Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s spectacular résumé is lacking one factor: a Tremendous Bowl ring.
Jackson could have his finest probability to win his first championship this season. As of Wednesday evening, FanDuel Sportsbook lists the Ravens because the Tremendous Bowl favourite (+650).
Regardless of that, the two-time MVP does not wish to look too far forward.
“To be sincere, I am actually not attempting to suppose far,” Jackson mentioned at coaching camp Wednesday. “As a result of each time we’ve these discussions, man, we get to the playoffs, however we do not punch in. We do not end. So I am just about simply attempting to complete camp the proper manner after which prepare for the Payments. I am not likely attempting to consider the Tremendous Bowl but.”
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, nevertheless, made it clear the Lombardi Trophy is weighing on the QB’s thoughts.
“It is on his coronary heart. It is on his thoughts,” the coach mentioned earlier than coaching camp, per USA In the present day’s Chris Bumbaca. “We have simply gotta discover a method to end.”
Because the Ravens took Jackson with decide No. 32 within the 2018 NFL Draft, he has a 70-24 beginning report within the common season and has earned three first-team All-Professional nods. However playoff success has eluded him.
Jackson is 3-5 within the playoffs. His passer ranking additionally dips from a stellar 102 within the common season to a subpar 84.6 within the playoffs.
Not all blame falls on Jackson. In final season’s 27-25 AFC divisional-round loss to the Buffalo Payments, tight finish Mark Andrews dropped a two-point conversion try that will’ve tied the sport late within the fourth quarter.
