In the immediate aftermath of a tough playoff loss, you learn a lot about the mettle of NFL players. Will they blame someone else? Will they take responsibility? Will they be mature and measured about where and why their team fell short and what’s next?
After the Baltimore Ravens fell to the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round — in large part thanks to Mark Andrews’ unfortunate miscues — superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson showed us exactly who he is. He blamed himself for the Ravens’ latest disappointing postseason failure and didn’t throw anyone else under the bus.
As a new video from Hard Knocks shows, a mic’d-up Jackson also specifically refused to let Andrews wallow in crunch time mistakes.
That’s because he knows while everyone on the outside will focus on a play or two, football remains a team game where everyone wins or, unfortunately, loses together:
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After another promising regular season ended with a thud in mid-January, Jackson’s Ravens have a lot of work to do if they’re finally going to get over the hump and win a Super Bowl. After watching Jackson’s approach to the Ravens’ latest postseason defeat, it’s clear to me that he’s the perfect franchise player to lead them back to the mountaintop.
Besides his natural talent and poise as an electric, perennial MVP candidate, Jackson’s leadership and resolve clearly seem unimpeachable.
