Opinion: Stop doubting Lamar Jackson, who has proven he has unique place among NFL’s elite QBs
Sunday night’s 36-35 comeback victory over nemesis Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, it’s time to accept the fact that Lamar Jackson is never going to play quarterback in accordance with some Quarterbacking 101 guide. He’s not even going to play the position like Mahomes, regarded by many as the gold standard for this generation of quarterbacks. But the Baltimore Ravens quarterback is, however, fully capable putting his team on his back and carrying it to victories while utilizing a special array of talents that few can duplicate and that defenses will continually struggle to stop.
That’s what elite quarterbacks do, right?
And maybe – just maybe – we can allow that to be enough.
Sunday night at MT Bank Stadium, it certainly was enough for the Ravens, who earned their first victory of the season and achieved that long-elusive win over Mahomes and the Chiefs.
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The 24-year-old Jackson on Sunday rebounded from two first-quarter interceptions to pass for 239 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 107 yards and two touchdowns to propel the Ravens past Mahomes and the Chiefs, to whom they had lost each of their three meetings since Jackson and Mahomes became starters and rivals.
And although the Ravens star cautioned, “We still ain’t won the Super Bowl,” he did concede, “I’m glad we finally got that monkey off our backs.”