Lamar Jackson: ‘I’m Only 28, I’m Just Getting Started’ | Baltimore Ravens

Lamar Jackson: ‘I’m Only 28, I’m Just Getting Started’ | Baltimore Ravens

Good. Great. I heard Jameson how he’s doing. Huh? Ask Jameson how he’s doing. Roll my ankle. How you do that? Trying to avoid some fans. Damn. Oh, sorry. My bad. My bad. So, how would you say your first uh training camp practice? 2025 went out there. Um, I’m going to say it went awesome. You know, just being with my guys. Uh, I pretty much say that every year, but it’s the truth, you know, just being with my teammates, man, and just getting ready for this ride. I I believe it’s going to be a great year this year. How are you different? Um, I’m 28. Last year I was 27, so I’m a year older. Yeah, that’s it. A year wiser. That’s all I’m saying. Yeah. Along those lines, this is your eighth training camp. When you think back to your first or second training camp, how is your preparation different this time of year? I mean, do you do you try out more things during practice? Do you experiment more with throws you can get away with? Like take us through that a little bit. I mean, I try to like coach M probably get on me a little bit cuz he be wanting me to uh throw the ball certain places, but I’m like sometimes in the game it might not happen the way you know it is in practice. So, I pretty much just try to hit passes that I normally might not get in the game. Looks I might not get in the game and I try everything and then sometimes coach let me get away with it. Sometimes he going, you know, he going to coach me. Yeah. How like to have your first practice with Kay since college? I tried him out there today. I tried to get him on a favor with DeHawk. We was a little bit out of b. We was We was out of bounds a little, but he’s still that guy. J, you’re still that guy, man. Did you know anything different to this point being your eighth camp? Did you feel anything different like I know you talked about things like that. You do anything different in terms of preparation? Oh, I’ll say I watch more TV. That’s about it. Usually I don’t watch that much TV, but I watch a lot more TV movies if that. Yeah. Huh? Like ride along, stuff like that. Like comedy movies. I like comedy. I like to laugh. I like action movies, too. But ride along kind of comedy and action a little. So, I got a little bit of both. Yeah. Lamar, you’ve played some pretty impressive offenses during your time here, and so much has been said about the roster construction, and I know it’s really, I know it’s on paper right now, but do you feel like this is one of the best you could have, and that’s around you? Uh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Um, I say that every year, though. But yeah, man, we got we got a great group of guys, great wide receiving core, great running backs, great tight ends, great offensive line. We got the same guys back. Um, probably one guy missing out the old line. Um, defense is looking incredible as always and we looking great on paper like I said, but we gonna see when the time comes. Now third year with Todd Mon. How how important is that when you take the field today, you know, you know, you know each other? Yeah, pretty much. Um, I’m pretty much know what coach thinks and like I just said earlier, you know, I pretty much try different things. So, he going he going to coach me. You know, he want me to do certain things what he has designed. Um, just got to follow suit and it’s pretty good, you know. Um, just pick it back off of each other is great. It’s great to do. How many years since you’ve been back here? I think everyone says Ranger should be you guys. Is there a reason? Can you tell just maybe this early maybe a reason why you think this year might be might be the year? Um I’m to be honest, I’m really not trying to think that far, you know, cuz every time we have those discussions, man, we we get to the playoffs, but we know we don’t punch in, we don’t finish. So, I’m pretty much just trying to finish camp the correct way and then get ready for the Bills. I’m not really trying to think about, you know, the Super Bowl yet. How do you evaluate individual success for yourself? How do you evaluate yourself year to year? Do you kind of go back and rewatch film or is it solely based on team success? How do you just evaluate LeBron from year to year? Yeah, I pretty much I pretty much go back and see like what went wrong in the in the games we lost and and see how I can get better, you know, see my mistakes, see what we could have did better as a team, see what I could have did better individually and just go from there. Did you evaluate yourself from last year? What do you think? I did all right. Did all right. Could have did better. I feel so I think a lot of people look at last year and say, gosh, how how could you play any better than Lamar played last year? in in your mind, is is there another level for you still? Yeah, I’m only 28. I’m really just getting started for real. Yeah. [Music] New addition to the stadium, back to the facility. I love it. Got the fans out here. Focus on