LAMAR JACKSON
LAST WEEK’S GAME GALLERY
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12/01 VS. EAGLES 4:25 PM* 12/08 BYE WEEK
12/15 AT GIANTS 1:00 PM*
12/21 VS. STEELERS 4:30 PM 12/25 AT TEXANS 4:30 PM
TBD VS. BROWNS TBD
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“Lamar Jackson does things that just don’t seem possible with the football in his hands. He makes throws, he runs, and he’s smart about [how] he protects himself, too. ... I love the way Lamar carries himself. I think he’ll have a great year this year.”
— Hall of Fame QB Peyton Manning on QB Lamar Jackson
In their 2024 home opener, the Baltimore Ravens host the Las Vegas Raiders for a Week 2 battle from M&T Bank Stadium today. The Ravens are 20-8 all-time in home openers, sporting a 13-3 mark with head coach John Harbaugh at the helm.
In his 17th season with the Ravens, Harbaugh stands as the NFL’s secondlongest-tenured coach (Mike Tomlin - 18).
Under Harbaugh, Baltimore (11) is one of four teams (NE - 12, GB - 12 & KC - 11) to earn a playoff berth in at least 11 of the past 16 seasons. Baltimore (5) is also one of four teams (KC - 6, Buf. - 5 & Phi. - 5) to make the playoffs in at least five of the past six seasons (2018-23).
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3 – Consecutive games TE Isaiah Likely has recorded a TD reception of 25+ yards, dating back to last season. Likely has also posted at least 1 catch of 25+ yards in six straight games.
4 – Career games (including Week 1 at KC) with 250+ passing yards and 100+ rushing yards by QB Lamar Jackson, the most in NFL history.
Baltimore holds an 8-4 regular seasons series lead vs. the Raiders, including a 6-1 mark at home. Under Harbaugh, the Ravens are 5-3 against the Raiders, producing a 3-1 record in Charm City.
The Ravens-Raiders series has seen its share of offensive fireworks, with both teams combining for over 50 points in five of the past six contests. These teams last met in 2021, when Baltimore opened the season at Las Vegas and fell, 33-27, in an tight OT contest on Monday Night Football.
In the NFL’s season-opening game (Thurs., 9/5), the Ravens dropped a 27-20 heartbreaker at Kansas City. QB Lamar Jackson found TE Isaiah Likely for what was originally ruled a 10-yard TD pass as time expired in the fourth quarter, but the call was overturned upon review showing that Likely’s toe tip was out of bounds. Jackson
34 – Consecutive games Baltimore has rushed for 100+ yards, marking the fifth-longest streak in NFL history.
91 – Career rushing TDs for RB Derrick Henry, tying Hall of Famers Franco Harris & Jerome Bettis for the 11th most in NFL history.
.715 – The Ravens’ home winning percentage (93-37) under head coach John Harbaugh, ranking as the NFL’s third-best mark since his 2008 arrival.
completed 26-of-41 passes for 273 yards and 1 TD (a 49-yarder to Likely), also rushing for a game-high 122 yards on 16 carries. Likely recorded game bests in catches (9) and receiving yards (111), while Baltimore racked up 185 yards rushing as part of 452 total yards, compared to Kansas City’s 353.
TE Isaiah Likely
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ON THE RAVENS’ FOCUS MOVING FROM WEEK 1 TO WEEK 2:
“You have your floor and your ceiling. How high is the ceiling, and how high is the floor? How low is the ceiling, and how low is the floor? You want to always raise the floor. That’s what winning football does – it raises the floor as high as it can be. We’ve been that kind of team over the years; that’s why we’ve won so many games. Those are the things that we can do this week – we can raise that floor up quite high. I’m not too worried about our ceiling. I know we have tremendous players, and we’ll make plays, but I want to see that floor come up a little bit and play a little more that way between Week 1 and Week 2.”
JOHN HARBAUGH HEAD COACH
CHRIS HEWITT ASST. HEAD COACH/PASS GAME COOR.
CHRIS HORTON SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR TODD MONKEN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR ZACH ORR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
ASSISTANT COACHES
DANNY BREYER OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT COACH
RANDY BROWN SENIOR SPECIAL TEAMS COACH
BRENDAN CLARK DEFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL
MARK DeLEONE INSIDE LINEBACKERS COACH
SCOTT ELLIOTT STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COOR.
