The Baltimore Ravens finished their 2022 season at 10-7, losing to the Cincinnati Bengals in the Wild Card round. They were without their star quarterback from Week 13 against the Denver Broncos onward, as he suffered a sprained PCL and was unable to return in time for the playoffs.
When speaking to the media at his end of season press conference with general manager Eric DeCosta, head coach John Harbaugh was asked about Jackson’s injuries and if there is concern that it could be a trend after the signal caller has missed the end of the last two seasons with ailments. Harbaugh had no concerns, calling them both “freaky plays”.
“Yes, your last sentence is probably the point of the whole thing; you do the best you can. But I don’t anticipate this being any kind of a trend. Lamar [Jackson], I don’t believe is a guy who is going to have those issues going forward. You can’t think that, and, really, it’s just football. Both those plays the last two years are kind of freaky plays that happened – they can happen. So, Lamar is a very durable player. I know that people might take issue with that – I get it – but I don’t believe that there’s going to be a problem going forward, because I know how hard he’s going to work. Lamar Jackson works hard. Whether it’s in the weight room, on the field, running, in the classroom, Lamar is all football. He works really hard at it, and that’s really what you do; you work hard, you get yourself in great shape, you go play the game the way you play it. And that’s what he’ll do next year.”
