OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Over the past eight months, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was unanimously selected as NFL MVP, got feted as the No. 1 player in the game by his peers and saw his face splashed across the cover of the Madden video game.
Starting with the regular season opener Sunday, Jackson goes from being the toast of the football world to the top target, looking across the line at defensive game plans devised all offseason with the sole purpose of containing and frustrating the league's most unpredictable playmaker.