NFL Exec Blames Lamar Jackson for Ravens’ Playoff Struggles Compared to Joe Flacco

Amid a 1-5 start to the season, the Baltimore Ravens appear to be headed for another disappointing finish after entering the year with Super Bowl aspirations.

While Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson is one of the best players in the league, his struggles in the playoffs are no secret, and some around the NFL are starting to question whether he has what it takes to win the big one.

“They won the whole f–king thing with (Joe) Flacco,” an executive from another team told The Athletic’s Mike Sando, referring to Baltimore’s last Super Bowl win in 2012. “The guy (John Harbaugh) knows how to do it. You give him a guy (Jackson) that can’t win the whole thing because he can’t pass accurately enough in the playoffs to have the four-game magical carpet ride that Flacco took them on, so they are a championship game contender and out, a divisional game contender and out.”

Jackson has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, but Harbaugh said the team is hopeful to have him back after returning from a Week 7 bye next Sunday against the Chicago Bears. Baltimore scored a combined 13 points in the two games he missed.

Meanwhile, Flacco showed that he can still sling it at 40 years old, leading the Cincinnati Bengals to a 33-31 upset win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday Night Football to snap a four-game losing streak.

The book on Jackson is far from reaching the final chapter, so he still has a lot of time left to write his own story and silence his doubters. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that he will get the chance to shut down his critics this year while the Ravens try to climb out of their early-season hole.

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