Lamar Jackson could pull a Kobe Bryant.
The Baltimore Ravens star quarterback at the moment wears No. 8 and has executed since he entered the league – but when he has it his method, that is probably not the case for much longer.
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“If we win the Tremendous Bowl I’ll No. 1,” Jackson mentioned on The Lounge Podcast a few years in the past.
“I wish to go No. 1.
“That is my first quantity ever.
“My dad advised me to get No. 1 as a result of that is the perfect, you are the perfect, and that all the time caught with me.”
“I acquired No. 8 after I went to varsity after which my mother advised me that eight stands for brand new beginnings.
“So it is like dang, it is a new starting, so I stored eight…
“I wish to retire No. 8 and No. 1 and do this right here on the Ravens.
“I wish to win a Tremendous Bowl with No. 8 on, then come again and do the identical factor with No. 1 on.”
Identical to Bryant did with the Los Angeles Lakers, switching from his iconic No. 8 to his equally iconic No. 24, Jackson needs to retire each of his chosen numbers.
What he has executed whereas sporting No. 8 has already put him on the trail to the Corridor of Fame.
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Two MVP awards, with a 3rd wanting more and more like being on the way in which and a few All-Professional alternatives, Jackson has constructed fairly the resume.
The one factor lacking, is a hoop.
And if he is ready to seize that elusive title, then search for him to swap out the eight, for a one.
If the star quarterback decides to alter his quantity, he higher have ready forward of time, or else it can price Jackson thousands and thousands.
Earlier than the beginning of the 2021 season, when the league loosened their onerous rule on who can put on what numbers, they said that gamers who needed to alter numbers with the identical workforce needed to give at the least a 12 months’s discover.
If a 12 months’s discover is not given, the participant will likely be required to buy all unsold stock of their earlier jerseys.
And for a participant as fashionable as Jackson, that will price him thousands and thousands to purchase again all of the Baltimore No. 8 jerseys.
If Jackson is critical about altering his quantity, he certainly would have used that ‘loophole’ to guarantee himself he would not have to purchase again all of his outdated jerseys and let the league know what his intentions are inside the correct timeframe.
After a Wild Card win over AFC North rival Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday he’s three wins away from his first ever Tremendous Bowl title.
The one factor standing in his method, is a visit to Buffalo to face Josh Allen, after which what may probably be a rematch of final 12 months’s AFC Championship, between Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
If all goes in accordance with his plan, he’ll be rocking No. 1 subsequent season, with a hoop on his finger.
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