If Lamar Jackson leaves Baltimore this offseason, his final game with the Ravens will end up being a game that he didn’t even attend. Back in January, Jackson raised a lot of eyebrows around the NFL when he didn’t travel to Cincinnati for the Ravens’ playoff game against the Bengals, which Baltimore ended up losing 24-17.
Although it was known that he wouldn’t be playing in the game due to a PCL injury in his knee, it was assumed by most that he would still travel to the game and support his team, but that didn’t happen. The fact that he didn’t show up for the playoff game surprised a lot of people and led many fans to believe that it was a sign that Jackson didn’t want to play for the Ravens anymore.
Of course, if Jackson doesn’t return to Baltimore, you could point to the situation with his knee as the breaking point. The Ravens kept hinting that Jackson would return, but just before the playoff game, he made it clear that he wasn’t in any position to return just yet. Three days before the game, Jackson jumped on Twitter and shared the full details on his injury, which the team probably didn’t want to divulge.
The takeaway after making our way to the pro days for the top four quarterbacks? Richardson has solidified his spot as QB3 — and he can only go up in the final few weeks of the pre-draft process. In fact, my co-host, former Vikings general manager Rick Spielman, said that he thinks the Seahawks at No. 5 would be an intriguing landing spot, and we’ve long maintained that the Colts and new coach Shane Steichen make some sense too.
But neither scenario plays out in this mock; instead, a team a little further down the board makes a move up to No. 3 to get one of the most physically gifted players in recent memory. Meanwhile, Will Levis continues to slip, finding his way to the bottom third of the first round.
Finally: there are only 31 picks in this mock draft because the Dolphins were stripped of their first-round pick due to tampering.
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