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Old 01-17-2021, 09:52 AM   #425
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis View Post
Ravens have a big year next year. I mean there's no doubt they're picking up Lamar's fifth year option, but before you commit to give him stupid QB money you might want to make sure he can actually QB. Even if being a pass heavy team next year means you go 5-11 you need to see if Lamar can be a true QB. You can demolish a good chunk of teams running for 200+ yards a game, but as we've seen in the playoff losses when you can put the Ravens in tight scoreline/timeline situations where running it is the least efficient option then they are in trouble. They didn't even need that much from their offense last night and they couldn't get it done.

Now some of that is the organization failing Lamar by giving him a poor receiving core. Whether thru the draft or FA they need to give him a decent #1 option. But they also need to try and play more pass heavy so we can see if Lamar has the ability to play QB exclusively. The scariest thing right now about committing long term big money to Lamar is he is an ACL away from losing the edge he has running, and when teams don't have to fear that anymore then Lamar is pretty much done if he can't be a true QB.
I don't know if Lamar can win 3 playoff games, when at some point you have to make some big throws.
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