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Avert your eyes and ears, Payments Mafia … NFL legend Rod Woodson tells TMZ Sports activities Lamar Jackson is the MVP this 12 months — not Josh Allen.
In keeping with the previous Baltimore Ravens defensive again, it is not notably shut, both.
“It’s no question in my head,” the Corridor of Famer stated this week, “Lamar Jackson is the MVP.”
Allen has been the betting favourite to snag the NFL’s highest honor for many of this season — particularly just a few weeks in the past — however as Jackson has completed the 12 months robust, it is principally turn into a coin flip.
Woodson — who does at the moment work as a shade commentator for the Ravens — stated this week he’d give his vote to Lamar … explaining the stats inform the entire story.
“39 passing touchdowns to 26?” Woodson stated. “To me, that’s daunting.”
Lamar does dwarf Allen in nearly each significant class (outdoors of dashing touchdowns) … though he has performed in another recreation than the Buffalo celebrity.
Woodson stated his opinion is on no account any shade on Josh — the truth is, he advised us “I got much love” for the Payments QB — he simply merely thinks Lamar’s been that good.
I name this the “MVP sequence” for Lamar
JacksonTwo unbelievable performs on nationwide TV with the entire world watching
Oh yeah, and he broke the all-time QB dashing yard file on high of all of it
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— Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) December 26, 2024
@koestreicher34
As for the Baltimore signal-caller’s group, Woodson stated with or with out an MVP trophy on their mantle … no group desires to see the Ravens within the playoffs subsequent month.
“Once the postseason gets here,” he stated, “I don’t think anybody wants to face the Baltimore Ravens.”
