Following the game, Allen and Jackson both met at midfield and exchanged words in a classy show of sportsmanship. Allen told the CBS broadcast that he considered Jackson has one of the best players ever. And in mic’d-up footage from NFL Films, we were able to hear what Jackson told Allen.
Lamar Jackson has been given a heaping helping of criticism over the years. His on-field achievements were routinely denigrated, labeling him “a glorified running back.” Even with his two MVP awards,
Lamar Jackson’s playoff woes, offensive wizardry in Washington and projecting the remaining coaching vacancies. (Note: This was first published prior to former Lions DC Aaron Glenn’s confirmation as the Jets coach,
The Baltimore Ravens' season came to a close on Sunday night in Buffalo in a playoff loss to the Bills that was filled with self-inflicted wounds, including three turnovers. Despite out-gaining the Bills on total yards and moving the ball with relative ease on third down,
Quarterback Lamar Jackson accounted for two of his team’s three turnovers in the defeat, an interception and a fumble in the first half. Jackson’s typically trusty tight end, Mark Andrews, recorded a costly fumble in the fourth quarter and also dropped the potential game-tying two-point conversion.
It’s tempting to view quarterbacks through the prism of "Did he win the big one?" But nuance exists, even in the playoffs.
Lamar Jackson is tired of falling short and he didn't hold back that frustration after the Ravens' loss to the Bills.
Jackson is now 3-5 in the playoffs and he was asked how difficult it is to deal with falling short again. “I have to get over this, because we’re right there ,” Jackson said. “I’m tired of being right there, we need to punch it in. We need to punch in that ticket. We have to get right in the offseason.”
You could see it in his fidgeting and feel it in his energy. The frustration is there for the QB who is going to have this loss mostly attributed to his two turnovers rather than what happened after them.
The quarterback battle between Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen made the Buffalo Bills-Baltimore Ravens game the most anticipated matchup of a thrilling divisional playoff weekend. Allen and Jackson emerged as the top-two MVP candidates in 2024 after playing the best football of their careers this season,
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has been named NFL MVP by the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) for the third time, including last season. Jackson solidifies his place as one of the league's most dominant players after a historic campaign in which he became the first quarterback to surpass 4,