The Baltimore Ravens beat the Los Angeles Rams 45-6. Here are three lessons the football world got while the purple and black had the national audience, on Monday Night Football.
1. The MVP conversation is over:
Lamar Jackson just had five touchdown passes on Monday Night Football. He had 264 total yards. Jackson is the best play-maker in the NFL. There isn’t a player in the NFL like him. Jackson completely nullified the Rams’ game plan. Nothing the Rams could do was going to make a difference. The Rams could have played their best game of the season and they would still lose that game miserably. Jackson could do whatever he wanted to do. That’s why he is the MVP. It doesn’t matter what the game plan is against him. If he doesn’t turn the football over he waltzes his way to an unbelievable stat line.
Jackson and company scored touchdowns on six straight drives against the Rams. Jackson was what he has been all season, the best player on the best team, who touches the ball on every play. Jackson’s first half performance was incredible. Can you imagine what his numbers could have been if he played the entire game? The Ravens were up by a big margin almost the entire night of football. I bet the television ratings in the third quarter were almost unaffected by how non-competitive this game was. Jackson is fun to watch; unless you’re a fan of the Ravens opponent it’s impossible not to enjoy his game.
The only player even remotely close to Jackson in the MVP race is Russell Wilson. Wilson is having an incredible season but Jackson has to get this award. The Ravens have completely built their offense around Jackson. The offense works because Jackson is the main ingredient of the Ravens attack. No other player can have the impact that Jackson is having on the Ravens. The Ravens are Super Bowl contenders that have beaten the Rams, Houston Texans, New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. Jackson is the reason the Ravens are the hottest team in football. He must be the MVP of the league.