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With six years of NFL experience under his belt and a ripe 27 years old, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has established himself as one of this generation’s best signal-callers.
Jackson is the second-youngest two-time winner with two Associated Press Most Valuable Player titles under his belt. He received the first honor by unanimous voting in 2019 and the second in 2023. Add two All-Pros from the first team.
Jackson gained notoriety for his rushing prowess; in 2019, he amassed 1,206 yards, which set a new single-season record for the position. Throughout his six years in the league, he has been able to dominate opponents both airborne and on land thanks to his exceptional passing abilities.
Jackson guided the Ravens to an AFC Championship Game and a league-best 13-4 record in 2023, but his team narrowly missed the Super Bowl—one of the few career titles Jackson has yet to win.
Jackson already has many an astonishing performance to his name. From the beginning to his most recent successes, five of those outings stand out, all of which can be revisited on NFL+ before Jackson looks to take his team back to the postseason and defend his MVP crown in the upcoming season.
1) Jackson makes an entrance in blowout win
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Jackson has been leading his club to victories and putting up excellent stats since nearly the beginning of his tenure as the Ravens’ starting quarterback. Jackson was selected as the Ravens starting for the 2019 season after demonstrating promise in a few limited outings during his rookie year. Jackson had started the previous season as Joe Flacco’s backup. And Jackson went all out in his first game under his new title, defeating the Dolphins 59-10 to start the season in a blowout. Jackson led three touchdown drives in the first quarter alone, scoring first thanks to 47- and 83-yard touchdown passes to receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown.
2) Texans on wrong side of second-half playoff dominance
GAME: January 20, 2024, versus. Texans, AFC Divisional Round
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We go from one of Jackson’s early victories to his most recent one, in which he led the Ravens to a 2023 Divisional Round triumph over the Texans. Houston entered the game as the season’s Cinderella tale, but they faced the formidable No. 1-seeded Ravens, lead by Jackson, who went on to virtually win the game by himself and make his first trip to the AFC Championship Game. The afternoon began as a competitive contest, with the offenses of C.J. Stroud and Jackson trading blows throughout the first half to go into the halftime locker rooms level.
From then on, though, it was all Baltimore as Jackson spearheaded four consecutive scoring drives to blow the game wide open. In the third quarter, there was a rush touchdown as the player deftly maneuvered around opponents to score from 15 yards. Then he returned to passing, hitting Isaiah Likely in the end zone with a throw on the run. As icing on the cake, Jackson scored another run and celebrated by sprinting into the tunnel. His last line of stats? 100 yards and two touchdowns came from his rush, and he passed for 152 yards and two touchdowns. As one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks, Jackson gave this postseason romp his all by showcasing all sides of his game.
3) Mid-game injury can’t stop Jackson’s clutch play
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Monday Night Football featured a huge AFC North battle, and Jackson was the standout player amid a ton of drama. The highlight of the quarterback’s historic Lamar running performance to start the game was a 44-yard scramble on third down that placed the Ravens in the red zone. He finished with 124 yards and two touchdowns on just nine runs. But Jackson left the game in the middle of the third quarter due to what were reported to be cramps, and the Browns rallied to take a 35-34 lead as third-string Baltimore quarterback Trace McSorley struggled and eventually got hurt.
4) Jackson has all-time great performance in overtime thriller
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Jackson produced during this Monday Night Football victory, just looking at the numbers. More than simply numbers, though, when the quarterback came alive in the last minutes of regulation and overtime, Jackson’s performance in critical situations was essential to a 19-point comeback. Jackson had a rough start to the game, as the offense was mainly shut down and the quarterback fumbled the ball on the goal line in the third quarter. After trailing 25–9 in the fourth quarter, Jackson turned things around and guided three straight touchdown drives. He also connected with Mark Andrews for two touchdowns and two two-point conversions to even the score at the end of regulation.
5) Jackson says Happy New Year en route to second MVP
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It only seems fair to end this list with another strong showing versus the Dolphins, after such a dominant one to start. While there was still no obvious front-runner for the NFL MVP award halfway through the 2023 season, Jackson solidified his status with his performance in the closing weeks of the season. Between Weeks 11 and 17, he put together six victories in a row, with Baltimore scoring an average of more than 33 points in those games. In Week 17, Jackson faced the Dolphins and finished this amazing run of play by scorching the Miami defense for 56 points.
In less than two minutes, Jackson scored two touchdown passes: a 75-yard toss to Zay Flowers, who had plenty of room, and a 35-yarder to Isaiah Likely right before halftime. The victory virtually guaranteed that Jackson would raise his second MVP trophy in the new year, sealed the AFC North, and gave the Ravens the top seed in the postseason. It was a perfect representation of Jackson’s skill at the game and his crucial contribution to the Ravens’ 2023 victory.