Lamar Jackson Injured: Ravens' Season in Jeopardy!

So Josh, Bills, Ravens, this was supposed to be a good matchup. It was supposed to be Lamar Jackson against Josh Allen, and Lamar Jackson's return lasted one snap. He played one more snap than all of us here. He made more, though. He made a lot more money than we did. That is for sure. So we had this kind of discussion in our group chat with Lamar Jackson. At this point, we know he's injury prone. We know that he probably cannot get through a full season without being banged up. And you can blame this. You can blame that. You can blame the offensive line. You can blame his play style, whatever. It is what it is. So Josh, what are your thoughts on the, we won't even, I mean, we don't even have to get to the rest of the game because it was an absolute disaster for the Ravens. Yeah. Specifically for Lamar Jackson, he just came back and then he gets hurt and he's on the injured reserve as we speak right now. So he's going to be out for at least four games, maybe the season. What do you make of this? Well, it's also extra unique because they announced he was going on IR while the game was still going on. Normally, it takes a day to get MRI results and things like that. They're like, no, we know this ain't good. We know that he's going to be out for a while, maybe the rest of the season after that one snap with the thumb. And then Tyler Huntley gets turf toe. So we have, I'm going to, I'm sorry, I'm going to mispronounce his name. Thank Fagnano, or however they pronounce his name, Fagnano, and he took a big hit in the game, and I was really secretly rooting for Justice Hill to take the quarterback position because he was the emergency, emergency quarterback, and I just wanted to see it just for the hell of it, but this is everything that could you. be going wrong for the Ravens has gone wrong They centered everything around one guy and this one guy. Has MVP years and then gets hurt time and time and time again. And now all of a sudden, they're 4-4. Their season is not over yet, obviously. I mean, realistically, on paper it's not, but I agree with you, John. It is because they are last in the AFC North. And if I was in charge of the Ravens... Because I'm looking at, they've been building this team around, hey, we want Super Bowl or bust with Lamar Jackson. But you need more players around Lamar Jackson in order for him, A, to try to maybe stay healthy. But B, so even if he does go down, you could still try to compete. So at this point, it's kind of retool mode. So why don't the Ravens take calls for Derrick Henry? Oh, why with all the talk of Jonathan Taylor's this last, this was probably his last game as a Colt, you know, Seattle's going after him, you know, Minnesota's going after him, you know, New England's going after him. Someone's going to get him. And then some other teams are not, but with the Ravens, Derrick Henry has one year left on his contract and it's going to be roughly $16 million. And depending on how he's continuing to age, do the Ravens want that cap hit? While he could go somewhere to try to win now with this first ballot Hall of Fame type career has wasted away in Tennessee. And then he came to Baltimore hoping to win something. And that's obviously not happening. So whoever does not win in the Jonathan Taylor sweepstakes, why not give Baltimore a call and try to see? If something is worth, they're going to be like, hey, if Seattle, for example, does not get Jonathan Taylor, if they called Baltimore and they said, hey, would a second round pick bring Derrick Henry to us, Baltimore might want to consider listening because they need to continue to build more pieces. Mark Andrews ain't getting any younger. Lamar Jackson continuing to be hurt. Derrick Henry, as good as he is, we know he's towards the end. Royquan Smith, he ain't young. So all these guys are reaching the end. So you have to retool. And I think at this point, when you know the injuries are there and Pittsburgh is rolling, which is kind of crazy to think about, it's worth looking into taking calls for Derrick Henry.