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Sports Media Accused Of Having Bias With Lamar Jackson Coverage

Originally posted on The Spun | By Chris Rosvoglou | Last updated Oct 2, 2025 11:29 AM ET

Is the media when it comes to how Lamar Jackson is covered? Fox Sports personality Nick Wright certainly thinks so.

Jackson, a two-time MVP, has been sensational for the Baltimore Ravens since being drafted in 2018. He already has 20,929 passing yards, 176 touchdown passes, 6,339 rushing yards and 34 rushing touchdowns. If he stays healthy, there'll be a spot waiting for him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Unfortunately for Jackson, he hasn't been able to take down his top two rivals when it matters. The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs seem to have the upper hand on Jackson and the Ravens, especially in the playoffs.

The last three playoff losses for the Ravens have been at the hands at the Bills and Chiefs. You can make a strong argument that Jackson was outplayed by Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes during those battles.

ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 19: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Baltimore Ravens and Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills embrace after the AFC Divisional Playoff gameat Highmark Stadium on January 19, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)Al Bello/Getty Images

Does Jackson receive enough criticism?

On the latest episode of the "What’s Wright" podcast, Wright said the media doesn't bring up Jackson's shortcomings enough. He claims TV analysts gloss over the Pro Bowl quarterback's flaws.

"In the last 30 games Lamar has played, he has multiple turnovers in three of them. The AFC Championship Game against Kansas City, the Divisional Round against Buffalo, and Sunday against Kansas City. I guess that’s just coincidence," Wright said, via Awful Announcing.

"To pretend like that is coincidental when we once again saw Lamar throwing his helmet, out of sorts, it’s just dishonest. Why do we have to pretend what is obviously true is not. Why do we have to pretend that this is a unique thing that we haven’t seen across sports our whole lives – the all-time great legendary player who sadly gets tight in his biggest spots and plays his worst in his biggest moments. That’s part of sports, man."

"Why do we have to pretend what is obviously true is not? The all-time legendary player who sadly gets tight in his biggest spots and plays worst in his biggest moments... for some reason with Lamar we have to pretend it's not happening."@getnickwright goes off on the media for… pic.twitter.com/aEgwhJSxpB
— What’s Wright? with Nick Wright (@WhatsWrightShow) September 30, 2025

Wright said the media used to call out Peyton Manning for the exact same issue. With that said, he's not sure why Jackson continues to get a pass.

"Nobody was going back and taking back Peyton Manning’s MVPs and his records because he struggled in his biggest spots, but we weren’t pretending it was coincidental either. Talked about the Peyton Manning face, talked about how he got anxious, talked about how his brother was the bizarro version of him, a wholly mediocre player for giant expanses of his career who somehow in his biggest spots played his absolute best. And for some reason with Lamar we’ve got to pretend it’s not happening."

At 1-3, the Ravens will need Jackson to be Superman if they're going to make a deep playoff run. But first, he'll need to heal from a hamstring injury suffered against the Chiefs.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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