One season doesn’t define a player, good or bad. Not even two. Nevertheless, it’s hard to deny what Lamar Jackson is doing for the 7-2 Baltimore Ravens. While nobody is going to mistake him for Aaron Rodgers in the pocket, he has shown that he can make the throws that need to be made, and his running ability is peerless.
And he keeps going. The Ravens razed the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday afternoon, and it largely had to do with Jackson putting them out of their misery early in the game, throwing two quick touchdown passes to second-year tight end Mark Andrews and flashing his cheat-code abilities in between on a dazzling 47-yard touchdown run.