 How much can one man take that's a question that I asked myself every time I see somebody blatantly disrespecting Lamar Jackson now don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with criticizing Lamar Jackson there's nothing wrong with talking about flaws that are in his game because again he is not a perfect quarterback but a lot of people they go way beyond just criticism that they go way beyond just critiquing his game because so much of what you see when it comes to one Lamar Jackson is just flat out hate and it is so obvious the athletic Mike Sando he composed an article and I know you all have seen the quote by now but he composed an article where it says it's a new era for quarterback tears as 50 NFL coaches and executives have shaken up the elite ranks for 2022 the ninth incarnation of my annual survey so basically this is a survey that is going through a lot of the quarterbacks in the league putting them in different tiers tier one tier two tier three obviously tier one being the best of the best and so on and so forth but there's been a quote that has been going around and you all know again when it comes to quotes you can look at a quote and be like yikes or you can look at a quote and be like oh nice all depending on what the quote says but it's very important to always get context even though with that quote with this quote that we about to go over it really didn't need any context but let's talk about it so we're going straight to the section that talked about Lamar Jackson they have him listed at number 10 so let's read the entirety of the section on Ravens star quarterback says Lamar Jackson climbs slightly in terms of average vote but dropped three places in the rankings as Stafford Herbert and Borough move past him there remains no player like him in the league so that's subjective whoever you ever you want to put Lamar in terms of top quarterbacks we're not here to talk about that but let's keep moving so here we go one quote said you cannot go into a game and not account for this guy like we are meeting with people every offseason to find out how they would defend this type of offense a defensive coordinator said at the time at the same time I can totally see why you can go anywhere from one to three on him if he has to drop back and throw the ball it is not the same but if he is on rhythm and they are running the ball and they are running the play action off it if you can't account for that dude he is going to kill you so that's when the the slight disrespect if they throw it in there if you didn't pay attention you might not have caught it because it said again let's run it back all right we're meeting with people every offseason to find out how they would defend this type of offense at the same time I can totally see why you can go anywhere from one to three on him as far as the tears if he has to drop back and throw the ball it is not the same so I don't know where this comes from I don't know why people are still running with it saying that Lamar Jackson can't drop back and throw the ball anyway so they're saying that he only thrives if the Ravens are running the ball and they're running the play action off of it this couldn't be further from the truth we've seen it a lot of times when the Ravens they're not running the ball particularly well but Lamar Jackson still goes out there and does this thing we saw it a lot last year too but this could also be said about a lot of quarterbacks if a team is one-dimensional if you're going against an offense and they're one-dimensional if they can't run the ball that makes it easier to defend any quarterback but no no no no because it's Lamar Jackson no no no this only applies to him of course anyway moving on says Jackson was so sensational as a dual threat during his 2019 MVP season that 16 voters placed him in tier one heading into 2020 this year there were as many votes for Jackson in tier one eight as there were in tier three so eight people voted for him to be in the tier one of a quarterbacks and eight people also voted for him to be in the tier three of quarterbacks all right so here we go if this is the infamous quote that everybody's been let's get into it if he has to pass to win the game they win the game another defensive coordinator said so it's not everybody loves to bring up the the coach game because that was a crazy game and Lamar Jackson he was passing like crazy Ravens won the game Ravens were down multiple scores they came back they won the game why are we continuing this Lamar Jackson has wins where he has had to pass the ball a lot he's had wins where he hasn't had to pass the ball much he's had multiple touchdown five touchdown games four touchdown three touchdown games he's had games where the run game it's taken off he's had games where the run game ain't been so pretty but he still had to throw the ball and they've won he's won with throwing from ahead he's won with throwing from behind I hate that I have to always go back to 2018 but I set it back then and I set it in 2019 as well and