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Raymond SummerlinVerified account @RMSummerlin
This is a great post by someone who actually understands the ravens defense more than "they lost a bunch of players". The Ravens defense strength last year was their secondary that might have been best in the league. Now they replaced Weedle (3 pd, 0 int) with Thomas, the best safety on the market. Smith is just another in a long list of Ravens roleplayers that shined in a contract year and got overpaid in FA.
Isn't the groupthink on this board that "Lamar is bad and can't get better?"
Nice find. I assume Lamar's sample size is significantly smaller than most since he only played half of a season and probably wasnt trailng in the second half often, but that is still a promising stat. I will take any promising passing stats on Lamar that we can find!
Eye opening post for me. Thanks for correcting my mistaken impression about Balt's 2019 D.
Just pay attention to what Belicheck does to this guy in week 9. He will probably last that long but my guess is it will not be pretty.
The Chargers have Derwin James, no one else does. Teams can get a player in position on the edge but the only one who was able to gain the upper hand was Derwin. Long/rangy with speed and power/explosion. Last year people were calling that offense the 'Load Option' but Harbs has morphed it into what he is calling 'The Glitch' offense where he is guaranteeing Lamar is going to crush the NFL record for rush attempts by a QB. Every QB they have is a running QB. Lamar has put on 17 lbs of muscle. The Ravens got a play maker at WR that meshes with Lamar's scatter shot arm accuracy. His pocket awareness has only one way to go and that is up.
No that isn't his rushing floor, because odds are if they play a style that will get Jackson hit 250+ times in 16 games, he isn't going to make it 16 games.
How about that playoff game where they got annihilated? Projecting him for 200 rushes is so far beyond even the realm of fantasy. He’s the quarterback, not the running back. He will already be in for 100% of offensive plays, you think he’s going to take snaps, throw passes, evade pressure, roll out when needed, and rush the ball? He’s going to need Terry Crews to get him on a 24 hour conditioning plan, Terry Crews on the sideline pumping him up from start to finish every single game, and Terry Crews to carry him from the field to the hospital once it’s over
Annihilated 23-17 where Lamar had 194 and 2 TDs passing with 9/54 rushing. In my league that is worth 21.6 points- the same as what QB12 averged.
I said nothing about fantasy points. Also, bold of you to post his stats in a way that shows the whole picture. 14/29 passing for 194/2/1, 9/54/0 rushing with 3 fumbles. That game wasn’t close and it felt like what it was, a beating
Sorry, didn't see the 3 fumbles- only saw the 1 lost. 3 fumbles is cerainly bad. But like I said he had a solid game fantasy wise. NFL wise, they lost by 6 in an NFL playoff game. They went to LA a couple weeks earlier and beat LA 22-10. It seems like we shouldn't draw too much a conclusion from one game where the QB had 250 and 2 TDs. Lamar struggled badly in the 1st half but was almost able to pull off a comeback in the the 4th quarter.
200 carries equates to 12.5 carries per game, which he bested 6 out of 7 games. He was on a 272-carry pace in his 7 starts. Sure, he may get injured, but if that happens, it will happen when he is... running the ball.
Look, I love Lamar, I think he will be a QB1 this year, I think he has immense room to improve. I don’t think he’s without his warts and unblemished, he will get shut down at times like he did against the Chargers if he doesn’t improve, nor do I think he is going to rush for 200/900 on the season as the one guys was speculating.
I agree that he has his warts and I think a low end QB1 is likely but no lock. I also don’t expect him to have 200 carries. Ofcourse he will get shut down some games. That happens to just about every QB a couple times a year. Fantasy wise, he was not shut down by the Chargers though. Yes those TDs came late in the game but they still had the ball at the end of he game with a chance to win it with a TD. The Chargers only had 14 more yards of offense. Jackson did make 2 key mistakes losing a fumble and throwing a pick but he had a decent fantasy day. LA put out a game plan to beat the Ravens but not many NFL teams actually have the personnel to do what the Chargers did by basically playing with no LBs and using 6-7 DBs the whole game. Having players like Ingram, Bosa, James, King, Phillips and Hayward is rare. That’s 6 Pro Bowlers level players against a rookie QB.
Funny timing on this post after Kyler looked like garbage and Lamar Jackson flashed a Mike Vick run. I don't think one quarter of preseason settles anything, just found the timing odd.
Great timing too! I only need DJ to slide a spot or two.Ilov80s said:
I feel like this is something actually and truly different.
