The two most iconic highlight-reel plays of Jackson’s career have a couple things in common: They both took place in Cincinnati and both were called by veteran CBS play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan.
Who could forget Harlan exclaiming, “Oh, he broke his ankles! He is Houdini!” on Jackson’s spinning, 47-yard touchdown scamper in 2019? After Jackson stiff-armed Hubbard on the touchdown-pass to Likely on Sunday, Harlan said, “Oh, he threw him away like a rag doll!”
“It’s not unlike on TNT in the NBA when we had a [Michael] Jordan game, or a Kobe [Bryant] game, or a LeBron [James] game, because you know that you’re witnessing something that is one of one,” Harlan said. “… You’re going to see something that could be unusual, but you don’t plan for it because then it would sound like it’s contrived. You let it come in the paces of the game.”
When Jackson makes spectacular plays in the future, as we know he will, hopefully Harlan will again be there to provide the soundtrack.
Pundit Says Jackson’s Incredible TD Pass to Isaiah Likely Was Best Play He’s Ever Seen From a QB
Head Coach John Harbaugh described Jackson’s phenomenal touchdown pass to Isaiah Likely late in the fourth quarter Sunday as “an incredible, fabulous play that will go down in history.”
Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr went a step further, saying he thinks “it was the best play I’ve ever seen a quarterback make in my life.”
Anticipation Building for ‘Game of the Year’ Between Ravens and Commanders
Some have called the Ravens’ 41-38 win over the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday the Game of the Year thus far.
It may be. But this Sunday’s game between the Ravens and Washington Commanders could take that title.
The matchup of first-place teams features two of the leading MVP candidates in Lamar Jackson and Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels. The Commanders lead the league in scoring (31 points per game), and the Ravens are second (29.4).
“You want to talk about the Game of the Year?” Good Morning Football’s Peter Schrager said. “Jayden Daniels and the Commanders are coming to Baltimore Sunday, and I don’t think anyone circled that, but you want to talk about Lamar and what he’s doing and then Jayden and what he’s doing. I cannot wait to see these two young quarterbacks play.”
