Lamar Jackson’s Legacy Is Already Written
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has begun his eighth NFL season, already with new accolades. As of September 14, 2025, Jackson holds the all-time passer rating at 102.7, surpassing Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. Both Rodgers and Mahomes are still in the league, so this is a fluid stat, but for a guy that many people called a running back and not “quarterbacky” enough, this is pretty damn impressive. Jackson also currently holds the most all-time rush yards by a QB at 6,256 and counting.
Jackson’s NFL legacy is still in progress, and hopefully he will play for at least eight more seasons, but his legacy has already been solidified to me. We have never seen a Lamar Jackson in the NFL before. And I mean no disrespect to the Michael Vicks, the Randall Cunninghams, and the Cam Newtons of the league. They were all great players. But Jackson is just different. Yes, Vick could run just as effectively, but Jackson was able to eclipse Vick’s rushing yards record in seven seasons while Vick’s numbers took 13 seasons to accumulate. Yes, Newton was a linebacker in a quarterback’s body, but his career 59.9% completion rate doesn’t match Jackson’s 65% completion rate. Jackson has two NFL MVP awards (and we all know it should’ve been three), and has been one of the best quarterbacks in the league for the past three seasons.
People want to see Jackson win a Super Bowl. There has never been a player who won the Heisman Trophy, a league MVP, and a Super Bowl MVP. As of right now, Jackson and Newton are the only two players with two out of three. If Jackson ever wins a Super Bowl MVP, he would be one of one. The adversity that he’s dealt with throughout his career would shush a lot of naysayers. But the truth is, whether or not he gets a championship, his legacy as a quarterback is already written. He’s a future first-ballot Hall of Famer. He will be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton one day, and he will have shut up the mouths of a lot of people who thought he wasn’t good enough to be a quarterback simply because he didn’t fit the mold of a “traditional” quarterback. Continue to enjoy the evolution and the legacy of Lamar Jackson.
NFL Actually Does Care About Politics
On September 10, political activist Charlie Kirk was murdered in Utah while speaking at a college campus. Kirk, a right-wing activist whose teachings have aligned with white Christian nationalism, had a history of saying derogatory things about Black people, the queer community, Muslims, women, and children, among others.
Kirk was given a moment of silence during the Thursday Night Football game between the Washington Commanders and the Green Bay Packers on September 11.
This is the same NFL that has long tried to act as if they do not like politics in their sport. Just 10 years ago in 2016, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protest against police brutality was called polarizing and condemned by fans, media, and eventually the NFL itself, as they colluded to keep him out of the NFL after the end of that season (the league settled with Kaepernick in response to his collusion lawsuit in 2019). In 2020, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted they were “wrong” for not listening to the players speaking up about social injustice after the police killing of George Floyd and national protests that followed. The league was adding slogans on helmets and in its end zones, using slogans such as “End Racism” and “Stop Hate.” But many people viewed this as performative, as Kaepernick was never given another opportunity to end up on an NFL roster due to his quiet protests.
Kirk’s messaging and ideals directly contradict with the little slogans the NFL put in their end zones. Yet they felt the need to remember him, on the 24th anniversary of September 11.
Is it Oochie Wally or One Mic?
Kirk was not a politician. He was a media personality and an activist that spewed the same racism and hate that the NFL “acknowledged” existed — and wanted to eradicate — just a few years prior. To honor someone that did not hold any office is baffling, but also to honor someone that viewed 70% of the NFL as beneath them is a slap in the face.
The Orioles Are Fun Again… But We’ve Moved On
Ignore that I wrote this after the Blue Jays swept the Orioles for perspective here LOL! As of September 15, they have won eight of their last 12 (including the sweep), and have become the comeback kids, with multiple walk-off wins during that span. They have made baseball fun again.
Unfortunately, it’s too late.
Between the likely chance of missing the playoffs, and football season being in full swing, the Orioles have the worst timing ever. While they have not officially been eliminated as of the 15th, they have a 0.0% of making it to the playoffs in 2025. In a season that started with so many lows (injuries, bad baseball, and Hyde’s firing), it’s good to see that they are still competing and playing well. It’s just falling on deaf ears now. Hopefully they can take this fight — along with good health and a new manager — into the 2026 season, when the city will care again.