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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After failing to reach the NFL Playoffs last season, Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens have a new head coach and new personnel for a fresh start.
The team fired longtime coach John Harbaugh this past January and then began their search for his replacement. Ultimately, former Los Angeles defensive coordinator Jesse Minter received the job.
He recently revealed what he's seen from the team's star quarterback, who has been working with new plays during training camp.
"He's really fun to watch and fun to be around. He's embracing a new offense, you know, with some different things than maybe what he's done," Minter said while speaking on Sirius XM .
" I would say this: he's done everything. I think [Todd Monken] and [Greg] both had really, really, really multiple offenses here where there was bits and pieces of everything ... So just the ability to do lots of those things now he's embraced some of the timing mechanisms to get the ball out on time, the footwork mechanics to clean up the timing of the run game and pass game," the Ravens coach shared.
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Minter called Jackson "one of one" when it comes to his talent level in the NFL, because he can make specific plays the team calls when they are available, and when they are not, Jackson is a highly capable playmaker on his own with the football.
"There's nobody we'd rather have than Lamar," Minter said, giving a strong vote of confidence for the Pro Bowl quarterback ahead of this season.
Jackson only played in 13 of the Ravens' games last season and finished with 2,459 passing yards and 21 touchdowns. He was tied for seventh in interceptions, throwing seven of them last season.
He's also well-known for threatening to rack up rushing yards and touchdowns due to his mobility on the ground. Last season, he tallied much fewer yards than the previous season, with just 67 carries for 349 yards and two touchdowns.
Having Derrick Henry as an option has taken a lot of that rushing pressure off Jackson, but having the possibility of Jackson running the ball or faking runs on other plays gives the Ravens a strong advantage many teams don't possess.
Baltimore missed the playoffs on a late-game field goal miss in a season-ending loss against Aaron Rodgers and the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers. That allowed the future Hall of Famer and his squad to participate in the postseason's AFC Wild Card Round, while Jackson and the Ravens were left watching from home.
They'll open their preseason slate on Saturday, Aug. 15, when they host the Philadelphia Eagles. Baltimore plays its regular-season opener on Sunday, Sept. 13, when they visit the Indianapolis Colts.
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