Quiz: Did Lamar Jackson Turn This Into A Touchdown?

Lamar Jackson can do things other prospects in this draft class just can’t

Dan Pizzuta
Off Coverage
3 min readApr 24, 2018

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Lamar Jackson is one of the best playmakers in this year’s draft class. That might even be underselling him. For some reason, despite doing all the things an NFL team would want him to do — namely, gaining yards and scoring touchdowns — Jackson seems to be in a tier of his own after the “top four” quarterbacks in this draft.

With so much focus on those other guys, what Jackson can do on the field has fallen by the wayside in this draft process. Recent stories about Jackson have focused more on how he doesn’t have an agent or how he has or hasn’t been in contact with certain teams.

What Jackson can do, though, should not be overlooked. Jackson can make plays no one else in this class can. With that in mind, let’s play a quick game of Did Lamar Jackson Turn This Into A Touchdown?

How this works: you’re going to be given a still image of a play and you’ll have to guess whether or not Lamar Jackson turned that play into a touchdown.

Question 1: Did Lamar Jackson turn this into a touchdown?

Answer: Yup! And untouched.

Question 2: Did Lamar Jackson turn this into a touchdown?

Answer: Yup! Avoided a free rusher, reset his feet, and found an open receiver in the end zone.

Question 3: Did Lamar Jackson turn this into a touchdown?

Answer: No! Just a 37-yard pass on 1st and 15.

Question 4: Did Lamar Jackson turn this into a touchdown?

Answer: Yup! This is one of the best plays you’ll see from a quarterback in this class.

Question 5: Did Lamar Jackson turn this into a touchdown?

Answer: No, but he should have!

Question 6: Did Lamar Jackson turn this into a touchdown?

Answer: Yup! With barely a hand on him.

Question 7: Did Lamar Jackson turn this into a touchdown?

Answer: No, he only ran for 75 yards to flip the field right before half…

…but he scored a touchdown on the next play

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