The Baltimore Ravens had one of the best offenses in the league last season en route to a 13-4 record. This offseason, Baltimore saw the addition of All-Pro running back Derrick Henry, and the departure of wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.
Tight end Isaiah Likely thinks the Ravens offense will be just as good — if not better than last season.
“It’s electric, I mean not only do you have [Lamar] Jackson in the backfield, you have Derrick Henry in the backfield where you also have to worry about our run game, and then you have All-Pro Mark Andrews, where you obviously have to give credit where credit is due. Then you also have our great receivers like Zay [Flowers] and [Rashod] Bateman and then also you have me,” Likely said to host Kay Adams of the “Up & Adams Show”. “So like, you have to worry about anybody at any point in time in the offense going the distance. I mean, I done showed plenty of times I guess now where I get the ball in my hands the first guy is always going to miss.
“Mark has shown plenty of times why he’s Mark Andrews the All-Pro. Lamar Jackson — he needs no introduction. Derrick Henry needs no introduction. And then you got Zay Flowers — who we call the joystick. So I mean, everybody, when you play the Ravens you have to worry about everybody going the distance.”
Lamar Jackson is the reigning NFL Most Valuable Player — and he’s won the award twice. Jackson set a career-high in passing yards last season with 3,678. He threw 24 touchdowns.
Jackson has improved exponentially as a thrower since his debut season. Last season, he had a career high 67.2 completion percentage.
Per Pro Football Focus, Jackson had a career-best 24 “big time throws.”
Big time throws are characterized as “a pass with excellent ball location and timing, generally thrown further down the field and/or into a tighter window.”