GEORGE GODSEY TIGHT ENDS COACH
DENNIS JOHNSON DEFENSIVE LINE COACH
SAM KOCH ASST. SPECIAL TEAMS COACH
GREG LEWIS WIDE RECEIVERS COACH
DOUG MALLORY SECONDARY COACH
TEE MARTIN QUARTERBACKS COACH
MATT ROBINSON ASST. DEFENSIVE LINE/OLBs
ADAM SCHRACK OFFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL
CHUCK SMITH PASS RUSH COACH
DANIEL STERN DIR. OF FOOTBALL STRATEGY/ASST. QBs
TRAVIS SWITZER RUN GAME COORDINATOR
WILLIE TAGGART RUNNING BACKS COACH
GEORGE WARHOP OFFENSIVE LINE COACH
TRAVELLE WHARTON ASST. OFFENSIVE LINE COACH
CHASING DREAMS, NOT APPROVAL
“I think it’s only a matter of time before he wins the Super Bowl.”
After a season of terrorizing opposing defenses and dazzling the sports world in 2023, Lamar Jackson was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player for the second time in his career. Jackson became just the 11th player to win the coveted award multiple times, putting him in a realm with some of the greatest players to ever step foot on the gridiron. Joining the ranks of the game’s all-time greats, Jackson knows that with extraordinary success comes even greater expectations. While the outside noise can seem deafening at times, Jackson remains laser focused on capturing the ultimate prize – the Lombardi Trophy.
“That’s pretty much what drives me, wanting to be a World Champion in the National Football League,” Jackson stated. “That’s where my drive comes from.”
Last year was Jackson’s first working alongside offensive coordinator Todd Monken, under whom the twotime MVP posted career highs in multiple categories, including passing yards (3,678), completions (307) and completion percentage (67.2). Throughout the 2024 offseason, Jackson has repeatedly expressed how much more comfortable he feels in Monken’s system, giving him the flexibility to change plays and route concepts at the line of scrimmage. With a deeper understanding of the offense and a full arsenal of playmaking weapons – including standout free agent acquisition Derrick Henry – Jackson is primed to push harder than ever to help Baltimore accomplish its championship goals.
“What I’ve noticed about Lamar really is more of an intangible thing: his urgency as a leader and his urgency with other players,” executive vice president and general manager Eric DeCosta raved. “He’s just really in tune with the other players every single day in practice. This guy is so hyper-focused on this season and really working to get a ring.”
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Over the years, Jackson has sometimes faced unwarranted criticism over his style of play. Yet, throughout his short time in the league, Jackson has obviously proven many doubters wrong time and again. Unfazed by the noise, he continues to rise above it, evolving into the player that he and the organization always knew he could be.
“The vision that we have together is that Lamar Jackson is going to become and be known and be recognized as the greatest quarterback ever to play in the history of the National Football League, that’s the vision,” head coach John Harbaugh stated during training camp. “It’s going to happen by Lamar, his work ethic and his brilliant talent and by all of us pouring into that effort together as a team. And I believe it like we’ve already seen it.”
While most people admire the spectacular feats Jackson pulls off all over the field, few truly understand the immense preparation it takes to become one of the NFL’s elite. Backup quarterback Josh Johnson, however, sees this dedication firsthand every day. He knows the relentless work Jackson puts in and has complete faith in his teammate’s ability to lead Baltimore to the promised land.
“I think it’s only a matter of time before he wins the Super Bowl,” Johnson declared. “He has the talent, but he’s also a heck of a quarterback with how he sees the game and how he goes about his preparation and how much of a leader he is.”
While the individual accolades will someday be something he cherishes, that’s not what fuels Jackson. He isn’t motivated by the opinions – whether positive or critical – of pundits. Instead, his focus has always been on a much larger goal – a promise he made to Charm City on that unforgettable draft night in 2018.
“They’re going to get a Super Bowl out of me. Believe that.”
“That’s pretty much what drives me, wanting to be a World Champion in the National Football League.”
— Lamar Jackson
JUSTICE HILL
Fifth-year running back Justice Hill is a crafty dual-threat option out of the Ravens’ backfield. The Oklahoma State alum excels at the intangibles of the game and is a key piece in keeping the Baltimore offense churning. Learn more about him below:
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE NBA/MLB/NHL/MLS/ FORMULA 1 TEAM?