I will continue to say it because the same thing remains true nothing that Lamar Jackson does will ever be good enough Lamar Jackson and again and I said this in another video there are people that have a Lamar Jackson prove it list I I'll give Lamar Jackson credit if he does this this this this and this and he could do this this this this and this and more and instead of them crossing out all right he did that he did that he did that he did that he did that they'll erase it and write something new and what the one of the craziest parts about it they won't just erase it and write something new they'll erase it and write something that he's already proven he can do but they'll still write it on there to do this like he hasn't accomplished it already or like he's incapable of doing it but let's get back to this silly quote if he has to pass to win the game they win in the game another defensive coordinator said he's so unique as an athlete and he's really a good football player but I don't care if he wins the league MVP 12 times I don't think he'll ever be a one tier one is speaking of I don't think he'll ever be a tier one as a quarterback he'll be a tier one as a football player but not as a quarterback so many games come down to two minutes and that is why they have a hard time advancing even when they are good on defense playoffs are tight you have to be able to throw the ball and he is just so inconsistent throwing the ball it is hit or miss wow that was a lot that was a lot and um I've seen I've seen a lot of people say hold that gotta be Jack Dale Rio then I've seen some other people say oh that's probably big big fangio then I did see one person say oh that that's probably wink more in there but anyway um Roger Sherman I don't know who Roger Sherman is but he brought out a very interesting stat um I didn't know about this stat I mean I've seen it but I didn't know I didn't the numbers weren't in my head but I've seen it from watching them all Jackson play but anyway it says in games with less than five minutes to go in the fourth quarter and trailing so being down the last three seasons so that's the scenario in regular season games with five minutes less to go in the fourth quarter and being down scores being trailing in the last three seasons so 2021 uh 2020 and 2019 he said unstoppable comeback god Patrick Mahones went 39 for 62 509 yards 62.9 completion percentage in 8.2 yards per attempt four touchdowns to one interception a 110.2 QB rating so that's nice that's nice again that's in the the last five minutes when there's five minutes or less left in the game fourth quarter and trailing in the last three seasons so okay but Lamar Jackson who can't pass to win the game Lamar Jackson in that same time period he's went 41 out of 64 574 yards 64.1 completion percentage nine point nine yards per yards nine yards per attempt can't even talk five touchdowns to one interception and a 112.4 QB rating so in crunch time in clutch time he's been clutch and even I mean the numbers are even better than Patrick Mahones who a lot a lot of people would say is clutch as well um but a lot of people will praise Patrick Mahones who is nice he's amazing but they'll say Lamar Jackson can't do it all right back to uh the article um the way that I feel about these quotes if you're gonna say something like this you're gonna be big and bold and bad and with your chest out put your name on it put your name on it if you're willing to be this loud and this wrong at least own up to it own up to it that's up because there's a lot of people that have said this and that and the third about Lamar Jackson there's a lot of people that have been wrong about this that and the third when it comes to Lamar Jackson but a lot of people have put their name on it a lot of people haven't as well but a lot of people have put their name on it I really wish this person would have just just so we know who it is because we don't have the four contexts I in my personal opinion I think this is somebody who Lamar probably made him very frustrated as a defensive coordinator before I would think that this would be somebody who Lamar just really had them heated at their game plan and Lamar just shredded their defense in more ways than one but hey since they put no name on it we'll never know back to the article says the Ravens are one in three in a postseason with Lamar Jackson starting Lamar Jackson has averaged 6.6 yards per attempt with four total touchdowns and seven turnovers in those games during the same span the players in tier one this season are 24 and 12 in the playoffs while averaging 7.7 yards per attempt with 79 total touchdowns and 24 turnovers their combined playoff passer rating is 99.7 compared to 68.3 for Jackson this is like we know Lamar Jackson in the playoffs and again context is important we know there's been some struggles but again one in three in a playoffs that's what gets highlighted all the time I know I get it first playoff game there's no excuses but this is just what it is first playoff game was his