Ravens reporter Jeff Zrebiec talks about the ups and downs of Jackson's career and how Richardson can try to follow in his footsteps.
After all of the craziness over the summer, Jackson is still Baltimore’s starting QB. How much does he mean to the franchise and the city?
JZ: It’s huge. He’s the face of the franchise, and he’s the face of the franchise in the city. You come out to a Ravens training camp practice when fans are allowed and all you see is No. 8 jerseys. He’s the guy. He’s been for a long time. He kind of gives them their identity. … You can’t underestimate any of that. It was more than a football thing with him, and if they had to move on from him, that would’ve been tough for some of the decision-makers to recover from.
Fittingly, the Vince Lombardi Trophy was also at the forefront of Jackson’s mind when he was drafted in 2018.In what ways do you think the Ravens have helped or hurt Jackson’s development from a coaching standpoint and with the pieces they’ve put around him? JZ: In the beginning, the Ravens and their offensive coordinator at the time, Greg Roman, did a great job in setting up the offense around where Jackson was at, at that stage of his career and just the inexperience as a quarterback. set up a run-heavy offense that accentuated his strengths and tried to hide the areas of his game that still needed to develop a little more.
From Jackson’s perspective, the Ravens have upgraded their offense quite a bit since his early days in Baltimore, when the pass-catching talent around him was often subpar. The shift to the more pass-friendly offense started this offseason by replacing Roman with Todd Monken following Georgia’s back-to-back national titles with Monken serving in the same role. They also drafted
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