Lamar Jackson has been knocked by NFL cognoscenti from Day 1 and still has detractors despite his success. In much the same way that Cam Newton was never going to appease a not-small number of people for multiple reasons, it seems Jackson has met a similar fate.
He has done things his way, an unorthodox way, and it has worked beautifully over the first few years of his pro career. He doesn't want to do things the way they've always been done, and the cognoscenti doesn't like it.
Last week, Jackson offered his first update on the status of his injured left knee, the one that kept him on the sideline for the final weeks of the Ravens' season, including the team's AFC wild-card loss to Cincinnati on Sunday.