Sometimes by midseason you have a good idea of who the NFL’s MVP will be, and 2019 was one of those years.
That fall, Lamar Jackson’s first as a full-time starting quarterback in Baltimore, it seemed like the Ravens’ second-year dynamo was doing something jaw-dropping or historic (or both) every week. By the end of that season, any doubt had been erased. Jackson became the second player to win the AP’s award unanimously.
Jackson hasn’t set social media ablaze this year with his highlights or seized the talk-radio conversation as often as he did four years ago. But as for the respect he’s getting across the league? I can say for a fact that it’s as resounding as ever.
