Paying running QB’s huge money is an extremely risky bet. This is already year 5 for Jackson. How many running QB’s have had long careers!?
Kinda like giving RB’s big 2nd contracts, it rarely works out.
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Well I’m a strong believer that he is just in the perfect situation with an excellent coach. Now someone could argue our situation is pretty good too, but if a QB can’t pass, he can’t win games from behind against good competition. Lamar is going to win you games no question about it. In fact, That kind of QB can win a lot of games. But when it comes time to play the best teams in football, they won’t. They get beat by the quarterbacks who’s strength is throwing. The get beat by playoff teams. It’s proven every single year.
There literally isn’t a worse passer and reader of a defense that’s a starter right now. I will just never be a fan of a QB in his mold. Hurts has more upside and I would rather have him as he has shown a ton of growth in the passing department dating back to college.
Lamar is what he is, and for me, he will never win meaningful games 
Thats just my opinion…
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You have got to be kidding right? Have you seen some of these guys play?
There’s no way you have actually watched Lamar play football with the horrible receivers he’s had and then say “he can’t make reads and can’t throw”.
And then think that he’s worse at it than Sam Darnold or Baker Mayfield or Marcus Mariota or Geno Smith.
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I probably watch more NFL games than anybody on this board. Lamar Jackson cannot throw with any consistency at all. There isn’t a starting quarterback in the league who is worse at throwing or reading a defense in the league.
He is without question worse at throwing a football than every guy you just mentioned. He could give Geno a run I guess…
I mean just look at that argument you are making anyway. Baker, Mariota, Darnold, Geno…if that’s the argument you have you might as well not even say it. Journeyman (aside from Baker) who can only get a job on teams that are tanking.
Do you watch him play? Because it doesn’t sound like it.
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Mike Vick is the best to ever do it. And he lasted a long time. But still, Mike Vick never won anything meaningful.
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He also spent 2 years of his prime in prison. Gave the body a chance to heal and not take any hits for 2 years. Running QB’s don’t usually last long.
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Fair point
Don’t want one anyway so I’m with ya!
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Thanks for clarifying that for me. I just looked at how many games he missed and assumed injury. Muchos gracias!
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Lamar Jackson Graded Among NFL's Best Decision-Makers.
So you watch more football than PFF?
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Did I say that?
And did I say anything about his decision making?
And didn’t I make it pretty clear that it’s just my opinion?
What qualifies as a QB who makes the best decisions anyway? I see Matt Stafford is #4, followed by Ryan Tannehill at #5. Would love to see the criteria they are using to break this list down. It makes sense I guess because TB12 and ARod are 1 & 2…
Baker Mayfield, Jalen Hurts, Jimmy G, are in the top third of that list. Taylor Heinicke (who I watched a handful of times last year) is ahead of Russell Wilson and Kyler Murray. While Drew Brees is buried near the bottom. Looks weird if you ask me. Take it as a good representation of QB play if you want to.
He might have been injured in other ways in prison…
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Haha something tells me he had it real easy in prison.
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Lamar Jackson might be more of a Dan Campbell-type QB than Jared Goff is….IMO of course
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Richardson was not better than Levis in the FL/Ky game last weekend.
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I thought Mayfield was the perfect Dan Campbell QB.
The yards are just a function of attempts. If he threw the ball more he would have more yards. If you look at the QB stats that break down how they rate per passing attempt, Lamar Jackson ranks in the top 10 passers in the NFL.
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Fitzy siting! Good analysis by him. Harvard bkgd showing up!
yep… Lamar missed 5 games last year due to injury and ill ess.
He averaged 240 yards/game… which is a 4000 yard pace over 17 games.
If Hillywood Brown would have caught the passes that hit 2 hands against the Lions… he would have had about 250 yards/game for his 12 games. 
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Yeah just looked at the stats. He wasn’t much better but still better. I didn’t see the game, is Kentucky that much better or was it an evenly matched game? We’ll see how the year plays out and who the topQBs everyone is raving about are in January… looks like there will be a few intriguing prospects though
I’d say Florida is much more talented. Richardson was tough to watch in that game. If Florida just committed to the run they might’ve won. Kentucky really couldn’t stop the run.
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