Lamar Jackson Could Exploit The Titans' Biggest Defensive Flaw

Lamar Jackson sports an 80% completion percentage on short throws this season (0-9 yards). The sample size is still small, with only 35 attempts, but it highlights one aspect that makes Baltimore’s offense difficult to defend. Jackson processes quickly and consistently gets the ball out, allowing the Ravens to stay ahead of the sticks. Once defenses begin reacting to those shorter completions, Baltimore can use that space to create larger gains behind them.

Jackson has completed 53% of his intermediate throws this season. For comparison, Patrick Mahomes sits at 56%, while Josh Allen and Joe Burrow are at 75% and 70%, respectively. It is still early, so those numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, but they do highlight an area where Baltimore could find more production. Defenses will always need to account for how dangerous the Ravens can be with their short passing game and rushing attack. Baltimore can leverage those threats to create more intermediate opportunities, something it has already shown a willingness to do this season.

Tennessee could be especially vulnerable given its defensive tendencies. According to Sharp Football Analysis, the Titans play zone coverage 80.8% of the time, the eighth-highest rate in the league. Jackson has thrived against zone this season, completing 80% of his passes against it, the second-highest rate in the league according to PlayerProfiler.

That creates another potential advantage for Baltimore. If the Ravens can use their short passing game and rushing attack to manipulate Tennessee’s zone defenders, Jackson could have opportunities to attack the intermediate areas that have already given the Titans problems this season.