ESPN’s Mike Greenberg slams Lamar Jackson critics, compares early playoff woes to that of Peyton Manning

ESPN's Mike Greenberg opened up a segment "Get Up" Tuesday morning with a strong statement on Lamar Jackson's critics.

"You know what I'm getting a little tired of hearing about? All of the things Lamar Jackson hasn't done."

He was especially fed up with the recent wave of disrespect regarding the league's MVP, and Baltimore Ravens QB, Lamar Jackson, heading into the 2020-21 season. So fed up that he began to shed some light on just how phenomenal the third-year pro is and why compared to a certain NFL legend, his lack of early playoff success isn't anything to worry about.

The moral of the Lamar Jackson story. @getupespn pic.twitter.com/4vdcROCJlr
— Mike Greenberg (@Espngreeny) August 4, 2020

"Since [Jackson] became Baltimore's starter in Week 11 of his rookie year, he is the winningest quarterback in the NFL. He's thrown more touchdowns than Tom Brady, fewer picks than Patrick Mahomes, and has rushed for more yards than Saquon Barkley at 52 fewer attempts," Greenberg said.

"In a span of one month last year, he beat Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, and Deshaun Watson by an average of 22 points per game," Greenberg said.

Things got a little spicy when Greeny compared Jackson's lack of playoff success to future Hall-of-Famer, Peyton Manning.

"Let's talk about a quarterback who started his career 0 for his first 3 playoff games despite his team being favored in two of them," Greenberg said. "He completed less than 50 percent of his passes in those games, and the third one his team lost 41-0 to the Jets."

"That quarterback was Peyton Manning -- he turned out ok," Greenberg said. "By the way, he was 26 when he lost that game. Lamar Jackson is 23."

Greenberg then attempted to diagnose just why so many people are bearish on Jackson. Here's what he concluded.

"What I think is going on here is a case of a lot of people not believing what they're eyes are seeing mostly because he is making them look bad," Greenberg said. "The whole league passed on this guy. Respective evaluators told this guy to play another position. Then he went out and was the unanimous MVP in his second year and made a lot of decision-makers look even worse than the linebackers who fall down trying to tackle him.

"The moral of this story my friends is simple," Greenberg said. "There's nothing so terrible about having been wrong about Lamar Jackson. Most people were."

"The real mistake is failing to admit it now."

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