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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby Ice » Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:00 am

FantasyFreak wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:55 pm
Jigga94 wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:48 pm Wouldn't blame anyone for taking him over Mahomes... I don't think I'm there yet, but it's interesting that the concerns about Lamar have been answered and Mahomes is the injured one...
That run was nasty. Lamar eats bad D's alive. Miami, Cincy, Arizona. He even played well vs the Pats. He's really entertaining, and productive. However, no way should anyone be taking him over Mahomes in a Dynasty context, IMO.
And yet for the second time this season L. Jackson posted a perfect passer rating.

The run was impressive but he is now in very exclusive company from a passing perspective.
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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby mchriste619 » Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:45 am

We will see how well Lamar does when he gets nicked up. Harbaugh is a flipping moron letting him run so much. Ingram and the RBs should be carrying the ball more than they are. I will give credit that Lamar has improved a bit passing this year, but he still has accuracy issues that can't be fixed, like a Josh Allen. He is no Watson or Mahomes. His playoff game vs the Chargers last year showed me a lot. He's not been good vs solid defenses, except the Pats this season. He was fantastic that game, but I believe he'll be brutal in NE come the playoffs.

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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby FantasyFreak » Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:49 am

Ice wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:00 am
FantasyFreak wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:55 pm
Jigga94 wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:48 pm Wouldn't blame anyone for taking him over Mahomes... I don't think I'm there yet, but it's interesting that the concerns about Lamar have been answered and Mahomes is the injured one...
That run was nasty. Lamar eats bad D's alive. Miami, Cincy, Arizona. He even played well vs the Pats. He's really entertaining, and productive. However, no way should anyone be taking him over Mahomes in a Dynasty context, IMO.
And yet for the second time this season L. Jackson posted a perfect passer rating.

The run was impressive but he is now in very exclusive company from a passing perspective.
His running sets up his passing. He makes some great throws. They have done a great job designing a system based around his dual threat ability. He's not a guy that can stand back there and make the throws the elite passers in this league can, consistently. That much is obvious. He's already a good passer, though. Greg Roman was a great hire. His passing stats are definitely set up by his legs, though. Let's not kid ourselves. He's not Rodgers, or Mahomes etc. as a passer.
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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby Dynasty_Analyst » Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:59 am

Reminds me of the year cam got 50 touchdowns and won MVP. Jackson, mahomes, and Watson will be fun to watch slug it out in playoff games the next few years. Only negative about Jackson is is that I don't think he's going to be in the league 20, 15, or even 10+ years like mahomes and Watson. Doesn't matter for fantasy who cares about 2026-2028 now but unless his arm improves I don't think it's good enough to carry him into his 30s when his athleticism starts to fall off. Defenses can't double team any of there wideouts and can only send so many defenders back in coverage with his running ability. Helps make his arm look better but just when you watch the chiefs game they played if has to throw the ball 40 times he's probably not going to get it done
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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby Ice » Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:43 pm

FantasyFreak wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:49 am
Ice wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:00 am
FantasyFreak wrote: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:55 pm

That run was nasty. Lamar eats bad D's alive. Miami, Cincy, Arizona. He even played well vs the Pats. He's really entertaining, and productive. However, no way should anyone be taking him over Mahomes in a Dynasty context, IMO.
And yet for the second time this season L. Jackson posted a perfect passer rating.

The run was impressive but he is now in very exclusive company from a passing perspective.
His running sets up his passing. He makes some great throws. They have done a great job designing a system based around his dual threat ability. He's not a guy that can stand back there and make the throws the elite passers in this league can, consistently. That much is obvious. He's already a good passer, though. Greg Roman was a great hire. His passing stats are definitely set up by his legs, though. Let's not kid ourselves. He's not Rodgers, or Mahomes etc. as a passer.
Hard to say his running sets up his passing since he drops back a lot but it certainly makes defenses play safeties up. Agree 100% on coaching!

Jackson is tied for 8th at 8.00 per pass. Mahomes leads the league at 9.00
Mahomes completion percentage is 66.3 18 TD's 1 Int.
Jackson is now 65.9 15 TD's 5 Int.

The big difference is Jackson is 11th in rushing with 6 TD's and an amazing 702 yards with a league leading 6.6 YPC.

Jackson's Points per game average is now second overall at an average of 29.222. Mahomes is 6th at 26.087. CMC still leads fantasy with 30.078.

Even as a big supporter, I don't think any of us realized just how good he would be playing this year. To put what Lamar has done as a passer so far in his young career in perspective;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N ... ser_rating
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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby mild » Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:54 pm

Phaded wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:30 pm Neat.
That's freakin' insane.

