This "Lamar Jackson is in the same league as Mahomes" nonsense on every football related show I see needs to stop.
Lamar Jackson, on the biggest stage, has now shit down his leg in both opportunities. Lamar is a player who has to have everything around him working perfectly to have success. Put him down 2 scores and ask him to carry the team, he cannot answer the bell.
There's a big difference between a running quarterback, and a quarterback who can run. Lamar Jackson and The Ravens ran 88 plays and put up 12 points.
Jackson attempted 59 passes, only threw one touchdown, but also threw two picks and lost a fumble. 12 points on 59 pass attempts should tell you all you need to know about Lamar as a QB when the lights are the brightest.
Nobody would bat an eye if before the game, soneone told us Pat would put the ball up 59 times. Matter of fact, id be pretty excited to see how many points and yards he would put up in that span of plays.
When things got bad for both QBs, you saw the odds on favorite to win the MVP this year get visible frustrated, press, and ultimately fold. He was nowhere to be seen trying to work out what was happening, rallying his team, he simply pouted on the sideline as his team fell further behind.
The reigning MVP had literally no quit. Its one thing to say after the fact, that we had faith all along, its quite another for that to be true.
Down 24, think about that for a moment. 24. Mahomes is captured, in that moment on the sideline saying we have everything we want. Everyones already counted us the **** out, so go do something special.
Then, to walk the walk after talking the talk, leading the team to 7 straight touchdowns and 8 scoring drives, throwing 5 touchdown passes, and displaying a fiery emotion that if you dont feel anything when you see this kid going nuts after a huge play, call the coroner, because youre already dead.
The two qbs could not be further apart. Jackson cannot hold Mahomes jock when it comes to putting the team on his back.
Lamar should consider signing with KC as a running back. Its the only way barring injury to Mahomes, that hes ever getting a ring.
Mahomes is the MVP. Its not even close. Lamar is a running back executing the halfback pass play about 20-25 times a game.
Jacksons first two years have ended with dud playoff performances.
Mahomes first two years as a starter sees his team hosting back to back AFC title games for a frachise that in its entire history never hosted a single one before he arrived.
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Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
I thought he played OK given the circumstances. Their offensive line is a work in progress and that was apparent very early on. I read somewhere that his average air yards per target in the first half was like 0.8 yards. The gameplan was clearly one to avoid having Lamar sit in a collapsing pocket.
That said, he missed a few deeps shots badly and obviously had a couple big misses on those last couple plays. Plus he was running too damned much.
I honestly am still not sure how he’s able to avoid getting tattooed so consistently. For his first 10 carries or so I don’t think he took any decent hits. As the game wore on, he started getting a little more reckless. By the end, I was wondering if he’d keep getting up after some of those hits.
Probably just some week 1 bravado. He won’t last all year if that continues.
Last year, Lamar averaged 9 carries per game. He ran the ball 16 times last night. That does not feel like a sustainable approach for him to avoid injury across the entire season.
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Originally Posted by DRM08:
Last year, Lamar averaged 9 carries per game. He ran the ball 16 times last night. That does not feel like a sustainable approach for him to avoid injury across the entire season.
It’s not, even for someone as elusive as he is.
Tbh, last night was a heavyweight fight. There’s a good chance that they won’t play a tougher game this season. They’ll have long stretches where he won’t be required to run very much because the competition is less fierce.
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