Lamar Jackson reacts to Tom Brady and Peyton Manning naming him a Top 5 active quarterback

Over the weekend at Fanatics Fest, legendary quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning were interviewed and asked who their top five active quarterbacks are. Both named Baltimore Ravens two-time MVP Lamar Jackson.

“Lamar Jackson does things that just don’t seem possible with the football in his hands. He makes throws, he runs and he’s smart about — he protects himself, too,” Manning said. “Look, I never could run, so I never had that problem. The thing we were talking about earlier, quarterbacks that like to run, you still got to find a way to get out of bounds or get down and be there on the next play and not get hurt. Defenses — if the quarterback gets hurt, they’re probably going to win that game. So, I love the way Lamar carries himself. I think he’ll have a great year this year.”

“Lamar Jackson always impresses me as a player,” Brady said.

After practice on Monday, Jackson was asked his reaction to two of the games’ best ever showing him love.

“That’s crazy. That’s dope, especially coming from those guys,” Jackson said. “Those [are] guys who [are] on top of the Mount Rushmore [of quarterbacks] right now, for me at least. That’s great – that’s great to hear that from the GOATs.”

Brady’s never been shy to give Jackson praise. During his first retirement, Brady said Jackson is “next.”