The noise around Lamar Jackson has only gotten louder, and the latest jab came from Colin Cowherd, who managed to turn Bo Nix into a comparison point for one of the NFL’s most accomplished quarterbacks.
Jackson’s No. 69 ranking on the NFL Top 100 already raised eyebrows, but Cowherd took things further on The Herd with Colin Cowherd. He said, "I no longer trust Lamar Jackson in a big spot. I'm selling my stock,” and added, “I'd take Bo Nix today in a 4th quarter come-from-behind situation over Lamar."
That’s a wild place to land on a two-time MVP, especially after a 2025 season that was derailed by injuries and a struggling team around him. And if the point is that Jackson can’t handle pressure, the numbers and the tape tell a different story.
Jackson’s regular-season record sits at 76-31, and he has 11 fourth-quarter comebacks on his résumé. That doesn’t scream liability.
It speaks to a quarterback who usually puts games away long before the final minutes, which naturally limits the chances to pile up comeback stats in the first place. Winning with control doesn’t make a player less clutch.
There’s also recent evidence that Jackson still delivers when the moment gets heavy. In Week 10 of 2024 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Baltimore trailed 21-7 in the third quarter before Jackson caught fire. He finished 25 of 33 for 290 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in a 35-34 Ravens win.
He did it again in the 2024 Divisional Round against the Buffalo Bills. Jackson shook off a slow start and dragged Baltimore from a 21-10 second-half hole to within a two-point conversion of tying the game. Mark Andrews’ drop in the end zone ended that rally in a 27-25 loss, but that sequence hardly lands on Jackson.
And the last time he was on the field, he was still answering the bell. In the season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore’s defense left the door open late, but Jackson was perfect in the fourth quarter. He hit Isaiah Likely on a huge fourth-down play with less than 30 seconds left to set up Tyler Loop for a game-winning field goal attempt, only for the kick to miss.
That’s the part Cowherd’s take skips over: Jackson has already shown he can lift a team in the biggest moments. One rough year for the Ravens doesn’t erase that, and if 2025 looked uneven, it came with injuries and a poor offensive line in the way. Once Jackson hurt his hamstring, the setup around him was never ideal.
If Cowherd wants off the train, that’s his call. But Jackson has made a career out of proving people wrong, and 2026 looks like another chance to do it. A bounce-back season could put the 29-year-old in position to add “three-time MVP” to his name.
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