2023-05-25 00:37:37
The future is exciting for Baltimore Ravens following they ensured the permanence of Lamar Jackson for the next five seasons and have a new offense under the management of the coordinator Todd Monken.
The happiest of all this situation is the 26-year-old quarterback, since he has fallen in love with the new offense established in the Baltimore team.
“The new offense is smooth, I’m loving it so far,” he said. Jackson following practice on Wednesday. “Coach is giving us the reins of offense, like I said, I’m in love with it”.
Jackson has been a part of organized team activities (OTAs) and among the changes he has noticed in the offense, the main one is the ability to throw deep passes, something he hasn’t been used to in his professional career.
“Just being able to throw the ball deep. Running can take you so far,” said the 2019 MVP. “I feel like, in this new era of teams and offenses in the league, I feel like we needed it And coach Todd Monken, from what I’ve seen so far, he’s tremendous.”
In 2022, Jackson passed for 2,242 yards following completing 203 attempts and your average air yards before reception is 6.1, well below the 8.5 of Tua Tagovailoa, who led the NFL in that regard.
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Who is Todd Monken?
Monken, 57, spent the last three years of his career as the Georgia Bulldogs’ offensive coordinator, but has plenty of NFL experience.. Between 2007 and 2010 he was the WRs coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars; from 2016 to 2018 he was the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in 2019 he held the same position with the Cleveland Browns.
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