Personally, I'm remaining fearless with Jackson - much like the man himself. The point of Fantasy is to win. He is going to power a lot of teams to titles this stretch run *knock on wood* health permitting. He'll probably be the #1 QB on that yearly list of "players who were on playoff teams in fantasy this year".

His improvement from Year 1 to 2 has been remarkable. I always believed, but he truly has the work ethic and desire to keep improving and showing up the doubters. He also went to the perfect team. The narrative that he's going to have a shortened career is really all that the doubters have left - but I really do think we should stop doubting the guy. He did this for 3 years straight in college and accounted for 119 touchdowns. When a narrative sets in in Fantasy / Dynasty, it's always important to question it and consider going the other way - zig when they zag.

Personally, I think year 3 could be even better. Give him another offseason of mechanical training and improvement. Get him some more playmakers from a loaded 2020 draft. And most importantly - check out what happens to their books in 2020 and 2021... via Over the Cap:
The real savings is long-term, however. According to Over The Cap’s calculator, trading Flacco will free up $28.25 million in 2020 and $24.25 million in 2021.

With Jackson on a rookie contract, Baltimore should have some of the most cap space in the league in the coming years. That should help them build up their roster with talent both through free agency and the draft if they wish to be more active.
This is about to be potentially another Seahawks situation, with a Rookie game-changer at QB and the ability to spend to surround him with a loaded team. Choooo-choooooooooooooo.

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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby AussieMate » Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:53 pm

Jackson has proven me wrong many times over, but I would like to see the Ravens get some of these accolades. They have adjusted their game-plan to maximize Jackson's best assets and have set him up for success. More teams should look at what they are doing and realise you can't put a square peg in a round hole and to get creative.

I'm thinking of offering a few 1st's in my 2 qb, 8 team league as the owner is coming last and may bite.

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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby Dynasty_Analyst » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:15 pm

Ice wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:43 pm
FantasyFreak wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:49 am
Ice wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:00 am

And yet for the second time this season L. Jackson posted a perfect passer rating.

The run was impressive but he is now in very exclusive company from a passing perspective.
His running sets up his passing. He makes some great throws. They have done a great job designing a system based around his dual threat ability. He's not a guy that can stand back there and make the throws the elite passers in this league can, consistently. That much is obvious. He's already a good passer, though. Greg Roman was a great hire. His passing stats are definitely set up by his legs, though. Let's not kid ourselves. He's not Rodgers, or Mahomes etc. as a passer.
Hard to say his running sets up his passing since he drops back a lot but it certainly makes defenses play safeties up. Agree 100% on coaching!

Jackson is tied for 8th at 8.00 per pass. Mahomes leads the league at 9.00
Mahomes completion percentage is 66.3 18 TD's 1 Int.
Jackson is now 65.9 15 TD's 5 Int.

The big difference is Jackson is 11th in rushing with 6 TD's and an amazing 702 yards with a league leading 6.6 YPC.

Jackson's Points per game average is now second overall at an average of 29.222. Mahomes is 6th at 26.087. CMC still leads fantasy with 30.078.

Even as a big supporter, I don't think any of us realized just how good he would be playing this year. To put what Lamar has done as a passer so far in his young career in perspective;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N ... ser_rating
You've left out I think a key stat which is pass attempts a game. When Lamar is throwing 20 passes a game and Mahomes is throwing 40 a game. If Lamar was asked to do that he'd have a hard time replicating that completion percentage. Mahomes has also played in nearly 2 full games less due to injury (hardly played vs Denver) and has 2600 yards passing vs 2000 for Jackson. I also think Mahomes took a dip when he was playing hurt weeks 3-7 but what you saw yesterday is what I expect to see out of him the rest of the season.
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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby Patsfan86 » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:07 am

Comparing Mahomes to Lamar is pointless. Two totally different players with different styles. I hate comparing players, its useless but i get its what we do on these boards. For fantasy purposes they arent all that far apart. For real life purposes im still taking mahomes and im the biggest Lamar supporter there is.

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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby Ice » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:28 am

JOHNNY_COCKTAIL wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:15 pm
Ice wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:43 pm
FantasyFreak wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:49 am

His running sets up his passing. He makes some great throws. They have done a great job designing a system based around his dual threat ability. He's not a guy that can stand back there and make the throws the elite passers in this league can, consistently. That much is obvious. He's already a good passer, though. Greg Roman was a great hire. His passing stats are definitely set up by his legs, though. Let's not kid ourselves. He's not Rodgers, or Mahomes etc. as a passer.
Hard to say his running sets up his passing since he drops back a lot but it certainly makes defenses play safeties up. Agree 100% on coaching!

