Week 13 Preview: Uh-oh, Lamar Jackson Will Surely Get Hurt!

1. I’ve got some bad news. I think you should sit down. Wait, maybe you’d better lie down. Actually, you know what, just curl up in the fetal position while you read this: It turns out . . . Lamar Jackson is going to get hurt. It’s true! All that getting tackled. If I were the Ravens, I’d start punting on second down or so to avoid it.

Injuries are quickly gaining on turnovers as things that are feared to an irrational extent. You could probably pick and choose a few spots where Jackson could better protect himself, but the ratio of plays where quarterback takes hit and gets up vs. plays where quarterback takes hit and gets injured is still heavily in his favor on any given play. The only…