Lamar Jackson: Baltimore Ravens quarterback’s potential is ‘off the charts’, says former NFL defensive again DeAngelo Corridor

Good Morning Soccer‘s Peter Schrager: “Lamar is placing on a present week to week, and he continues to dispel all the myths that he cannot play quarterback”; Watch Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens host the Los Angeles Chargers, reside on Sky Sports activities NFL on Sunday from 6pm

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson had a mixed 504-yard efficiency of their Monday evening comeback win over the Indianapolis Colts

Lamar Jackson is coming off the again of his best-ever recreation in his already spectacular NFL profession, with the Baltimore Ravens quarterback throwing for 442 yards and 4 touchdowns, in addition to speeding for 62, in a comeback win over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday evening.

His head coach, John Harbaugh, stated after the sport: “It was one of many best performances I’ve ever seen”, whereas Colts proprietor Jim Irsay wrote on Twitter that Jackson’s efforts in overcoming the Colts’ 19-point lead late within the third quarter “could have been the one best efficiency in NFL’s 100 yr. historical past.”

Jackson has a profession 34-8 document as a starter since being drafted with the thirty second decide of the 2018 NFL Draft and was named league MVP in 2019, however a steadily used critique of the QB has been that he depends an excessive amount of on his legs to bail his group out of hassle and might’t win the large video games based mostly purely on arm expertise.

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Highlights of the thrilling conflict between the Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night time Soccer in Week 5.

Monday evening’s additional time win, through which Jackson accomplished a staggering 86% of his passes – a brand new NFL document for a quarterback who has thrown for 400+ yards – has gone some strategy to dispelling that fantasy, however former NFL defensive again DeAngelo Corridor believes Jackson is barely ‘scratching the floor’ of his expertise.

“Lamar performed lights-out soccer,” Corridor advised Good Morning Soccer (weekdays, 12pm, Sky Sports activities NFL).

“I’ve truly been somebody who has been saying Lamar wanted to take that subsequent step. Sure, he received an MVP, however he did that with restricted throwing, so the potential is off the charts with what this man might be as soon as he sits within the pocket, sees some extra defenses.

“What you noticed the opposite evening, that is the tip results of what Lamar is able to being.

“I truly do not assume he is the completed product, despite the fact that it was a tremendous recreation. I am telling you that he’s simply scratching the floor.

“He can at all times run round, however groups now have to protect him somewhat bit in a different way as a result of he can get out of the pocket and make great performs.

“Lamar is proving everybody mistaken proper now.”

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Will Blackmon seems at a few of Lamar Jackson’s highlights from the Baltimore Ravens’ Week Two win over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.

Jackson is certainly one of plenty of thrilling younger quarterbacks taking the NFL by storm proper now, together with Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Josh Allen of the Buffalo Payments, Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers – the Ravens’ subsequent opponents this Sunday – to call a number of.

However GMFB presenter Peter Schrager backed up Corridor’s level, including: “In per week the place Allen was unbelievable, Herbert too, Tom Brady was flawless, I believe Lamar had one of the best recreation performed by a quarterback all season!

“You check out the NFL’s passing leaders by way of the primary 5 weeks, Lamar is correct within the thick of it – fifth, 1,519 yards. And take a look at the league’s speeding leaders, he is proper there – eighth, 341 yards.

“Even trying on the whole offensive performances of some groups, Lamar on his personal is healthier! His 1,860 yards slides him in at fifteenth, between the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers.

“Lamar is placing on a present week to week, and he continues to dispel all the myths that he cannot play quarterback.”

Watch Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens host Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers as a part of the NFL Sunday triple-header reside on Sky Sports activities NFL from 5pm (Kick-Off, 6pm).