Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has struggled over the past month or so. The fourth-year signal caller was once hearing early MVP chatter, but that has since quieted down ever since his rough stretch began.
Coming off of a four interception game in Week 12 against the Cleveland Browns, Jackson had another tough go of things in Week 13 when facing the Pittsburgh Steelers. Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh was asked about Jackson being in a rut, and the coach said that the stretch will not define the quarterback, but rather be a part of his story.
“You’ve just got to get back on track. It’s not going to be his defining thing; it’s going to be a part of his story. I think it’s going to be a part … For anybody, at least, that’s their story – the challenges that you face. It’s never going to be easy. Sometimes it maybe seemed easy and seems easy, and sometimes you get on a roll, but it’s too competitive. Everybody is too good for it to be easy all the time. And he doesn’t expect that – none of us do. So, we’ve just got to work through it, fight through it and get the job done.”
Harbaugh provides some good perspective, although there is a lot that goes into working through struggles. Hopefully Jackson will play better in the next few weeks. If he plays well over the final stretch of the year, Baltimore might be able to overcome their brutal injury luck and make a run in the postseason.