OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Earlier this season, Baltimore Ravens quarterbacks coach Tee Martin played a clip of Kansas City Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes in last season's AFC Championship Game for Lamar Jackson and his teammates.
"Composure, composure, composure," Mahomes yelled in the huddle during the fourth quarter. "I want y'all to finish, but I want composure."
Martin's message to Jackson? Championship teams are emotionally and mentally ready to win the toughest games.
Jackson has won as many NFL Most Valuable Player awards as postseason games -- two. In a year when he put up his best statistical numbers -- becoming the first player to produce more than 4,000 passing yards and 900 rushing yards in a season -- Jackson faces a distinction that illustrates his regular-season domination and playoff disappointment: He's the only multiple NFL MVP who has not won a Super Bowl, much less reached one.