Jackson had a robust supporting forged round him, together with Pro Bowl operating again Derrick Henry and Pro Bowl extensive receiver Zay Flowers. But there isn’t any doubt that Jackson was the engine of Baltimore’s top-ranked offense.
“You can put anyone by Lamar and they will have a hell of a 12 months,” Henry mentioned in January. “That’s simply the kind of participant he’s. My success should not knock his, or vice versa.
“I really feel like he is the perfect participant in the league, and it is solely going to get higher from right here. I do not really feel like what I’ve carried out ought to damage him. I really feel like he is helped me much more.”
Jackson would have been simply the seventh participant in league historical past to ever win three MVP awards. He’s nonetheless simply one in all 11 gamers to ever win two. But, in the end, it was by no means about profitable a 3rd MVP for Jackson.
It has at all times been about profitable a Super Bowl, which is one thing Jackson and Allen are each nonetheless striving for after their seventh seasons. They’ll as soon as once more have to look at Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs compete for it Sunday in New Orleans.
After the Ravens’ divisional loss in Buffalo, Jackson and Allen confirmed one another love.
“Great gamers acknowledge greatness, and we each acknowledge one another,” Jackson mentioned. “But I advised him, ‘Man, go get one thing. Go win one thing – MVP or Super Bowl. Do one thing.’ I would like him to achieve success.”
