Lamar Jackson Earns Controversial Spot In PFF Quarterback Rankings

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is one of the best in the league at his position, and the fine folks over at PFF seem to agree. Analyst Sam Monson recently released his quarterback rankings, and had Lamar Jackson come in as the sixth-best passer in the game. While this might sound about right, some of his explanations for justifying that ranking are a little surprising.

PFF: Lamar Jackson Is the NFL’s Sixth-Best Quarterback

The Ranking

Jackson comes in right after Justin Herbert and Aaron Rodgers and right before Jalen Hurts and Trevor Lawrence, which sounds about right. There is no denying that, while all five quarterbacks mentioned are not Patrick Mahomes, they’re basically the next-best thing. However, Monson’s reasoning for Lamar Jackson’s PFF ranking is a little quations.

“Jackson is a former league MVP. He’s also coming off consecutive injury-marred seasons and is changing offensive systems for the first time in his NFL career. Greg Roman built a bespoke offense around Jackson, but now Jackson has to adapt his game to a more conventional offense under Todd Monken.”

From the sounds of it, Monson appears to be worried that Monken’s presence might lead to some regression from Jackson. While there is some concern about his ability to operate a more conventional offense, the pros of the switch should vastly outweigh the cons. Roman excelled at drawing up complex rushing concepts, but his work in the passing game left a lot to be desired. For most of the past three seasons, Jackson has been dealing with poorly-designed route combinations and, at best, one or two NFL-caliber receivers at a time.