rookie season the Ravens had just played the charges two weeks prior that was a talk of the town oh man the Ravens the charges coming in the town Ravens just played them two weeks ago this rookie Lamar Jackson oh he did this thing against the chart did it all cakele Ravens played them two weeks prior they ran the same offense that they were running two weeks ago the offense wasn't working in the first quarter they still kept running it second quarter they still kept running it third quarter they still kept running it beginning the fourth quarter they still kept running then all of a sudden they're like oh you know what in the middle of the fourth quarter let's change it guess what happened they start moving the ball and he starts calling oh bye golly wow geez man that's amazing and it was just so frustrating and I remember being there watching it like just just didn't get it following year MVP season we know face the Titans at the crib at home um drop after drop after drop after drop after drop after drop after drop after drop after drop after drop so many people they praise Lamar Jackson for oh man he won an MVP with that at wide receiver man and this is why it gets so frustrated with a lot of Ravens fans who continue to bring that up oh look what he did with this guy that guy that guy that guy wide receiving 2019 when he won his MVP season all we need to do is upgrade the offensive line and we'll be straight but look what happened in the playoffs with those same wide receivers in his MVP season it was not pretty hollywood did his thing now hollywood stepped up but everybody else that it was nasty it was really really nasty so this is why I continue to advocate for the Baltimore Ravens to provide Lamar Jackson with significant weapons it's not a shot at the guys that are already there now but why not give him more why not give him even better than what he's had why not give him the best you could possibly give another conversation though following year Tennessee Titans game oh it's a struggle they were struggling early on um Lamar he was a little off early on in that game um and then there was an interception I think was that the past the miles working well I think that was one of miles working and I don't know if the win took it or what I don't even remember and I think miles working he might have timed it a little bit wrong too because it's just it's just ugly it's just ugly but then Lamar was like hold up man I gotta take this thing over you start taking it over and the Ravens won he broke off that was that a 59 yard run I don't remember how long that run was it was super long though but he broke that run off for a touchdown hit and there was a there was some clutch throws in that game I remember one I think was on a third down and it's one of Lamar Jackson specialties y'all know when he does it when he he snaps the ball he's looking he's looking of course the pocket breaks down because you know you don't be having no protection but nobody talks about that but anyway um that broke down he was scrambling looking looking looking scrambling looking looking and nobody talks about when he always does that because he always does that he always if the pocket breaks it will win the pocket breaks down because it breaks down a lot he has to scramble and he's always looking down a field but they want to call him a run for his quarterback but anyway he was scrambling Scramming to his right to his right to his right looking looking looking scramming to his right. Wait wait wait wait wait wait last second And I think he he hit Mark Andrews on the sideline. Oh, was it Hayden Hurst? I Forget which one it was I think it was Mark Andrews though But anyway here's Titan on a sideline big big third down play huge third down play and that was a game changer But anyway, the Ravens were down multiple scores in that game and a playoff game to Playoff atmosphere playoff game. Oh Ravens down multiple scores. Oh, you know They can't come back in when they came back in one Bill's game whoo Bill's game. They just were not moving that ball Shout out to Bill's defensive line. Bill's defensive line was like y'all are not running the ball on us. Y'all ain't moving us We gonna move y'all Ravens are struggling that interception Whoo I mean offensive line they they weren't blocking he did Think somebody on the on the play before that pick six that he threw was it to poor you or hide I forgot which one called it and took it back for six, but the play before They had a touchdown And I thought was that what offensive line just didn't block something happened on the play I forgot what happened, but It was obviously not a touchdown. It had a touchdown, but it was not a touchdown Then he threw that pick six bad though But they were still in it They were still in it But then Patrick McCary was like no, we are not about to be in this thing anymore because we I'm gonna take out our quarterback So then Patrick McCary with the high snap Where's that ball going? You know the rest of the story when it came to the concussion but anyway