Ravens' Lamar Jackson doing Michael Vick-like things, only better than Michael Vick

Vinnie Iyer

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Lamar Jackson is officially the best running quarterback the modern NFL game has ever seen. Well, almost officially. And he's a darn good passing quarterback, too.

Jackson put up a perfect passer rating (158.3) for the Ravens in Sunday's 49-10 rout of the Bengals in only three quarters of action (15 of 17, 223 yards, three touchdowns). He became the second quarterback to do that in two games in a single season, following his destruction of the Dolphins in Week 1. But of course, he still stole the show with his prolific and dazzling rushing.

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Jackson ran for "only" 65 yards on seven attempts, but his highlight was a 47-yard video-game burst to the end zone to put Cincinnati away in the second half. He zoomed past the Bengals' defense on every level and spun around it all the way for a touchdown in the most impressive dash of his two-year career.

In other words, it was the Michael Vick Experience — call it the Lamar Jackson Action.

Consider the first time Jackson ran on the Bengals this season: He rumbled for 152 yards on 19 carries. He's now up to 702 yards rushing in nine games. That's an average of 78 yards per game, putting him on pace now for 1,248 rushing yards. Vick set the quarterback record with 1,039 rushing yards while with the Falcons in 2006. Jackson would take care of that mark in only 14 games based on his rate of production.

The only sad thing is that Lamar Jackson won't be playing the Bengals for a third time this season.

Vinnie Iyer

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Vinnie Iyer, has been with TSN since 1999, not long after graduating from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He has produced NFL content for more than 20 years, turning his attention to full-time writing in 2007. A native of St. Louis, Mo. but now a long-time resident of Charlotte, N.C. Vinnie’s top two professional sports teams are Cardinals and Blues, but he also carries purple pride for all things Northwestern Wildcats. He covers every aspect of the NFL for TSN including player evaluations, gambling and fantasy football, where he is a key contributor. Vinnie represents TSN as host of the “Locked On Fantasy Football” podcast on the Locked On network. Over his many years at TSN, he’s also written about MLB, NBA, NASCAR, college football, tennis, horse racing, film and television. His can’t-miss program remains “Jeopardy!”, where he was once a three-day champion and he is still avid about crossword puzzles and trivia games. When not watching sports or his favorite game show, Vinnie is probably watching a DC, Marvel or Star Wars-related TV or movie.