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OTL: Will Low Top 100 Ranking Provide Extra Motivation for Lamar Jackson in 2026?

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 12:41
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Nobody stirs up meaningless controversy like the NFL. Everybody familiar with QB Lamar Jackson’s career understands how polarizing he is, especially when it comes to his ranking amongst his contemporaries.

Is it particularly important? No. Am I going to continue to harp on how ridiculous it is? Absolutely, I am!

For those who’ve missed it, Jackson was ranked the 69th on the NFL’s annual Top 100 list. Sam Monson and our own Dev Panchwagh are among those pointing out that it’s a clear rage-bait attempt:

Come Tuesday, the ranking itself was old news. That is, until the players ranked above Jackson started to come out. Immediately ahead of him was Courtland Sutton.

Even if you throw positional value aside, it’s frankly an insult to rank Jackson below Sutton. In fact, even at his position, Sutton’s ranking over a completely different Raven is a bit of a laugher.

Naturally, though, Jackson’s ranking is all over the media, with former Raven Bart Scott (inexplicably) noting that the QB hasn’t been good enough. Put simply, I have no idea where he’s getting this idea:

At least Ryan Clark has his head on straight:

Not only is Jackson a 2x MVP, but there’s also very few players with a more obvious impact stemming from their absence. With injuries being a consistent concern last season, Jackson was off to a pretty incredible start before performance for the team dipped:

Further, even when Jackson was playing, his teammates failed to help him out. Without a doubt, it was a down year overall:

With all this talk of rankings going on, other NFL fans have expanded the debate to all-time rankings, arguing that Jackson’s lack of playoff success limits his ability to climb the leaderboard. To that I say:

All jokes aside, it’s easy to forget that football is a team sport when debating the quarterback position. I’m usually not one to worry about personal achievements, but I found Jordan’s note here quite interesting and surprising:

Why not let the debate rage on, though? We know Jackson has a knack for taking things personally, and although the outside noise could have contributed to the early career struggles he faced in the postseason, it may just add fuel to the fire now:

There’s nothing that’d make me happier than for Jackson to put all these discussions to bed with a Super Bowl victory this season. If he’s able to pull off a run similar to that of Netflix’s “Quarterback” Season 3 star Joe Flacco, he’ll surely silence the haters:

Who knows, maybe he’ll be more appreciative of the hardware that comes with it

The post OTL: Will Low Top 100 Ranking Provide Extra Motivation for Lamar Jackson in 2026? appeared first on Russell Street Report.


Source: https://russellstreetreport.com/2026/07/15/out-to-lunch/lamar-jackson-top-100/


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