When Lamar Jackson entered the league, pundits questioned whether his hybrid style would make him injury prone.

Jackson's ability to dodge big hits on the run proved that wrong, and this season is further proof. Jackson is running less and hurting more.

Running at the lowest rate of his NFL career, Jackson has taken as many sacks (23) through seven games this season as he did all of last year. When a reporter informed him of that statistic Thursday, Jackson recoiled in surprise.

"I'm gonna have to talk to my offensive line about that," Jackson said with a grin.

"I mean, it's part of football. You know, sometimes guys will get you, sometimes they won't. Like I said, I'm going to talk to my guys about that. They probably ain't going to like that though. You guys [are] telling me it's 23

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