 So many times when you hear people describe Lamar Jackson, they'll say, oh, he's so athletic. Oh, he's so dynamic. Oh, he's so fast. Oh, he can make all these people miss in the open field or even in a not so open field. And those are all great qualities of Lamar Jackson, but too many times in conversations, that's where people stop at. And with Lamar Jackson, he's not talked about as a passer. He's not talked about as a thrower of the football enough. But today, in this very, very special video, we decided to take that conversation a step further and give to him the credit that he deserves as a thrower of the football, because that is something with him that seems to steal by so many be both overlooked and underrated. But I brought on a very special guest so he can help break it down and try to find the reason why people are sleeping on Lamar Jackson as a thrower. And he's gonna do a little bit of waking up. So stand up. Let's huddle it up and let's talk about it. And you know just what I mean. You two team keep it clean. You see my boy, he like automated, automated. Well, that's my homie, ain't that right engraving? Right engraving. You two team keep it clean. Very, very special guest in the building. My guy, Jason, from huddle it up films. Before we get into things and start breaking all of this down, let everybody know exactly where they can find you at and exactly what it is that you do. Sure, you can find me on huddle it up films right here on YouTube or on Twitter. If you wanna follow me and comment, go back and forth with me. And basically I do film cut-ups, a lot of film cut-ups from the go-to state. And just specific players in this month in Graven is a big month for me actually. It's a good time to have me on because every single day for the next 30, 40 days I'm gonna be releasing a video on one player. So yeah, it's a busy time on my channel. Yeah. It's very unusual. Oh, that's a lot of work too. So what made you even wanna dive into YouTube in the first place? I know you've been doing it for a little bit but what made you wanna get into it? I started in the middle of the pandemic I guess in 2020 and I was fans of yours. I've told you that before but also coach Evan Sipta-Tally. Shout out to coach. You can check out coach man, love coach to death and also Edgar Allen, he does film breakdowns as well. So I wanted to do something different though because coach does a lot of in-depth breakdowns. You do what you do every single day working hard. Edgar Allen does film breakdowns. So what I want to do is more of like player cut-ups. So you can see the patterns and I love the little community we have over there. I got a couple of thousand followers now and you'd be surprised and great in what they notice. The video could be about one player and they'll be noticing what another player is doing well or what another player is not doing well and the things that you can pick up by seeing something repeated over and over again. So, you know, if you wanna say I always say football is family, join the family, watch a couple of cut-ups. If you wanna support the channel, just like, subscribe, put a comment in there. I appreciate it. Oh yeah, for sure man. And all the links to his Twitter, his YouTube, that's gonna be down below in the description just so we can make it easy for everybody. Now, the topic that hand is one that has been talked about and discussed a lot and people have the very different views on Lamar Jackson as a businessman. They're very different views on Lamar Jackson as a quarterback and very different views on Lamar Jackson as a passer. But, and you just recently, we'll have that video linked in the description as well. You did a video on the top 25 throws from this season from Lamar Jackson. And me and you talked off there and you brought up how you feel like Lamar Jackson actually doesn't get enough credit as a pure passer, as a throw of the football. Why do you feel that way? It's funny and great even because I found myself commenting more and more on Twitter because I just don't see people go into bat form. And generally, I'm pretty quiet. I'll get on Twitter to eat a couple times every day just to keep engaged. But when I look at the people who even cover the team and guys study film like I do, I just, I don't hear it enough to see how good of a passer he is. So somebody who's seen every throw of his since he's come in multiple times, broken it down, the good, the bad and everything else. When it just comes to a thrower of the football, a pure passer, you can grade him, he's one of the best in the league. Okay, and what makes you say that? Well, there's not a throw he can't make. I mean, we've seen him make him, but you're talking about the deep ball. He'll hit the deep ball. You're talking about from big, outside the numbers was a big talking point going into 2020, 2021. I think he improved his fundamentals on that, got behind the ball a little more and started driving it, got his base set. So he's improved on that. You look at the off balance, off-platform throws. And you think about the tight touchdown to Mark Andrews in New England where he was off balance being rushed. We've seen that throw against the Browns where Clowney was pushing him out of balance. All the off-platform stuff, the arm angles where he can slide the ball around his offensive lineman and underneath the defense's hands. You name it, he can do it. He does it at a high level and it's every single game. And I think even as Ravens fans, we get caught up in his athleticism and his ability as a runner where you think to yourself, well, you think of him as a runner running quarterback, but when you look around the league in Graven, think about it, go through the quarterbacks in your head every division, every division in the league. Lamar is one of the best just from a pure passing standpoint. You see him make throws than only a handful of quarterbacks can make. And why do you think there've been a lot of people that have been just so hung up on him as a thrower but saying that he can't make all the throws? I don't know. I think it goes back to what I was saying