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Ravens' John Harbaugh wants Lamar Jackson to improve on deep balls

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- What's next for Lamar Jackson after his NFL MVP season?

It's not necessarily more passes. It's more throws downfield.

In Thursday's hour-long online question-and-answer session with season-ticket holders, Harbaugh said one of the keys to Jackson's evolution is taking more advantage of defenses stacking the box against Baltimore.

"Those corners are going to be one-on-one and those safeties are going to be one-on-one against receivers, especially on some downfield throws, and we got to make them pay for it. We absolutely have to make them pay," Harbaugh said. "The ability to make them pay for tilting their defense toward stopping our run game with a really, really efficient passing game.