vmax Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 Preston does a good job defining our High Anxiety..... The new era is about to begin with the great experiment.When training camp opens Thursday, the Ravens need to find out if their athletic, second-year quarterback Lamar Jackson is the franchise player of the future or a potential first-round bust who could set the team back for years..........https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/analysis/preston/bs-sp-preston-ravens-lamar-jackson-training-camp-20190722-femfip3thzemfalovoyar4wvie-story.html The bottom line is that nobody knows if Lamar Jackson can win consistently in the NFL. We have been going round and round on this. Speculating. Guessing. All I know is that is was fun and exciting watching the Ravens last year once Lamar took over. Watching Kyle Bolar was not fun. Watching Joe was not fun except for 1 out of 4 games. Watching him in the playoffs was outstanding. His rookie year was fun because we didn't know if he would be the key to turn things around and he showed that he was. We got our hope back. It's the same situation now. Potential. Can it become reality? Preston states it well here; "He had a one-season reprieve as a rookie, and even though he helped the Ravens win six of their last seven regular-season games and reach the playoffs for the first time since 2014, he basically has two years to prove he can win consistently in the NFL." As a long time Ravens and NFL fan, I expect to see a lot of ups and downs this season as Lamar and this offense develops. He basically has a brand new offensive scheme to learn and implement. A brand new arsenal of weapons and tools to get acclimated with. There will be a learning and adjustment curve. If Lamar survives that and takes the next step then the sky is the limit.The beginning of this journey starts now. Quote
papasmurfbell Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 Even this yr is not enough to make that eval. Quote
vmax Posted July 24, 2019 Author Posted July 24, 2019 Interesting commentary on Lamar.... He's among the best in the NFL when passing over the middle of the field. He's one of the worst when throwing to the sideline."Teams are going to pack the middle of the field on this guy and say look, ‘Throw the football, 10 to 15 yards-plus outside the numbers. Until you do that, we’ll put all 11 right between the numbers,'" ESPN analyst Louis Riddick said. "Until he answers that question, it’s just going to be more of the same."In between the numbers, Jackson completed 71 percent of his throws and recorded a 108.4 passer rating, which ranked seventh in the NFL and ahead of Philip Rivers, Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger. Outside the numbers, he connected on 47.8 percent of his passes and posted a 61.7 passer rating, which ranked 40th in the league.....The last pick of the 2018 first round, Jackson became the only rookie quarterback to lead his team to the postseason last season and became the youngest QB ever to start an NFL playoff game. He won six of seven starts to finish with a better winning percentage than Baker Mayfield (6-7), and his passer rating (84.5) was higher than Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Josh Rosen -- all of whom were taken in the top 10............. Quote
oldno82 Posted July 25, 2019 Posted July 25, 2019 Yep...but I don't think he scans the whole field very often, But they're right...to succeed he'll have to do better there. Quote
papasmurfbell Posted July 25, 2019 Posted July 25, 2019 He does have a habbit of lo king on. Stacking the middle also stops the run too. Quote
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