Quarterback · Baltimore Ravens
Lamar Jackson
No. 8 · 9th season
Lamar Jackson likes what the new offense is asking him to do
The Baltimore Ravens wrapped up their mandatory spring sessions on Wednesday, and Lamar Jackson walked out of them sounding like someone who just saw the menu and wants to order everything.
Jackson has spent his career being called one of the hardest players in football to prepare for. The threat of his legs, the arm, the way he turns a broken play into a first down — it has made him the kind of quarterback defenses build whole gameplans around. He is already two-time MVP territory. So when he says he expects things to get more explosive, that is not a quiet claim.
The Ravens are running a new offense this year under first-time coordinator Declan Doyle, and Jackson has been working through it this offseason. New system, new voice calling the plays, new decisions to make about how everything fits together. That kind of change usually brings at least some caution. Jackson skipped past caution.
His read on where this is headed — a lot of explosiveness, his word — is the kind of thing that gets filed away. If he is right, defenses will be reminded of something they already knew: he is hard enough to stop when he is limited. What happens when he is not?
Doyle's first real test comes in the fall. Jackson already seems to know how he wants it to go.
“"I like the coaching," Jackson said. "I want to be detailed, as well, keep the defense honest. So, when we're doing everything right -- the little things right -- the defense doesn't know what we're doing what we're capable of on offense on any given play. With the type of coaching that Declan is bringing, that I believe he's bringing, the sky's the limit."”
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