Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has a record of 77-31 as a starter. That’s an impressive winning percentage of 71.3 percent.
That’s very good. Here’s what’s even better — Jackson is 25-3 against NFC teams.
It translates to a winning percentage of 89.3 percent.
He puts that record on the line against the Saints on Sunday, the first of four NFC South sacrificial lambs who’ll face Jackson this season.
In those games, Jackson has thrown 52 touchdown passes against nine interceptions, for a ratio of 5.8. (By way of comparison, the historic Aaron Rodgers career TD-to-INT ratio is 4.29.)
It’s happened too often to be a fluke. And the simplest explanation is that the teams in the NFC don’t see Lamar Jackson often enough to know how to stop him.
Not that they don’t have a plan. But it’s one thing to have a plan. It’s another to implement it. Teams with players who have little or no experience in trying to slow him down have a hard time doing it, when they’re only doing it once every four years or so.
The dynamic will work in Baltimore’s favor, if the Ravens ever get to a Super Bowl. Where they’d face an NFC team that may never be able to fully prepare for what is about to happen.
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