Ravens’ Lamar Jackson on the verge of making NFL history if QB can pull off this feat

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Lamar Jackson is on the verge of winning his second league MVP award after throwing for 321 yards and five scores during Sunday’s 56-19 blowout win over the Miami Dolphins. In the process, Jackson is on the precipice of doing something no player in the NFL’s 104-year history has accomplished. 

If he is named league MVP again, Jackson will become the first player in NFL history to win multiple AP NFL MVP awards as well as the Heisman Trophy, according to CBS Sports Research. Jackson won the Heisman during his dazzling 2017 season at Louisville before capturing his first league MVP award in 2019, his first full season as the Ravens’ starting quarterback. 

That may not be the only milestone Jackson reaches. Along with becoming the 11th player to win multiple MVPs, Jackson may also join Brett Favre and John Elway as the only quarterbacks to win league MVP without having a 1,000-yard rusher or receiver. Favre…


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Author : Bryan DeArdo

Publish date : 2023-12-31 22:40:02

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