Lamar Jackson first burst onto the scene with his legs, juking out defenders and getting the scoring done himself on the ground. As entertaining as he is, he only started convincing some of his harshest critics of his status as a regular season winning machine by demonstrating more traditional quarterback traits like the 41/4 touchdown to interception ratio he posted last year with a stabilizing pocket presence. Tyler Linderbaum, the team’s ascending star at center, is already considered a candidate to look out for in the inaugural race for Protector of the Year, an award meant to recognize the NFL’s top blocker. “The Ravens needed to solidify the center spot after a few years of instability and received exactly what they wanted in Linderbaum, who was just a top-three player at the position, according to PFF, in only his third professional season,” Shook wrote.