Brown’s speculation of Baltimore began in April when the video of the four-time All-Pro working with Jackson and Brown’s cousin Marquise “Hollywood” Brown appeared. Earlier this month, Brown added fuel to the fire by posting a digitally altered photo of him wearing a Ravens uniform on social media. Last month, Tiki Barber of CBS Sports Radio predicted that Brown would be a raven in 2020.
Brown, who turns 32 next month, would have to be reinstated by the NFL to play again. He could face a suspension until mid-season as the league investigates the sexual assault and rape allegations.
Lamar Jackson is number 5 in Chris Simms’ quarterback ranking
Speaking of rankings, Chris Simms of Pro Football Talk revealed his list of the league’s top 40 quarterbacks. Despite Jackson’s historic 2019 season, which included setting the one-season rush record for a quarterback, he ranked fifth.
That’s a huge leap from the Simms rankings last year, when Jackson was number 30, but the second unanimous MVP in NFL history that didn’t even hit the top three at his position this year is baffling.
The quarterbacks ranked ahead of Jackson were Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City, Russell Wilson of Seattle, Aaron Rodgers of Green Bay and Deshaun Watson of Houston.
Simms’ reasoning for not ranking Jackson higher is that he lacks consistency as a passer and is 0-2 in the playoffs.
“He is a natural football pitcher. Now, is he a polished passer yet at this point in his career? No,” said Simms. “That’s something you need to work on … … two years in a row in the playoffs when a team has an idea of how to slow down the game, that’s why it’s No. 5 and not No. 2 or No. .3 for me. You still can’t win games automatically with your arm. “
Jackson led the league in touchdown passes (36) last season, but the statistics don’t tell the whole story, Simms said.
“When you look like the statistics and the machine of what Baltimore was. And of course, he took advantage of” a lot of plays that needed to be made, “Simms said on his” Chris Simms Unbuttoned “podcast. You said, ‘Well, this guy is awesome, this is awesome. ‘He’s a really good pitcher, don’t get me wrong, but his great running ability is to create some great passes sometimes, too, maybe to trick us into thinking he’s a little better pitcher than what it is “.
