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Entering year five, Lamar Jackson is still applying pressure, still misunderstood

We have, more or less, three and a half years of tape with Lamar Jackson behind center as the Ravens starting quarterback entering his fifth season in Baltimore. The 2019 NFL MVP and 2016 Heisman Trophy winner has matured as a passer while maintaining his awe-inducing home run ability as a runner. While there have always been polarizing “takes” on Jackson as a passer, regardless, his impact on the football field not only as a runner, but as the orchestrator of the best ground attack in modern football is undeniable.

Along with Jackson’s home-run ability, he’s arguably the most efficient runner in NFL history and carries moon-like gravity on defenses, severely limiting what defensive play callers and players can do in both the run and pass game.