The Bills have a unique test when facing the Ravens this week.
Quarterback Lamar Jackson is a jack-of-all-trades playmaker with elite running skills. Jackson is leading the NFL with 32 touchdowns and has his team on an eight-game winning streak.
In order to slow him down, the Bills will need all the help they can get. Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott acknowledged that on Monday, joking that the Bills might need up to three players to simulate Jackson’s skills during practice this week in order to prepare for him.
“I don’t think there’s been a defense that’s cracked the code to this point, so to speak. … We’ve got some thoughts (on how we’ll prepare for him) but we’ve got a little more time to go through it. We may have to use, put a guy here, one guy there and one guy there, and just say go. He’s just so fast,” McDermott said.
It’s going to be anyone’s guess as to which Jackson the Bills will get. He’s nearing 1,000 rushing yards this year as he leads his team with 977 yards. Jackson is fresh off a game of only 105 passing yards, but he can sling it, too. He’s thrown five touchdowns in a single game twice this year.
While McDermott’s defense has slowed down Tom Brady among others this season, Jackson might be his team’s biggest test to date.
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