Lamar Jackson has savage response to NFL teams who passed on him as Ravens QB inches closer to second MVP award

Lamar Jackson did not hold back on X, formerly Twitter, as he reacted to a post about his college pedigree, which the Ravens were able to draft him with the last pick of the first round. A post reminded viewers of just how good the Baltimore quarterback was with Louisville and how he scored five total touchdowns in a game against Syracuse. In that game, he also had 411 passing yards and 199 rushing yards, which are scarcely comprehensible numbers.

An X user tagged that post and wrote,

"Teams really saw this and said “nah we cool”"

And Lamar Jackson confirmed that he has a huge chip on his shoulder by responding with a laughing emoji to that:

Which QBs were picked before Lamar Jackson from 2018 draft class?

Five quarterbacks were selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft and Lamar Jackson was the last pick among them. Baker Mayfield went No. 1 to the Cleveland Browns. That was not surprising given he was the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner. Based on that, one would have expected the Louisville quarterback to go next as he won the same award in 2016.

Instead, the next quarterback selected in the draft was Sam Darnold by the New York Jets, who was picked No. 3.

Josh Allen went next and was picked No. 7 by the Buffalo Bills. While that has been a sound investment, he is yet to win the MVP, something Lamar Jackson has already done once and is primed to repeat again this year.

Rounding off the top 10 was Josh Rosen to the Arizona Cardinals. His career has not panned out the way he would have liked and he is currently a free agent.

Notably, 22 picks later, with the No. 32 pick, Baltimore took Lamar Jackson.

Ravens QB did not generate interest as recently as last year

The seemingly continued disrespect for the Ravens quarterback has carried on in his career as well. Despite winning the MVP award in 2019, there was no interest from other teams this past offseason when he was looking for a contract and Baltimore was willing to let him explore the market.

However, John Harbaugh must ensure that this never happens again as the quarterback's contract situation stalled for more than a season, and there was fear that he was on his way out of the team. He has arguably proved his worth despite being ignored and has thrived to become arguably the best player in the league.