football right now. I’m not, you know, I’m not worried about that right now. You know, that happened. It is what it is. Focus on this right now. What do you make of what’s happening with the NFL? I’m making up what happening right here on this field with my guys trying to get better, trying to win games. Martin to that to that point. Last time we saw you talking about the turnover. [Music] How do you like some of that just obviously chance is that something how do you go about just hold on to the ball man. Uh how many interceptions I throw regular season? Like four five. Sorry Jameson. Why you got to give me an extra one man? Here man. That’s crazy man. You like five or something? But anyways, yeah. Uh, man, just hold on to the ball because we did a pretty good job. We played the Steelers, man. You know, in the playoffs, we it just happened, you know, first snowing game. Not trying to get out of excuse, but that’s the first no game. Things happen, bro. It It happens, man. It’s football. Things meant to happen. You know, it’s God time. It’s not my time because if it was my time, we would have had seven Super Bowls in a row already. You know, real talk. You talked about different things that you’re trying to do in training camp, whether it’s add weight or lose weight or be more vocal, all different things. Is there anything this year in camp and this season that you’re really focused on? Everything, man. Whatever it takes to get my team to that to that ticket, you know, to that to that big dance, but we got to take care of now, you know, take care of camp, get better in camp each and every day. That’s all I’m focused on. Do you embrace that though? way that okay been out there. Um I to be honest with you I really don’t worry about the media you know it’s pretty much the fan base and my teammates you know um like how how everyone else feel you know um they I’m working with these guys these guys working with me and it’s like we getting there but we’re not finishing. How can we get better? You know how can we make the the Baltimore City um even more happier? You know we having regular season success. We making it to the playoffs, but we got to get to that dance like I said and it starts here. Played a lot more slot today and and with Deop in the fold obviously could move him inside a little more. What does that do for your offense and for him potentially do you think him being able to play a little bit more inside? Man, our offense is I I I believe our offense has no limits because we got guys that can play any position, you know, like you just said like Z going a slide, got dehop outside, bait outside, man. It’s it’s no roof. You know, the sale is unlimited, you know, for our guys. And I really don’t want to get our offense away. You pretty much just put Z on the spot, put me on the spot. We going to keep it under the radar until teams got to see us. on the same page. Uh, for one, DeHop is a pro, all pros, Hall of Famer, you know, um, one of the greatest in the league ever. Um, so him just being a new addition going to make my job a lot easier. And me just being older and and being in league eight years now. Um, everything just pretty much just backhand. Like I know everything like the back of my hand. And I’m I’m knowing what I’m seeing out there from coverage wise, a coverage standpoint. He he’s just getting with me, you know? It’s is like it’s going to be bread and butter when the time comes, but for right now, we just grinding. You know, it’s going to be a grind the first day and it’s great. You know, it’s a great process. It’s a great process and I it’s a learning process for both of us. Does it blow your mind at it cuz it happened so fast. I remember just walking in the locker room and talking to Lavine, Anthony Lavine, and it was like he telling me like, “Man, you going to be one of the ones?” And I’m I’m don’t get me wrong, I’m I’m I’m looking up to him cuz like, you know, he’s a vet, a co- cap, man. just it was dope for him to speak to me, you know, just me being a rookie and nine year eight and then the way he said it’s like the everything happened so fast like a whirlwind for me, you know. [Music] Yeah. Uh pretty much just score on our defense cuz we got one of the best defenses in the league and if we can put points on our defense or move the ball on our defense, I feel like we having a lot of success. Two more plays are uh heading weekday season against Buffalo. The way last season ended in Buffalo. Have you kind of had a circle on the calendar for week one since they released the schedule? And how have you been preparing for that? You know, I’m like I said, you know, I’m starting here, you know, starting with camp. I’m trying to get better in camp, trying to get me and my guys on the same page, you know, build chemistry much as we could for when that time comes. You know, I’m not worried about them because obviously we got to plan week one and there’s no shine away from that. You know, we already know what we’re ahead of. Just focus on now. All good. outside the one crees.

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