The star Buffalo Bills quarterback edges out 2-time MVP winner Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens.
The MVP debate has raged on the last few months centering around Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. Josh Allen has been selected as the MVP over Lamar Jackson with a vote of 27-23 in Allen’s favor.
Statistically, Allen and Jackson had plenty of valid arguments in their respective favor, making the announcement filled with suspense and anticipation. In fantasy football, Lamar Jackson was the QB-1 to Allen’s QB-2 performance on the season. Lamar edged out Allen with 25.1 fantasy points per game to Allen’s 22.6.
Josh Allen was 1st in quarterback rating with a score of 76.7 and 1st in best ball points added with 116.4. Allen threw for 4,367 passing yards and 32 touchdown passes. His 14 rushing touchdowns ranked 2nd for quarterbacks. While the 2025 battle for MVP went in Josh Allen’s favor, the debate and competition will be sure to rage on between Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson backers heading into 2025.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
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With Zay Flowers out, the Ravens will need some of their deeper options to step up.
Adam Schefter reports that Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has ruled out Pro Bowl wide receiver Zay Flowers for Saturday’s playoff matchup versus the Steelers. Flowers’ absence will leave the Ravens without one of their top weapons.
While this isn’t welcome news, there was an element of this being a slow drip towards Zay Flowers being declared out. Earlier in the week there were rumblings that it was a long shot for Flowers to play in the opening round.
Naturally, the Ravens offense will run primarily through Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, and Mark Andrews. In a playoff game with a familiar division foe in the Pittsburgh Steelers, expect one of Rashod Bateman or Isaiah Likely to have an elevated role. Rashod Bateman provided 2.44 fantasy points per target in 2024 which was good for 4th overall paired with a 125.0 QB rating per target (No. 6). At tight end, Likely was 8th in total touchdowns with 6 and his 13 red zone targets ranked No.10. Expect the Ravens to soar to new heights with Bateman and Likely.
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Lamar Jackson comes into OTAs 10 pounds less than what he played last season.
Lamar Jackson has now come into Baltimore’s off-season team activities weighing in at 205 pounds. Down 10 pounds compared to last year and down 25 pounds compared to 2022. With the lighter weight, there is some excitement in an even faster Lamar putting fear into defenses.
A lighter weight for Lamar always helps with his rushing upside in fantasy, allowing him to possibly be the top fantasy quarterback for 2024. Biggest question of course coming into the season, can Lamar take a beating all season with a lighter frame?
