OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Lamar Jackson defended coach John Harbaugh's decision to not pull him earlier in the Baltimore Ravens' season-opening 38-6 blowout victory over the Cleveland Browns.
With the Ravens ahead by 32 points with 10 minutes left, Jackson remained in the game and dropped back to pass three times, getting sacked once. Harbaugh removed Jackson one series later with four minutes left in the fourth quarter.
"We didn't have any preseason games," Jackson said Wednesday. "That was my first time getting tackled since January, so I felt we needed that.