Ravens QB Lamar Jackson fires back at critics

 Welcome to 2026 guys! Can you believe it? I love Christmas and I love New Year's Day but I'm glad it's over. Now we can talk about the final week of the NFL regular season. Week 18 is going to bring some must watch matchups like Seahawks v 49ers, Panthers vs Bucs and the game I'm looking forward to the most, Ravens v Steelers. That game will decide the AFC North because the Ravens took care of business last week against the Packers and the Steelers choked errrr I mean let a 3-12 Browns team defeat them. I know, any given Sunday each team has the potential to defeat the other no matter the record. Most of the games are meaningless unless you're a gambler.

When the Ravens defeated the Packers last week they used their backup QB Tyler Huntley who played incredibly. However, the Ravens plan on using Lamar Jackson for the Steelers game. Lamar has had his share of injuries this season but it's his willingness to play for the Ravens that was being called into question.

A recent report claimed Ravens head coach John Harbaugh had grown tired of QB Lamar Jackson because he allegedly fell asleep in team meetings and developed a reputation for playing video games late into the night.

When asked if he wanted to stay with the Ravens Jackson said, "Absolutely, man...absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, I don't even know where that comes from."

Lamar also insisted he doesn't play video games late into the evening even during summer months. He also denied falling asleep in team meetings..."Do you think Harbaugh would let me fall asleep in his meeting? That's crazy. I'm right in the front. I don't know, man. It is what it is though."

When asked why he couldn't play against Green Bay Jackson said, "Someone probably thinks I'm a robot, but I'm a human being too. Unfortunately, I couldn't avoid that injury when it happened. I don't really care about the criticism. It's going to be that way, especially with how the season was going and stuff like that. When you're winning, there's no noise, but as soon as you lose, or things don't look right, all types of noise come out of nowhere, so it is what it is."

The Ravens are currently a -3.5 point favorite on the road against the Steelers. Lamar had a lot to say and I do believe him about the injuries I mean when you're injured there's nothing you can do but people don't usually come forward with an anonymous tip to lie on you. As far as not knowing where the news came from, obviously Ravens staff errrr I mean allegedly someone in the Ravens organization.

I'm just thankful for football, college and the pros otherwise...on the nights with no football I have to watch FBI Most Wanted which is my wife's new go to show, it's similar to Criminal Minds which I also barely watched. I'll write about what went down in the college football playoffs in my next blog...