about, he's so dynamic with the ball in his hands as a runner. And we've seen it over the years in Graven. If somebody's really good, great at something, it usually means that they're not as good as had other things. Otherwise, they'd be one of the best. And I think people had a hard time with the injury thing and what happened to RG3, I think was stuck in people's head. But yeah, I think that they sleep on Lamar as a thrower. And I think that quite honestly, I wanna give credit to Greg Roman, thank Greg Roman for what he did for this team. I mean, it was so much fun in Graven, studying the greatest rushing team in Raven's history. I mean, it was crazy what he had Lyman doing turning Bradley Bozeman into a great player and all the stuff Greg Roman did. But as a passer, if I could quote my friend, Kodak Black, I would say, you want me to take my time with you, maybe I'm not your speed. And there became to a point where Lamar was just not the speed with Greg Roman. Lamar is best in up tempo in Graven. We've seen it, spread it out off tempo, let Lamar control the field, short shot, short shot, scramble, deep shot. That's the kind of rhythm Lamar needs to be in and not this like micromanage style. So I think without Greg Roman, whether it be here or for did another team, you're gonna see the part to get his credit as a passer soon enough. And that's something that I'm really looking forward to. Have actually been looking forward to it for a while. And like you said, shout out to Giro for helping the Ravens be one of the most historic Russian offenses ever. Giro played his part in that. Obviously Lamar was a huge part of that, Mark Ingram, Gus Edwards too, and they did their thing. And they've done their thing Russian-wise over the years, but passing-wise it's just been limited. It's just been a lack. And one of the things that I'm most excited to see when it comes to Lamar Jackson, and like you mentioned, whether it's with the Ravens or unfortunately, if it ends up being somewhere else, but I'm excited to see him be let loose, be let free and really be able to show the world consistently how good he can be because I just feel like we just haven't got to see it yet on a consistent basis. And I feel like a lot of it is just with the way that the offense was designed with wide receivers. We know wide receivers aren't really featured much in the offense. And just really the passing game as a whole, it's not the primary focus of the offense. It's been the running game. So with the passing game, the opportunities are just so limited. And I think that's played a part in how a lot of people feel about Lamar Jackson as a passer. If he's not out there and every pass isn't perfect, it's tough because there's so few opportunities. It's hard to get into a rhythm. It's hard to get everything going when it's either all or nothing with the type of offense, the type of passing offense that the Ravens have had in the past, but hopefully in the future with whoever the offensive coordinator ends up being and just the Ravens philosophy as a whole, I hope they can move forward and not stay the same or even go backwards. So we'll see how it goes. But as far as the offense, what type of offense do you feel Lamar Jackson would be best in? Well, I think that the great thing about Lamar is I refer to him as one of those quarterbacks who system independent, which means it doesn't matter what system you put him in. He can do what's asked for him. We've seen quarterbacks like Jared Goff and even Baker Mayfield. They need that Shanahan, you know, Stefansky West Coast offense where it runs a lot of outside zone. I don't want to get too technical, but it basically makes things easier for the quarterback. With Lamar, he can throw in rhythm. He could throw deep. We saw him take, I mean, he led the league in air yards per attempt before he got injured last year, 2021, while his completion percentage was higher than the year before. That's unheard of. I mean, how you lead the league in air yards per attempt, but your completion percentage keeps going up and up. So with Lamar, I think he's system independent. To me, I'm not really hung up on what kind of offense it is. But I think he can thrive in any system. Okay, that's a really good point. Now, another thing too, when it's come to Lamar Jackson, one of the things I'm excited and I hope we get to see it. Again, hopefully it's with the Ravens. Unfortunately, it could be with somebody else, but I really want to see Lamar Jackson, not only be let loose, but him be let loose with some really good pieces around him. Because that's something where, that's an area where the Ravens haven't been the best that is when it's come to complimentary pieces around them. Obviously, he's had Mark Andrews in his career, his entire career, but that's probably been, yeah, that's probably been the guy he's had around the longest, really. So it makes sense why he loves Mark Andrews so much and he really trusts Mark Andrews so much. But I would really love to see Lamar with some guys that he can have that big trust for. That's a word that we really haven't heard much this year, big trust. So what type of receivers do you feel like Lamar could have or should have or would really benefit from moving forward, whether it be with the Ravens or somewhere else? Well, I want to say that I do believe that it's a 50-50 at this point, as far as the tag's hanging over his head. I don't want to get my opinion on this if you don't mind, I don't see Lamar playing on the tag in Raven. I think the way the Ravens do business, we've seen it with Hearst and Zeus and even throughout the years. When a player wants out, you don't want to disgruntle a player that you're paying 40-some million, 45 million, I think it's the exclusive tag. Look, you trade them while the trading's good and you just bite the bullet and do it and they'd like to do right by their players anyway. So I don't say, I think it's going to be either he signed long-term or he's traded, but you're right about the receivers. Those who followed me with no last year, I was talking about that. Getting rid of Hollywood was no good for