01-12-2023, 05:04 PM
(01-12-2023, 03:58 PM)Joelist Wrote: I doubt anyone is going to pay Lamar 200 million with his suspect durability and below average passing skills. Like it or not he can't fit the ball into tight spaces.
Remember he came on the scene at the same time as Patrick Mahomes (who SHOULD have won MVP not Jackson). It was also a time when RPO was kind of a craze and the Rats restyled their offense around it and his skillset. Well, defenses adjusted but Jackson has not which is why his effectiveness went way down. Meanwhile Andy Reid forced Mahomes to learn how to operate with reasonable effectiveness out of a pocket and it has kept him in the conversation so to speak.
No, he shouldn't have. Lamar scored 14 more TDs than Mahomes, had a better starting record, and had a better passer rating. He was overall a more dynamic player that season. I get folks not liking Jackson, but Mahomes certainly didn't deserve MVP over him that season. Lamar was a unanimous MVP for a reason.
