When Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson takes the field against the New England Patriots on Sunday, the opposing signal-caller will be looking on in admiration.
After Jackson referred to Newton as "the O.G.—Superman," Newton told reporters that Jackson "got a gear not many human beings got," relating him back to former star Michael Vick, who previously held the single-season rushing yard record for quarterbacks before Jackson broke it last December (h/t Jelani Scott of .com):
"I say Michael Vick, I say Lamar, I don't even think I'm in that stratosphere but for him to be as dominant, dynamic, explosive at the quarterback position is something that just gives so much opportunity to the younger generation to be able to see what Lamar Jackson is doing and to get hope to say I can play the quarterback position too.