Lamar because really, we saw Mark Andrews in Raven, he was lined up at X Receiver, he was lined up by himself on the sideline a lot last year because there was no exclusiveness and it's just really, really hard. You think about the tight windows that you had to hit Hollywood in. For as good as Hollywood is as a route runner, if you sailed the wall a little bit, it got him in trouble. So what I would like to see in Raven is Lamar here with Ravens, obviously, bringing a receiver like the Andre Hopkins, like Mike Evans, those are two receivers trade. Get the best you can. You're going to get an offense that is more receiver-centric and the Ravens for whatever reason in Raven, I can think of offense alignment, all kinds of players on the defensive side of the ball, tight ends where we're getting them in Raven in the fourth round, sixth round, undrafted. They come in, they earn their contract, they go somewhere else. The one area, Gus was undrafted, you know, running back. The one position that we haven't is receiver. So this is a time where, yeah, you've got to trust your scout and you can't just give up on drafted receivers. You still have to draft them. But Lamar needs a veteran in here and I want to see a bigger target of an experienced target, somebody that he can depend on. Really takes some pressure off of Andrews and I think that you'll see a better season from Andrews if that happens. Yeah, Andrews could feed off of that and feast off of that as well. Now, with Lamar Jackson, talked about him being underrated as a passer. Now, as a passer, what are some of the things that he can improve on in your opinion? Yeah, I think that's a great question because no player is perfect. And I think that with Lamar, two things, I think it's two things. I think number one, he gets locked in on Mark Andrews too much and will stay locked in. You'll see him go through a progression, look to one, look to two, it's Andrews. And then instead of going to three, he'll wait for Mark to clear another window and try to force it into him. And I think that when fans were talking about him holding the ball too much, that was product engraving that him staring down Mark Andrews. I guess who else is staring down Mark Andrews? The opposing defenses, they know where it's going. He's been bracketed, all kinds of stuff. So that's a deadly combination. And just to go back to the point of the receivers, I think that that can fix it because we saw what happened early last year when Bateman was healthy. This offense, what was Lamar? Like 10 touchdowns, one at pick after three weeks, something ridiculous like that. Soon as Bateman went down, the production in the passing game went down. And that's held doom for the season. So I think he really does have to clean up. He had eyes for Hollywood too. But when Hollywood went away, it was all Mark Andrews. And I think that really messes him up getting stuck on Mark Andrews. But again, I think it's fixable. If you get him other weapons, especially you got Hopkins or Mike Evans, this mom's saying, get a name. You can't have an offense and ignore Deandre Hopkins and Mike Evans. They will get the ball. Oh yeah, that's true. So I appreciate you coming on and breaking it down so thoroughly like you did, giving us plenty of examples of everything that you mentioned when it comes to Lamar Jackson as a quarterback, when it comes to Lamar Jackson as a third of football. And hopefully moving forward, he continues to get even more respect as a thrower. Cause he certainly earned it already, but it's, I hope the world really puts some respect on Lamar Jackson's name. But again, oh, go ahead, go ahead. I was going to say, and again, I don't think anybody thinks he's a bad thrower at this point. Oh, there's some people that do. Cause we still hear it even after year five. Hey, okay, I believe you have a lot, get a lot of comments on this channel. But I think that he doesn't get credit for being an elite thrower of the football. Like you look at the guys like, okay, Mahomes has earned the crown. It's his, he gave him all the credit. But you go to Josh Allen, he has his issues and inconsistencies. Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, look at his fourth quarter rating. You've seen what Lamar can do with a bad offensive line. You've seen what Lamar can do with a lack of weapons. And again, look around the league. This is an elite thrower of the football, something else I want to throw in real quick before we end. One is accuracy and graven. How many times have you seen him run a receiver into a headache? Oh, maybe like never. He don't set his receivers up. Right. He sees the field really, really well and he will place the ball and there are times on camera cause I'm getting the end zone view too. Whereas as the ball hits the receiver's hands, it's almost like equidistant from the two defenders closing on. He's not leading him into contact into headaches. So there's so much that, we can do an hour video on it. That's how much I go to bat for Lamar. And I wish he was given more credit for it. I think we'll see it though. Hopefully here in Baltimore, new receivers, new OC. So let's see how it goes. And so Jason, appreciate you coming on, man. One more time as we get out of here, let everybody know where they can find you at. Yeah. Huddle it up films. Great to set the links below. So click on that, find a player that you're interested in. I have videos on just about every player, one video per day until we're finished with all the players and then it'll be draft season on the channel. I have some good guests over there to talk some football as well. So, but I really appreciate it. And always love talking football with you and great. And you know here for sure, man. I appreciate you coming on. So team, keep it clean. Make sure you check out all his stuff down below in the description. And we out. Yeah. This feels like a dream. No jazz, what I made. What I made. You two team, keep it clean. You see my boy, he like automated, automated. Boy, that's my homie. Ain't that right engraving? That's right engraving, that's right engraving. Shout out to engraving.