Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson had a tremendous game against the San Francisco 49ers last night and a tremendous season overall, but you might not know it from seeing one Fox NFL graphic.
At one point in yesterday’s game, Fox showed a graphic comparing Jackson to 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy. But there was a noticeable error in the passer rating number.
Fox listed Jackson as having a passer rating of just 69.5 rather than the real number of 96.5 on their graphic.
For many Ravens fans, this appeared to them to be a sign that Fox has an agenda against Jackson being in the MVP conversation.
Hey, ugh, FOX?
INCORRECT NUMBERS FOR LAMAR JACKSON’S PASSER RATING pic.twitter.com/57SBT12IHU
— Baltimore Beatdown (@BmoreBeatdown) December 26, 2023
“Don’t think it was an accident on their part. SMH,” one user replied.
“I wanna know what you’d have to do to actually have a 69.5% passer rating with a 66% completion rate,” another pointed out.
“They did that on purpose,” a third declared.
To put into perspective just how impossible it is for Jackson to have a number that low, Jets quarterback Zach Wilson had a rating of 73.8 on the season when he was benched with six touchdowns, seven interceptions and a completion rate of just 59-percent.
Fox got it wrong, there’s no doubt. But did they get it wrong on purpose?