{"id":15139,"date":"2024-12-28T03:06:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T03:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15139"},"modified":"2024-12-28T03:06:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T03:06:37","slug":"as-people-continue-to-debate-if-lamar-jackson-is-under-appreciated-ryan-clark-has-his-input-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15139","title":{"rendered":"As people continue to debate if Lamar Jackson is under appreciated, Ryan Clark has his input. \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_95799488\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>As people debate about\u00a0Baltimore Ravens star Lamar Jackson possibly winning\u00a0his third Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, there are some that believe he is still underrated or underappreciated. After the\u00a0Ravens demolished the Houston Texans on Christmas Day\u00a0led by a sensational performance from Jackson, ESPN analyst Ryan Clark would speak on the conversation around the quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Clark was on \u201cFirst Take\u201d where the question was asked if Jackson is the most underappreciated quarterback in the entire league\u00a0which he would argu<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1872672689737113854\" rel=\"noopener\">e<\/a>\u00a0that what he\u2019s done and the accolades awarded say otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actual accolades say that Lamar Jackson isn\u2019t underappreciated,\u201d Clark said about Jackson being underrated. \u201cNow there\u2019s going to be the stupidity that\u2019s outside of the actual game of the people who know what\u2019s going on on the field that\u2019s going to make you feel like he\u2019s underappreciated, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same way you felt he was underappreciated on draft night when we watched him lay on the table next to his mother,\u201d Clark continued. \u201cWhen the Baltimore Ravens had to move back up and probably make Ozzie Newsome\u2019s greatest pick of all time of, a second Hall of Fame sort of career, he was underrated when people ask him, Hey, should you switch position? 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But when we watch him on Sundays now, he\u2019s not underrated in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95799489\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1872672689737113854&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fravens-news-ryan-clark-shuts-down-ravens-lamar-jackson-underrated-narrative&amp;sessionId=724f3c634cb2bd7a68c477b4020b1368aa7d9e8b&amp;siteScreenName=yardbarker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-6=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1872672689737113854\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_2\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_2\" class=\"aditude_div\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95799490\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<h2><strong>Ravens\u2019 Lamar Jackson needs to win Super Bowl to reach next level<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95799491\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\">\n<div class=\"remote_image_container\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Lamar-Jackson-on-Dec.-25-2024.jpg\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"remote_image_caption\">Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) rolls out of the pocket with the ball during the game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium.\u00a0Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95799492\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>As the\u00a0Ravens have turned it around in the AFC North\u00a0because of Jackson\u2019s impeccable performances, he seems on his way to his third MVP award. However, Clark would say that the one achievement that Jackson needs to obtain to reach the level of Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahones is to win a championship, especially how revolutionary it would be for the history of Black quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all know who Lamar Jackson is,\u201d Clark said. \u201cI believe what changes the entire narrative is you gotta go win the championship, right? And the reason you have to go win the championship is because you are no longer underrated. Because we rate you perfectly where you are. We say you are on the tier right under Patrick Mahomes. Why? Because Patrick Mahomes has three championships. In order for you to be in that sort of conversation, you have to go win one.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"aditude_inline_container aditude_ic_3\">\n<div id=\"aditude_article_inline_3\" class=\"aditude_div\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd you have to go win one playing any kind of way, whether it\u2019s the traditional Lamar way that involves his legs and quarterback runs, or it\u2019s Lamar Jackson being the pocket passer that we see now,\u201d Clark continued. \u201cSee, we\u2019ve needed at that position, because of all the negativity surrounding whether or not people like you can play it, we needed each of you to get to this point, and that\u2019s why we need Lamar Jackson to take that next step and hold that Lombardi Trophy, the same way we all cried when Doug Williams did it in the 80s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens are 11-5 which puts them first in the division as their final game is against the Cleveland Browns on Jan. 5 as the 27-year-old Jackson looks for his first Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As people debate about\u00a0Baltimore Ravens star Lamar Jackson possibly winning\u00a0his third Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, there are some that believe he is still underrated or underappreciated&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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