The way that they put these stats It reminds me of Avengers Because it's like all the the tier one quarterbacks that they're talking about it's like Daddy Avengers and Lamar Jackson is Thanos Because again, they put in Lamar Jackson's one person one player And I understand what they're doing They just couldn't put in all the averages of those guys, but they put in all those guys together all their numbers together Can't slow on Lamar Jackson, but it is cool. Anyway Next paragraph said I think what we saw with Lamar starting with the Miami game and carrying through the rest of the Season was someone who struggled to identify coverages and make pre snap reads an offensive coach said this somebody else So he is still a really dynamic player bring something different to the group But by and large is going to have to continue to improve as a passer in order to go deep in the playoffs and put himself in the tier one group, huh Lamar Jackson As a passer It's like that that narrative it seems like it's never gonna go away That he needs to improve as a passer. It's like there's there's never a narrative or there's rarely a narrative The Raven should really invest and improve what they put around Lamar Jackson Especially at the wide receiver position to really get the most out of him That's that's a narrative that you don't hear too often But you always hear the one about Lamar Jackson needing to improve as a passer You look at last year That's our context is so important Lamar Jackson, there were a lot of yards that Lamar Jackson threw that weren't caught Hollywood. He had some drops Sammy Watkins just had some misses. I remember one of my guys put that that dolphins game the way Sammy Watkins Just stopped running Lamar threw him a touchdown. It's good pass back at the end zone. Sammy Watkins And I just it just it just hurt to see that stuff that there Were a lot of points a lot of yards left on the field even just last year alone Now is Lamar perfect. No Lamar has some misses. Yes interceptions. That's when drugs Yes, and bad throws there's all of that stuff But every quarterback has that stuff But with Lamar Jackson it gets highlighted like crazy to an extreme To an extreme y'all know that y'all see it all the time y'all see quotes like the ones that we read in this article and Most people aren't even surprised by it Because people are just openly hating this dude for whatever reason. I Don't know how he does it. I commend him like crazy because The fact that a lot of times he just stays silent And it's like with Lamar Jackson. It's he's in such a tough position Because people they talk crazy about him like in this article they talk reckless about him Some people put their name on a lot of people don't but anyway, they talk crazy about him He just sits back and remains quiet But then when he speaks about it when he addresses it, he's a bad guy When he calls it out, he's immature When he talks about it. Oh, that's not a real franchise quarterback When he goes back at those people. Oh, man, he's unsure of himself It's like it's a lose-lose It is a lose-lose So that makes him that puts him in such a tough position to be in and I just I Commend him for having to deal every single day literally every single day total slowest Diaz Every single day. He's somebody somebody talking about every day every day I Don't know how he does it. Anyway It says those places Lamar Jackson in tier one Think his skill set is unique enough to warrant that status to me It is nonsense to say he is not in tier one another offensive coach said He is one of the more special talents to ever play the game and Baltimore is a contender because of him And that's true No Lamar Jackson or Ravens being contenders straight up Everybody knows that whether you love it. What do you like Lamar Jackson or not? And I've seen somebody that seems people argue to hold Tyler Hunley thing old Ravens could let Lamar Jackson walking Have Tyler Hunley run the show cuz I how he did last year Tyler Hunley when we're one in five In Lamar Jackson's absence. He won the Bears game But other than that He didn't win at all He did not win at all some games. He played good other games was like It was close. He was close, but being close is not good enough and I Do think Tyler Hunley with preparation and proper investment. I think he could start an NFL for sure. I really do But that whole argument about Tyler Hunley Him replacing Lamar Jackson for the Ravens. No, that's no no But anyway This is articles like this quotes like that comments like that It's going to continue. It's never going to go away. So Just got to be used to it Cuz people will continue to do the same thing over and over and over and over and It's just it's weird. It's very weird I Understand if people are gonna break down film and be like, oh no Lamar Jackson He need to do a better job, but if he knew do better job of that did it But stuff like that That's not criticized Stuff like that. It's not breaking down the way that he plays Stuff like that is just pure hate and it's obvious You