Jackson is tied for 8th at 8.00 per pass. Mahomes leads the league at 9.00
Mahomes completion percentage is 66.3 18 TD's 1 Int.
Jackson is now 65.9 15 TD's 5 Int.

The big difference is Jackson is 11th in rushing with 6 TD's and an amazing 702 yards with a league leading 6.6 YPC.

Jackson's Points per game average is now second overall at an average of 29.222. Mahomes is 6th at 26.087. CMC still leads fantasy with 30.078.

Even as a big supporter, I don't think any of us realized just how good he would be playing this year. To put what Lamar has done as a passer so far in his young career in perspective;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N ... ser_rating

You've left out I think a key stat which is pass attempts a game
. When Lamar is throwing 20 passes a game and Mahomes is throwing 40 a game. If Lamar was asked to do that he'd have a hard time replicating that completion percentage. Mahomes has also played in nearly 2 full games less due to injury (hardly played vs Denver) and has 2600 yards passing vs 2000 for Jackson. I also think Mahomes took a dip when he was playing hurt weeks 3-7 but what you saw yesterday is what I expect to see out of him the rest of the season.
Not really, No one is arguing Mahomes isn't the better passer. Mahomes is tied for 5th in pass attempts for QB's with 5 plus starts at 36.4 per game and leads the league at 9.0. ( Last season he was 36.3 and 8.8 ). It is obvious to all, Mahomes is a serious weapon at QB. He may be regressing in TD's a bit but overall his play is every bit as good if not a little better this season in his system.

Jackson last year only threw on average 10.6 times per game at 58.2% with 7.1 clip.

This season the Ravens system is very different and Jackson is playing within that system. Jackson's attempts have increased on average 17.7 attempts per game. He is now averaging 28.3 per game. His accuracy has increased from 58.2 to 65.9% and his average has increased from 7.1 to 8.0.

In QB speak, Jackson has improved astronomically this season which is why he is now in the conversation as a top tier QB in both fantasy and in the NFL. Jackson's passing is now a lethal weapon to go along with his video skill running ability.

That said, you won't find a bigger Mahomes fan than me. As a tech grad, I couldn't be happier with him and he is my top QB but it is not a reach if someone thinks Jackson is the best fantasy QB.

The perfect passing rating formula is not the end all but it is interesting that Jackson is only one of three QB's in the history of the game that has accomplished it twice in the same season. (Ben R. & P Manning; one of Manning's was in the playoffs) Even more special is Jackson doing this given his low number of starts and the fact that running the ball isn't even considered.

The article I have attached above goes into some detail of this interesting stat.
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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby MrUbuto » Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:44 am

Watson vs jackson this week. Lamar should get the better of it because of Baltimore's amazing defense
QB - DWatson(HOU)Minshew(JAX)Darnold(NYJ)
RB -NChubb(CLE)DHenry(TEN)JTaylor(IND)Gurley(ATL)
WR -DHopkins(ARI)ACooper(DAL)CGodwin(TB)OBJ(CLE)
TE - HHenry(SD)DGoeddart(PHI)
K - Zurlien(LAR)Crosby(GB)
Def - ARI DAL
[rookie] Haskins(WAS)DSwift(DET)Jefferson(MIN)MHardman(KC)
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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby ArrylT » Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:01 pm

The other Lamar Jackson threads - have been moved to the SF & Player Debate forums - just an FYI in case anyone was wondering - since we indeed do NOT need 3 similar active threads in one forum & I did not see the need to merge or lock any of them. So if you do feel the desire/need to discuss Lamar Jackson in multiple threads feel free - will just have to do it in different sections.
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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby Jigga94 » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:49 pm

ArrylT wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:01 pm The other Lamar Jackson threads - have been moved to the SF & Player Debate forums - just an FYI in case anyone was wondering - since we indeed do NOT need 3 similar active threads in one forum & I did not see the need to merge or lock any of them. So if you do feel the desire/need to discuss Lamar Jackson in multiple threads feel free - will just have to do it in different sections.
Good solution. Sorry to be part of the problem. I look forward to GMo vs Lamar in the Player Debate sub :thumbup:

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Re: *MYTH* Lamar Jackson will never be a good passer

Postby mild » Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:32 pm

Sorry as well, I was just feeling myself a little bit after that Cincy / Patriots / Seahawks run... I'll try to maintain a sense of decorum and composure going forward. :lol:


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