I like OKC! (Oklahoma City Thunder)
WHAT JOB WOULD YOU HAVE IF YOU WEREN’T PLAYING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL?
I would be an entrepreneur. I wouldn’t be working a standard day job.
IF YOU COULD SWITCH LIVES WITH ANY ONE TEAMMATE FOR ONE DAY, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
I would probably switch lives with Lamar Jackson, just to see what it would be like to be a quarterback.
WHICH GAME SHOW COULD YOU BE ON AND WIN THE TOP PRIZE?
I’d go on Family Feud.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COUNTRY THAT YOU’VE VISITED?
I’ve been to Brazil and Costa Rica.
IF YOU COULD BE A TEAMMATE OF ANY FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THEIR PRIME, WHO WOULD IT BE?
Randy Moss
WHAT IS THE FAVORITE CLASS/COURSE YOU TOOK IN COLLEGE?
I’m a business guy, so all the finance courses I took.
WHAT DO YOU ENVISION FOR LIFE AFTER FOOTBALL – COULD YOU SEE YOURSELF IN COACHING OR BROADCASTING?
I see myself investing in different avenues of business and living off of that and enjoying my time.
DO YOU HAVE ANY HIDDEN TALENTS?
I used to cut hair. I still cut my own hair from time to time.
IF YOU COULD GUEST STAR ON ANY TV SHOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
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2024 TRAINING CAMP
Once again, the Ravens opened up their practice facility gates to kick off the start of the 2024 season for training camp at the Under Armour Performance Center. This year’s training camp featured 20 free/open practices at the team’s Owings Mills facility with the ability to host over 1,000 fans per day. In addition to the general public, the team hosted 186 youth and community groups from across Maryland, as well as honorary special guests.
Athletes Serving Athletes, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Next One Up, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Baltimore and DC and Special Olympics Maryland were several of the 29 community groups which had access to a private section to enjoy practice and
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partned with Lights On! and the Baltimore City Police Department to create an innovative community-driven program where BPD officers can provide repair vouchers instead of tickets during routine mechanicalfocused traffic stops.
cheer on the Ravens. Throughout the course of camp, the team also hosted 21 different Boys & Girls Clubs and over 1,000 local educators from 95 different schools across the state of Maryland.
Additionally, Ravens players TE Mark Andrews, WR Rashod Bateman, WR Zay Flowers, QB Lamar Jackson, OLB Odafe Oweh, ILB Roquan Smith, DE/ DT Broderick Washington and CB Nate Wiggins each invited nonprofit groups with whom they’ve connected to a practice.
The Ravens also designated days for military appreciation, first responder recognition and youth football teams. Ravens RISE/Girls Flag teams had the opportunity to form a gauntlet to welcome players to practice each day.
At the conclusion of a training camp practice (7/31), head coach John Harbaugh spent time with first responders from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse response team.
8/25 ILB Roquan Smith hosted his annual back to school event at Hamilton Elementary/ Middle School. Smith provided haircuts and backpacks filled with school supplies for the 100 students in attendanace.
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8/18 RB Derrick Henry hosted a back to school event for 100 students from Curtis Bay Elementary/Middle School. Henry also donated gift cards to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Nashville, TN.
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2023 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS
RAVENS STATISTICS
QB Lamar Jackson was an all-around playmaker in the seasonopening game at Kansas City, totaling 395 yards of total offense, including 122 rushing yards. Jackson’s 122-yard outburst was the most by a QB in Week 1 history, surpassing QB Michael Vick’s previous record of 103 rushing yards that opened the 2010 season.
TE Isaiah Likely’s 49-yard TD in the fourth quarter at Kanas City marked his sixth game since Week 13 of last season finding the end zone, tying him for the most in the NFL. Likely also posted career highs in receptions (9) and receiving yards (111).
DEFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS
DEFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS
During the second quarter of the season-opening game at Kansas City, ILB Roquan Smith picked off QB Patrick Mahomes to record the 10th INT of his career. With the interception, Smith became the 13th player in NFL history to accumulate at least 20 sacks and 10 INTs within the first 100 appearances of a career.
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