Doug Gottlieb: âI would still to this day take Sam Darnold over Lamar Jackson â itâs the long-term play⌠If you want to tell me that Lamar Jackson is a good long-term play then youâre going to tell me that Cam Newton was a good long-term play too. Lamar is Cam without the attitude and arrogance. You have to be mobile but you also have to be able to throw and complete passes. He can do it on multiple platforms but he never throws outside the numbers⌠Unless they change the rules to where they canât hit you outside of the pocket, theyâre going to catch you and hit you. Cam was the biggest, strongest, and most athletic quarterback weâve ever seen and his body broke down at 30. Weâre supposed to expect Lamarâs to be different??â (Full Audio at Bottom of Page)
Listen to Doug Gottlieb explain to Colin Cowherd why he thinks New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold is the better long-term solution than Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, even though Jackson appears to be the crown jewel of a 2018 NFL Draft class that saw Jackson go 32nd overall, behind players the likes of Baker Mayfield (#1), Darnold (#3), Josh Allen (#7), and Josh Rosen (#10).
Even though Jackson is the heavy favorite to win the MVP in 2019, Gottlieb isnât buying into Jacksonâs potential as a guy who can dominate the league as a running quarterback for years to come.
Gottlieb presents the career of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, who at one point was the NFLâs best player and MVP-winner in 2015, only to later become an embattled impeding free agent at the age of 30, with extremely unsightly injury baggage in the eyes of owners and GMs.
Cam is 6â5â, 250+ pounds and one of the fastest and most powerful physical specimens in NFL history; if not even Superman himself canât remain upright, then how can a much smaller runner in Lamar Jackson last?
Check out the audio below as Gottlieb explains why Darnold has the better chance at a longer and more successful career.