John Harbaugh leaned forward and stared into the eyes of his young leader.
With a commanding advantage on the scoreboard and his starting quarterback having completed another masterful performance, the Ravens’ longtime head coach paused to put the moment — and everything Lamar Jackson represents — into much-needed perspective.
“You changed the game, man,” Harbaugh told the 22-year-old, as the pair sat on the sideline during Baltimore’s drubbing of the Bengals this past Sunday. “Do you know how many little kids in this country are going to be wearing No. 8 playing quarterback for the next 20 years?