NFL Wild Card Weekend -- With an elegant Jag on

[outofplace]

1. Ravens will franchise Jackson unless they've taken leave of their senses, which I doubt they have
2. A cursory glance at Jackson's stats this year and for his career show he's hardly a bad pasher, but only a slightly above-average one.
3. He can wreck a defense like few others when he's on. Way back last September he one-handedly vaporized the Pats, who had a decent defense. Threw for four TDs, ran for another and over 100 yards.
4. Injury risk is high.
5. Last but not least. The Ravens have remade their entire offense to fit Jackson. "Moving on" from him would require moving on from the whole playbook and probably 3-4 starters. A daunting task, which is why the franchise tag.

That's the problem, his limited pashing skill is often exposed when opponents know him well or in the playoffs, when the competition is stronger. Most of those big pashing days come against defenses completely selling out to stop the run and daring him to throw. Sometimes, he makes opponents pay for that approach, but not consistently enough.

 

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re Brady

There's a great book to be written about athletes trying to time retirement.

He better time it for this off season. Some of those throws he made last night, oof.