Dez Bryant Defends Lamar Jackson, Calls Out Ravens

Lamar Jackson has proven a ton of people wrong since entering the league in 2018. But in a weird way, his MVP-winning sophomore season actually kind of worked against him in 2020, as many fans and analysts were hoping he'd make an even bigger leap, particularly as a passer.

That never materialized. Jackson was fine, if a tad underwhelming, in that regard last season, throwing for 2,757 yards and 26 touchdowns to 9 interceptions.

Dez Bryant, who played with the Baltimore Ravens in 2020, decided to defend his quarterback and called out the organization in the process.

All of this Lamar hate is starting to get on my nerves....just know I got to see first hand what he have to deal with.. him being able to play QB is far from the issue..
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) March 20, 2021

While it's unclear who or what Dez is blaming, he's definitively saying Lamar is not the problem. That has to be music to Ravens fans' ears.

Taking an educated guess here, it's not too farfetched to think that the "issue" Dez highlighted is offensive coordinator Greg Roman.

Roman has done excellent work with mobile QBs in the past, particularly Jackson and Collin Kaepernick, but his offenses never seem to do much in the passing game. In fact, in Roman's eight seasons as an offensive coordinator, his teams have never ranked higher than 29th in pass attempts, or 23rd in passing yards.

His offenses have been bottom two in pass attempts in seven of his eight seasons as an OC. They've also finished bottom five in passing yards in six of those eight years.

Plenty of analysts around the league have also criticized the way Roman schemes up the passing game this offseason.

Steve Smith calls out Ravens’ route combinations for being “elementary” and believes offensive coordinator Greg Roman needs to go elsewhere.

"My 6 year old, who is asleep right now, can probably run this offense as well.”
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— Jamison Hensley (@jamisonhensley) January 17, 2021

While we can't definitively say that Dez believes Roman is the problem, the OC's history in the passing game doesn't exactly inspire much confidence.

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