Monse Bolanos Criticism Of Lamar Jackson & His “Quarterbacky” Qualities Seem True Post AFC Title Loss?

Lamar Jackson has played some of his greatest situational football of his career and is a favorite to win MVP this season. Even so, there is still opportunity for development through 2024. Compared to his finest season in 2019, the quarterback is expected to finish the year with much fewer touchdowns.

Monse Bolanos Criticism Of Lamar Jackson & His “Quarterbacky” Qualities Seem True Post AFC Title Loss?

He passed for six and thirty-six touchdowns in 2019. With two games remaining in the season, he has thrown 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

Regardless of how good he is, his performance in the AFC Tier game was so disappointing.

Monse Bolanos of Fox Sports stated last month that Jackson isn’t “quarterbacky” enough to win the MVP award in the NFL.

“I want my quarterbacks to be quarterbacky. To me, Lamar Jackson’s just a great athlete, and he had a great game against the 49ers. Prisoners of the moment, he is NOT the MVP. Christian McCaffrey IS the MVP.”

Her remark caused outrage. LeBron James, “Black Twitter,” and the sports media all pounced.

“[I haven’t seen] an angrier social media reaction from Black Twitter in months,” wrote USA Today blogger Mike Freeman.

Another USA Today column called the term, quarterbacky, a “dog whistle.”

Whoa, quarterbacky huh? HAAAAHHHHH! LeBron posted, “H.I.M.”

Ryan Clark, Robert Griffin III, and Jemele Hill all added their racist vitriol.

The media’s use of Bolanos’ remark to support the myth that Jackson is a victim of the black quarterback resistance—a falsehood that Bomani Jones discussed last week—was all the more necessary.

But in her follow-up assessment, she has acknowledged the racial component here, which is again the kind of thing that football evaluators used to say decades ago, and that some even said about Jackson when he entered the NFL, implying that he would need to change positions.

Her argument, though, was that Jackson isn’t a particularly good pocket passer. To add some humor, she substituted the dysphemism “quarterbacky” for “pocket passer” in the section.

She made a reasonable argument, too.

At the time of Bolanos’ outburst on December 28, Jackson was rated 15th in throwing yards, 14th in passing touchdowns, and 11th in completion %.

Steve Spagnuolo, the defensive coordinator for the Chiefs, seemed to concur.

In order to restrict Jackson’s rushing lanes and make him pass downfield, Spagnuolo put his game plan into action.

That was done by Kansas City. Jackson had a QBR of 42.9 and only completed 54% of his throws.

Even the week before, Jackson only passed for 152 yards in the Houston game that made headlines due to his impressive performance.

Jackson is a passable quarterback. He is an excellent player because of his running abilities and ability to run the ball.

Apparently, changing position doesn’t seem like a bad idea.

What is Lamar Jackson famous for?

He was the youngest quarterback to start a Pro Bowl in NFL history. Jackson received the MVP award for the 2019 campaign. He became the second player to win unanimously (after Tom Brady in 2010) and the second-youngest winner overall, only surpassed by Jim Brown in age.

Did Lamar Jackson go to the Super Bowl?

After the Ravens’ explosive offense missed the Super Bowl, Lamar Jackson became ‘mad’. When a spot in the Super Bowl was on the line, Lamar Jackson said he was unhappy that the offense that carried his club to the best record in the NFL during the regular season would not click.

How old was Lamar when he was drafted?

Jackson came into the NFL quite young, even for a rookie quarterback. During the 2018 regular season, he was 21 years old, making him almost two years younger than Baker Mayfield, the first overall choice.

 

 

 

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