NFL Fans Roast Fox Sports Radio Host for Ridiculous Lamar Jackson Take
The sports world sometimes can seem like a dystopia of hot takes, as the wildest and loudest opinions drown out thoughtful analysis.
To wit, one national radio personality went viral this week for a nonsensical take about Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.
Despite guiding the Ravens (12–3) to the NFL’s best record after an impressive 33–19 win Monday over the favored San Francisco 49ers (11–4), Jackson failed to win over Fox Sports Radio host Monse Bolaños.
“I want my quarterbacks to be quarterbacky,” Bolaños said Thursday while guest hosting on the Covino & Rich Show. “To me, Lamar Jackson’s just a great athlete, and he had a great game against the 49ers. Prisoners of the moment. He is not the MVP. Christian McCaffrey is the MVP.”
Lamar Jackson has guided the Baltimore Ravens to the NFL’s best record at 12–3 through Week 16.
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Although McCaffrey is a legitimate NFL MVP candidate, the reasoning that Jackson is not the MVP because he isn’t “quarterbacky” is preposterous. Fans and observers roasted Bolaños on social media as her comment picked up steam online.
McCaffrey is clearly worthy of MVP consideration, as he leads the league with 1,395 rushing yards, 21 total touchdowns and 1,932 yards from scrimmage.
But so is Jackson, who has recorded 3,357 passing yards with 19 touchdown passes and just seven interceptions, plus 786 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns, this season. To say he isn’t because he isn’t “quarterbacky” enough is fairly ridiculous.
