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Originally Posted by staylor26
Lamar has never in his career had a performance as impressive as Hurts in last year's SB, especially considering that it was the biggest game of the year on the biggest stage.
Lamar might be better, but it's VERY unlikely that he plays as well as Hurts did in that game, and that's the point.
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Exactly.
Maybe Lamar's better. I'll even say for the sake of argument that he IS better.
But is he going to have a better game than Hurts had in the SB last year? Nah - dude was on point.
In a one game sample size, I'll take Jalen Hurts game in the SB over what's behind door number 2 from any QB in the league OTHER than Patrick Mahomes. Because it's possible that Jackson or Burrow or Allen will play a better game than Hurts did that day, but it ain't very likely.
Ask the Ravens fans if they'd lock in Lamar's game this weekend as identical in productivity and efficiency to Hurts in the SB and in their minds they absolutely would. In their hearts, they know they can't. Because it won't be good enough - it wasn't for Jalen.
They need Mahomes to be off or they need Lamar to play a better game than he's ever played in his life. Either COULD happen, but again - betting on it will yield thinner odds than you'd think.