OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson solidified himself as the most effective operating quarterback final season when he surpassed Michael Vick for probably the most profession dashing yards at that place.
However Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh believes Jackson also needs to rank among the many all-time greats in throwing the ball, too.
“He’s a traditionally good passer,” Harbaugh mentioned Wednesday on ESPN’s Kevin Clark’s “That is Soccer” present. “And that is actually fairly a press release due to the narrative that is been surrounding him ever because the starting. Lamar Jackson can throw the soccer. He can throw it each type of approach, he could make each type of throw any sort [of] approach you need. He is pretty much as good as any passer that there is ever been — and I feel now the numbers are proving that.”
Harbaugh added, “So that is the factor I am type of a bit bit pleased with, however [I’m] additionally a bit bit like, ‘OK, right here we go, what have we discovered from that?’ You possibly can take any massive image — from a society standpoint, from a soccer standpoint — what did we study from that? And what sorts of questions will we ask ourselves? However, Lamar Jackson as a passer is traditionally nice.”
Final season, Jackson grew to become the primary participant in NFL historical past to throw at the very least 40 landing passes and fewer than 5 interceptions in a season. His passer ranking of 119.6 final season ranked because the fourth highest in league historical past.
Jackson’s 4 video games with an ideal passer ranking (158.3) are probably the most ever within the NFL. He has additionally totaled seven profession video games wherein he has recorded extra landing passes than incompletions, that are probably the most in NFL historical past.
Harbaugh was requested how Jackson received to this elite stage.
“I might say the work that you just do — if you are going to be good at something, nice at something, you have to work at it on a regular basis,” Harbaugh mentioned. “I learn a narrative only recently a couple of classical piano participant, he is 95 years outdated, and he is working six to eight hours a day on taking part in the piano, and so they ask him, ‘Why do you continue to work six to eight hours on the piano?’ And his remark was, ‘I really feel like I am simply beginning to make some progress.
“So, that every day, on a regular basis working at your craft type of factor, I feel, is what Lamar does.”