Lights, Camera, Lamar? Ravens QB Jackson Tabbed For Netflix's 'Quarterback,' But...

Lamar Jackson has been contacted by Netflix but the Baltimore Ravens quarterback has no interest in appearing in the streaming service's documentary program.

Sorry, "Wednesday." Lamar Jackson's focus is solely on Sunday ... and, of course, the occasional Monday and Thursday. The Baltimore Ravens quarterback revealed during this weekend's training camp activities that Netflix contacted him about starring in the second season of the streaming service's lauded docuseries "Quarterback." Jackson, however, indirectly declared that "TD" stands not for "Tudum" (the informal onomatopoeia that plays during the introduction of a Netflix original program), but only "touchdowns."

"I appreciate them," Jackson said on the official team site. "But I'm just trying to focus on ball right now." Produced alongside NFL Films and Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions, the series' debut outing provided an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the respective seasons of Kirk Cousins, Patrick Mahomes, and Marcus Mariota, respectively repping Minnesota, Kansas City, and Atlanta (though Mariota has since moved on to Philadelphia).

Equipped with microphones and followed by a camera, the series offered an unprecedented look at what those in the most high-profile positions in professional sports work through on a weekly basis. 

As one of Netflix's highest-rated programs of the summer, "Quarterback" was renewed faster than a Jackson scramble. Finding stars for the second season, however, has proven challenging. Teams and individuals perhaps see the heightened spotlight as an avoidable distraction not unlike the "Hard Knocks" phenomenon. 

The NFL has since installed criteria for teams to be forced onto the long-running HBO docuseries, which will feature the New York Jets in its training camp edition this time around. As consistent playoff contenders (with postseason participants from the last two seasons exempt from enforcement), the Ravens haven't had to worry about HBO's cameras coming by since appearing on the original edition of "Hard Knocks" in anticipation of a Super Bowl defense in 2001. 

Even with his Netflix rejection, Jackson will have plenty of opportunities to show off for national audiences: the Ravens are currently working with six national television appearances this season, starting with Aug. 21's DMV preseason civil war against the Washington Commanders.

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Geoff Magliocchetti is on Twitter @GeoffJMags

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