Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson fumbled 12 times last year which led the NFL but after putting emphasis on it this offseason thinks he has fixed the problem. Jackson spent a lot of time this offseason working with running back coach Matt Weiss to work on proper ball security.
“That’s not a concern. My concern is on winning,” Jackson said per Ryan Mink of the team's official website. “I got it fixed. Got to wait till the regular season to see what goes on.”
Jackson runs a read-option style of offense so it makes sense that there might be a few more fumbles than other quarterbacks, but 12 is far too many.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh thinks one of the big issues was when Jackson took over as the starting quarterback last season the team switched offenses, so there wasn't a ton of time to practice it. This offseason they have spent a lot of time practicing, and are in a better position.
“I think it’s been way better. Just watching the practices, you probably saw it,” Harbaugh said. “Lamar makes very few mistakes with ball handling right now. The snaps have been much more accurate than they have in the past, so that starts everything off on the right foot. You haven’t seen a lot of the more complicated ball-handling plays, but the ones we have run have been well done.”
There are still other things that Jackson needs to work on to take the next step forward, but if the fumbles are down that is a big first step.
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