Jaylinn Hawkins calls Lamar Jackson an electrifying force

New Baltimore Ravens safety Jaylinn Hawkins recently joined Kay Adams on the “Up and Adams” show, and the conversation turned to Lamar Jackson—both the challenge of facing him and the outside narrative that defenses may have started to figure him out.

Hawkins made it clear that, from a player's perspective, Jackson still presents a problem that doesn't have a clean answer once the play breaks down and he starts extending things beyond structure.

"Like I said, he could do it all. Like you just don't know what you going to get. Like you can be in coverage for like maybe four to maybe 10 seconds cuz he going to run around scramble and throw a bomb, you know? There's just so much he can do or you may have everybody covered and he can scramble from like 20 to 30 yards, you know, and he can extend the drive like he can just do everything. Like he's electrifying and he's a great player."

When it was suggested that teams may have “figured out” Jackson, Hawkins pushed back in a more measured way, leaning on the idea that opinion doesn't change what shows up on tape.

"That's I mean you just got to let people, you know, everybody gonna talk and say what they got to say. Um, you know, and everybody has their own opinions and I feel like the for the most thing, you just let the tape talk."

For Hawkins, the evaluation is ultimately straightforward—what matters most isn't the discourse around Jackson, but the reality of defending him snap after snap in live action.

This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: Jaylinn Hawkins praises Lamar Jackson’s game-changing style