The article, “Five things we learned from the Ravens’ 2022 season,” (Jan. 24), said, “you don’t lightly cast aside a quarterback with a record of 45-16 as a starter.”
To properly evaluate Jackson’s value to the team, one also has to take into consideration the games in which he was not a starter. He missed eight regular season games. That would make his record effectively 45-24. Plus, one should also add the playoff games in which he and the team did not play, either, because he did not finish or because he lost in earlier playoff rounds. These total 17 games. Adding them would make his record a relatively mediocre 45-41.
Many have warned that Jackson, as a running quarterback, risked a short career due to injury. It seems to have escaped notice that, having failed to finish the last two years due to injuries, that has already happened, making him an extremely poor risk for a long-term, guaranteed contract. Both Jackson and the Ravens realize that, which is why he wants one, and why the Ravens have been reluctant to give it to him.
— James Kelly, Ellicott City
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