Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson finally breaks his silence on his fall from no. 2 in the NFL top 100 players ranking in 2025 to No. 69 in 2026. His injuries and drop in stats added to the dip, but despite that, the rankings didn’t sit well with Ravens fans. However, Jackson isn’t letting the fall affect him and is focusing on the coming season.

“I was cool with it. I really didn’t care,” Jackson said on “The Lounge” podcast ahead of Ravens training camp. “I play football. I don’t really care about where people are ranking me. I don’t look for the noise. It finds me.”

Many fans criticized Lamar Jackson’s No. 69 ranking on social media, saying he deserved to be much higher. New Ravens head coach Jesse Minter also strongly disagreed with the ranking and even sent Jackson a text about it.

“Look, there may not even be one other player in the league better than Lamar, let alone 68 players in the league better than Lamar,” Minter said on The Lounge podcast.

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He also explained why he thinks Lamar Jackson’s rankings dropped this far.

“When you have one year where he dealt with a little bit of injury and the team [missed the playoffs], certain players, they hold onto that and certain players, they give them the benefit of the doubt,” Minter said. “This guy is a multi-MVP winner, has transcended the quarterback position. He knows how I feel about him.”

Injuries limited him to just 13 games. He missed four games because of a hamstring injury, a back contusion, and minor ankle, knee, and toe injuries, which reduced both his playing time and his performance. He finished the 2025 season with 2,549 passing yards, 21 touchdown passes, seven interceptions, and a career-low 349 rushing yards with two rushing touchdowns. He also posted a 105.8 passer rating and completed 63.5% of his passes.

In comparison, in the 2024 season he threw for 4,172 passing yards, 41 touchdowns, and only four interceptions while adding 915 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns. He also finished the season with a 119.6 passer rating and a 66.7% completion percentage. This was a major drop from the previous year.

Now, after an injury-filled season and a major drop in the NFL Top 100 rankings, Lamar Jackson is healthy and ready to return for the 2026 season. The Ravens also have a new offensive coordinator, Declan Doyle, and Jackson said he enjoyed learning the new offensive system during spring practices.

With a fresh start, improved health, and a new scheme, all eyes will be on Jackson to see if he can bounce back and remind everyone why he is one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks.