If you bet on the Baltimore Ravens’ spread, moneyline, first-half spread, and first-half moneyline for each of their 105 regular-season games in the six and a half years before Lamar Jackson became starting quarterback in Week 10 of the 2018 season, you would’ve lost a considerable amount of money.
To be exact: If you put $100 on each of those bets for those 105 games, you would’ve lost nearly $2,500, an ROI of about -10%.
But if you did that and persisted with the same four weekly $100 bets through the next four and a half seasons when Jackson was the starting quarterback, the two-time All-Pro and 2019 NFL MVP would’ve eradicated your losses and then some.
While Jackson was only slightly above average against the spread in 61 regular-season starts from 2018-22 – his ATS winning percentage of .525 and ROI of +3.1% ranked 14th among quarterbacks with at least 20 starts – he was sensational against the moneyline, first-half spread, and first-half moneyline.
Moneyline: 45-16 (.738) for an ROI of +11.9%
First-Half Spread: 37-22-2 (.627) for an ROI of +21.1%
First-Half Moneyline: 43-14-3 (.741) for an ROI of +14.1%
In just 61 career regular-season starts, Jackson recouped the approximately $2,500 in losses from the Ravens’ previous 105 regular-season games and delivered more than $500 in profit.
If Jackson is truly leaving Baltimore, he’ll leave behind a damn good mark in NFL betting.
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