Everyone’s out on Lamar Jackson too soon

Lamar Jackson missed four games due to injury in 2025 and did not play anywhere close to his previous MVP-level caliber. His completion percentage dropped down to 63.6 percent, his quarterback rating to 103.8 and his QBR to 62.7. The discourse around the Baltimore Ravens' franchise player was not kind as the cracks in his game began to appear and all the offseason has done is further convince a lot of his previous believers to abandon ship.

Jackson experienced an incredible fall in NFL Network's list of the game's current best players. After entering last season in the No. 2 spot, this year's edition has him all the way down at No. 69. It's worth pointing out that this list is done by polling other NFL players so the perception regarding Jackson is not contained to the media.