Is Baltimore Ravens Lamar Jackson Doing Enough?

Through five games, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has put up some impressive statistics, but he is still being questioned.

Baltimore Ravens superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson has had an excellent start to the 2023 NFL season, but has he been doing enough?

"Lamar's on track for 4,500 yards and 36 touchdowns," Dan Orlovsky said via ESPN. "I'm not doing enough? Two games missed by OBJ, two games missed by Rashod Bateman, Mark Andrews has missed time, my left tackle has missed time, I don't have any J.K. Dobbins. And we're sitting here saying 'They're not getting enough out of Lamar Jackson.'"

Jackson has been one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL to start the season. With a PFF grade of 89.3, he is the second-highest graded quarterback by PFF through five weeks behind Detroit Lions' Jared Goff, who has a 90.6 grade. 

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson won the NFL MVP in unanimous fashion in 2019.  / USA Today Sports

The 26-year-old quarterback has racked up 1,030 passing yards and four passing touchdowns while completing 69.9% of his passes, the highest mark of his career. As per usual, he has also done work with his legs, rushing for 265 yards and four touchdowns. 

Still, the Ravens have not gotten the results that they would like to begin the season, starting 3-2 when they could easily be 5-0 if not for a few mistakes. Some of those mistakes have come at the hands of Jackson, including a fumble late in the fourth quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers that essentially iced the game. Despite the mistakes, Jackson has looked the closest to his 2019 MVP form as he has since he won it. 

Baltimore will try to avoid falling to .500 when it plays the Tennessee Titans in London for Week 6 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Oct. 15 at 9:30 a.m.