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Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch
The game may very well be decided in the first half. The Ravens absolutely thrive on being ahead and are all but crippled when being behind.
If they jump on us early it allows them to run Jackson a lot more and let their defense pin the ears back and try to force mistakes that ultimately snowball into the blowouts we've seen them put on other top contenders.
If it goes the other way and we're up early they may be forced into relying on the arm of Jackson more than they'd like to and their defense, while still very good, is relatively vulnerable.
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It sounds so cliche, but this is still true.
Lamar had 148 rushing attempts this year. 6th all time for a season.
Of the top 15 on that list, 5 are Lamar Jackson. The rest of the list is a group of QBs that we don’t believe can win it all (without a ton of help) with their arms:
Hurts, Fields, Jackson, Murray, Cam Newton, and a few old timers.
Is Lamar Jackson actually Russell Westbrook or is he Steph Curry?
Is he an incredible athlete who puts up crazy stats in the regular season that don’t translate to postseason wins?
Or is he the guy who breaks the mold and proves you can win in a different way?
History says he’s Russell Westbrook, but we’ll see if that changes.