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Lamar Jackson
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that's great news!!!
Sandtown
Pro Bowler
I guess The Ravens must have gave Urban and Engram a talk about a pay raise or something.
SaltyDog
MVP
Indeed it is.
allblackraven
Hall of Famer
TRUSS!
apparently a similar thing happened with hayden
I think we are going to see a big improvement from Hayden in year three.
Dom McRaven
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Which is why I never lost faith in him. Sometimes, development takes time and barring injury, I think he may be that next guy to step up in this offense.
Tank
Hall of Famer
It would seem the only thing holding him back is learning how to fit him into the scheme. He's got all the tools and abilities to be a great one.
Tank
Hall of Famer
IDK, watching Jet play it seemed he was nicked in some way every game he played in. Not his fault he's just a little dude. I think there has to be doubt as to whether he can remain healthy. As talented as he is I'd prefer the next guy to be someone in the mold of DK Metcalf.
Ellicottraven
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I cannot wait to see Lamar Jackson's improvement this off season and his rapport with a fully healthy Hollywood, Boykin, Snead and his TE receivers group grow! He is going to light the NFL on fire like never before next year. He is one human that gets better perpetually. I cannot wait. I love what you've become for Baltimore Ravens fan Lamar - a ray of pristine and exciting hope.
Grim
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You know him and Hollywood will work during the offseason too. I wonder if his work effort rubs off on other guys here too. Can you imagine the rapport Lamar and Brown will have next year? We should see serious improvement on his deep balls.
I never did either and the TE position is one of those positions that takes time and he was put behind the eightball from the jump. Not only that, due to his injury, LJ started getting some great chemistry with Andrews. Both are very good TE's in their own right.
he started the season injured and never had time to recover fully - i dont think that's on him being small - i think that's on him missing almost all of training camp and being hobbled going into the year - if this sort of stuff lingers into next year then id agree with you but he literally started his pro career with a lisfranc which jimmy smith said after the same injury he didnt feel properly right until the season after the season he came back
and he did get that ankle injury mid-way through the year but you've got to think that was probably related in some way to the first injury
its always been said that building chemistry on deep passes is the last thing to come - the ability to just read and react the same way to what you're seeing and for both receiver and qb to inherently understand how the other moves and reacts to those coverages and situations so that they make decisions and have the timings down
its extraordinary just how quickly lamar and mark andrews got that chemistry - they just see the field the same way already
but lamar building confidence with boykin and hurst too could be big - there were a few times during the season that they got open and lamar didnt look their way for a number of reasons but if he gains that confidence you know he'll start to trust them and that will only lead to more and more big plays
Grim
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I didn’t like Hurst because of his age more than anything. Probably not the best reason but that’s mine. I also really wanted Moore and really liked Ridley. I still think they would’ve been excellent picks here.
So you’re saying it’ll lead to even bigger truss?
Tank
Hall of Famer
I'm going to ignore you mentioned Jimmy Smith. lol
Hip, Neck, leg, etc......he was often walking off the field holding something. And he consistently avoided contact(rightfully so) many times just falling to the ground.
Again, I luv me some Jet Brown, he has great hands and he's an electrifying play maker. But there has to be concern/doubt about him remaining healthy.
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Ellicottraven
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Just go back to the improvement Jimmy had after a year of dealing with his Lisfranc injury. If Hollywood did as well being hindered, imagine a full off season working out with his best friend and then feeling fully healthy may do? Imagine the speed he'll bring when fully healthy. Very exciting. Knowing Lamar and his leadership, I'll be shocked if every WR/TE/RB group doesn't work out with Lamar during the off season. I just think Lamar has that kind of compelling appeal with his team.