnel before even getting into discussions about what system we should run, etc.
Fair enough. I was really responding the the person who said the Ravens are winning because they have one of the best defenses in the league. They are winning because of the offense and Lamar. I do agree, the Giants roster is really rough right now.
At this point I would be happy with an average O line and an average defense.
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In comment 14681741 GiantGolfer said:
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Jackson is the best football player so far this year, but not the best QB. That title belongs to Russell Wilson.
With that said, we’re all just waiting til he gets hurt.
And I’d still start a team with Daniel Jones at QB over Jackson.
i meant of the players drafted in 2018/19. Mahomes, Wilson and Rodgers are still top-3 for me.
And i don't think there are any objective observers that would start a team with DJ over Lamar. That's just homerosm..
Disagree. I’d think most teams want their QB to have a longer shelf life than a few years. And you know....be a QB. Not a runner than can throw.
That's only true because most teams aren't very good and aren't run very well.
Anyone making sweeping blanket statements on a qb after one playoff game isn’t worth debating. These same apes killing Jackson were killing Eli in 2005. It’s childish.
Also, terps wasn’t the only one who loved Jackson. Many here were intrigued with his skill set and would have gotten on board with the pick it it occured.
Jackson has clearly proven to be a world beater in the regular season. Book isn’t finished on his career. He’s a fun watch.