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The Lamar Jackson winning a playoff story is the most insane “create a narrative” I can recall.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jan 11 '21, 08:44

Year 1, he’d started 7 games and didn’t look remotely like a viable NFL quarterback. Shocking, the worst divisional winner got bounced in game 1 by a team that was 2 games better all season.

Last year, sure, he had a bad game, happens. He just picked the worst time to do so and it wasn’t like the rest of the team was stopping Derrick Henry anyhow.

He had started 37 games before his first playoff win. Peyton and Brees didn’t win their first until they had like 6 seasons under their belts and in Peyton’s case, 3 prior losses.

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Josh Allen is similar. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 11, 08:59 3
- Allen did get Diggs—which helps -- nm - flavorize Jan 11, 09:06
- Until this year, Allen looked really suspect. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 09:01 1
  - I'm surprised Ken Dorsey isn't getting more attention right now. -- nm - David Jan 11, 09:08
He also just turned 24 last week. It's ridiculous. -- nm - David Jan 11, 08:49
It's a "Win Now" League, unfortunately - Reagen Jan 11, 08:48 8
- Devil’s 👿 advocate—Brees and Manning weren’t NFL MVP in Year 2. If you’re THE BEST nfl player, at the most important position—gotta win playoff games -- nm - flavorize Jan 11, 08:50 7
  - In 1999, Peyton was 3rd behind 2 Rams. He was the AFC MVP on a 13-3 team. - Will Hunting Jan 11, 08:57 2
    - Peyton definitely took a lot of smoke for losing first rd games. He did that a lot. Going into year 3, I’d say expectations were just as high for PFM -- nm - flavorize Jan 11, 09:05 1
      - yes, prayformojo has a lot to answer for... -- nm - Diva Jan 11, 09:09
  - It’s still a team game and the Ravens couldn’t stop Derrick Henry last year. Yesterday, they made him look bad and coincidentally, Tannehill - Will Hunting Jan 11, 08:55 1
    - It's also a textbook example of small sample sizes. - David Jan 11, 09:01
  - Absolute nonsense. It's not his fault that his defense actively ran away from Henry last year. - David Jan 11, 08:52 1
    - Definitely preaching to the choir, I said weeks ago, if they get hot and make it in, they can make a run. I think he’s seen a superstar, so there are - flavorize Jan 11, 09:03
I saw that yesterday and we like "Wait, that's a thing? It's what, his 3rd fucking playoff game?" -- nm - Shaun Jan 11, 08:45

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The Lamar Jackson winning a playoff story is the most insane “create a narrative” I can recall.

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