The Best (and Worst) Receivers for Lamar Jackson

Willie Snead: Tough as Nails

Willie Snead has been reliant across the middle all year, shining in clutch moments. Snead is developing into a safety blanket, similar to Ty Montgomery, for Lamar. He hardly ever drops the ball and can be open with a defender draping off of him. Snead has the attitude of the old Ravens, tough and not willing to let anyone push him around.

Snead averages 10 yards per catch, consistently moving the chains for the Ravens. The Lamar offense has been successful because they don’t have many 3 and outs and Snead has been a major reason for that. Snead was primarily covered by Kendall Fuller, a better slot corner and still managed to catch 5 of his 7 targets, averaging over 12 yards a catch. This time next year, Snead will be talked about as one of the better slot receivers in the league.

Snead emulates Anquan Boldin and Steve Smith’s attitude on the field and looks to be the Ravens next tough receiver. Snead had an outburst against Marty in the Bengals game due to a perceived lack of opportunity, despite having 8 targets, but this isn’t a bad thing. Our players want the ball and have shown they can make a difference with it in their hands. They’re hungry and ready to fight, something the Ravens can’t usually say out of their recent teams.

Snead does something else that the great receivers above did and that’s working back to the ball. In recent years, our receivers haven’t been able to improvise in recent years, but the revitalized unit can finally help our quarterbacks out. Lamar greatly benefits from this because he frequently extends the play with his legs, but now there are bailout options.