supported me, but in the end, it was really me and Lamar, and we got it done."ĭeCosta: "We were trying to build the best team we could, and Lamar, in our mind, is the best quarterback in the league. That's what makes this place so special to work, and he's supported me, as did John, and as did Ozzie, Dick and Sashi, Nick and Pat, George and Joe. He would give me feedback and he would give me ideas and suggestions and different things if I asked, but he's really kind of hands off, which I appreciate. He's got a great perspective on negotiation and just basically on life, in general, the nature of people and various things. We're going to play that kind of football, and it's going to be great."ĭeCosta: "I think I'm blessed that Steve – I think John would say the same thing – Steve gives us a chance to do our jobs. So, I think he's going to throw when it's time to throw, and he's going to run when it's time to run. He saw it.' So, you trust that as a coach, and you allow – you don't let – you encourage him to play the way he plays. And then you go back, and you look at the tape and you're like, 'That's exactly what Lamar said. You'll ask him after a play, 'What did you see out there?,' and he'll say, 'Hey, I saw' – and he'll give you the names of players, where he saw them and in what spot, where our players were, and why he did what he did. He takes a big-picture view of the field. He doesn't necessarily see it in a connect-the-dots progression. I think Lamar is unique in the way he sees the field. When he feels like it's time – based on what he sees, nobody sees the field. So, 'Let's go be the best Lamar Jackson that God intended you to be.' So, when he feels like it's time to take off and run, he will. There's nobody like him, and there never will be as a player. That's your God-given gift,' like Lamar said. There's nobody that ever will play like you the way that you can do. You have a unique style because you are so unique.' To your point, 'There's nobody that plays like you. He plays – I say, sometimes we call it 'Lamar ball.' Right, Lamar? And I tell him all the time. There really is no conscious decisions along those lines in a sense that Lamar is a unique player. Lamar, you get asked it all the time too. I know it's something that we get asked all the time. Harbaugh: "That's really a great question. We always knew we would, but now it's official, and it's time to get to work." We're going to go out there and fight, and work to be the best team we can be. Mike Macdonald is sitting back there it's ramped up for the defense, too, right Mike? And Chris Horton for the special teams. This year is no exception, but I understand it's kind of ramped up a little bit. Like Lamar said, you go back to 2018 – that's all you think about, is being as good as you can in every single way. It has a chance to be a winning offense – that's what we always want to be. You probably got a sneak peak at it before, I'll bet, if I know you at all. Lamar is already looking at the playbook, even probably before. I think Mark is coming in next week or the week after he'll be in here. Nelson's in here working hard, the rest of the receivers. For Mother's Day, I don't know … I got her a gift already I think she's satisfied right now." (laughter) It's another stepping stone, if anything. Just from being in a place where we weren't before.
What was your other question? (Reporter: "What it means to your mother and your family to be rewarded in this way, and again, the Mother's Day plans.") (laughter)It means a lot to my family and myself.
I was like, 'Man, this woman's a superhero to me.' That was part of her influence right there. She wasn't like, 'Oh, I need this right here to pay my bills.' I never heard her complain about anything like that I just saw her go to work – wake up early in the morning – and go to work, come back late at night from working, or I'm dropping her off at work, stuff like that. Just seeing that, it was like, 'If she can do that, I can do anything.' She was raising four kids on her own, not asking for a handout, not reaching out to people. not wanting me to get a job, telling me to focus on football, and she would take care of everything else. Jackson: "Yes, she's a huge influence on my life, just by her raising the four of us – my younger brother and my two sisters, me being the oldest – just seeing how she grinded and worked without complaining.
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