Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson's 2025 season is the classic tale of two halves, before and after his injury.
Prior to his injury, Jackson, in four of his five games, had a completion percentage of at least 70 percent, while having 10 passing touchdowns to just one interception.
But then his injury happened.
His first game back against the Miami Dolphins was good (78.3 percent completion percentage, four touchdowns), but since then? Four straight games of 58.6 percent completion percentage or less with just one touchdown.
Against the Cincinnati Bengals, Lamar completed just 53.1 percent of his passes, and head coach John Harbaugh was asked about his quarterback's recent struggles with his game.
“That's just kind of what sports is, I do think you're going to have an off day sometimes, and that's not something that you take lightly,” Harbaugh said. “Lamar doesn't take it lightly more than anybody. You go back to work, practice, you study it, and you work together to be as precise as you can.
"But you can't live in it. You got to move on, and come out swinging the next time, and if you watch the league, you'll see that that's very possible.”
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Ravens still alive in AFC North hunt
Even with the loss to the Bengals, the Ravens maintained top spot in the division thanks to the Pittsburgh Steelers losing to the Buffalo Bills.
But Baltimore still has to face the Bengals and Steelers twice in their final five games, along with the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers. So, the Ravens' cleanest path towards the postseason is winning the AFC North, which, thanks to Pittsburgh's collapse, is now easily within reach.
But the offense has to click into gear and be the unit we saw earlier in the year.
Do that, and the Ravens will walk into the postseason as division champs.
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