Lamar Jackson pushes again on critics concerning his damage historical past

Lamar Jackson, whose future stays one of many prime offseason tales within the NFL, took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to push again on speak from critics questioning his toughness or saying he sat out video games due to his contract scenario.

Jackson suffered a PCL injury in a Dec. 4 game against the Broncos.

“Let’s get actual,” Jackson tweeted. “[I’d] fairly have a 100% PCL than go on the market and play horrible forcing myself to place my guys in a nasty scenario now that’s egocentric to me.

“I don’t keep in mind me sitting out on my guys week 1 vs jets To week 12 vs Broncos,” Jackson wrote in one other tweet. “How come abruptly I sit out due to cash by which I may’ve received damage at anytime inside that timeframe (pondering emoji) After we know the Tremendous Bowl been on my thoughts since April 2018.”

Earlier within the day, Falcons proprietor Arthur Clean told The Athletic his group isn’t pursuing Jackson, partly due to his damage historical past.

Final season, Atlanta had made a push for Deshaun Watson, who has many comparable ability units as Jackson.

Jackson — who missed the Ravens’ last video games, together with their 24-17 playoff loss to the Bengals — is drawing some curiosity from different groups.

The Colts have the veteran quarterback on their radar — if the value is correct.

On Monday, Jackson said he requested a trade from the Ravens, 5 days earlier than the group positioned the non-exclusive franchise tag.

“As of March 2nd I requested a commerce from the Ravens group for which the Ravens has not been concerned with assembly my worth, any and everybody that’s has met me or been round me know I like the sport of soccer and my dream is to assist a group win the tremendous bowl,” Jackson wrote in a multi-tweet “letter” to his followers.

“You all are nice however I needed to make a enterprise choice that was greatest for my household and I. Irrespective of how far I’m going or the place my profession takes me, I’ll proceed to be near my followers of Baltimore Flock nation and your complete State of Maryland. You’ll See me once more.”