Sharpe places Jalen Hurts fifth among NFL quarterbacks, refusing to drop him out of his top five/top ten. He also predicts Lamar Jackson will become the NFL's highest-paid player, exceeding Josh Allen's deal, and calls Jackson one of the three best quarterbacks in the league. He picks prime LaDainian Tomlinson over prime Adrian Peterson and says Miami-era LeBron was LeBron's peak.

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• Positional FinishesJul 21, 2025

  “He one of the three best quarterbacks in the NFL.”

  Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
  How this was scored

  skill:

  0

  player:

  Lamar Jackson

  season:

  2025

  zero at:

  12

  accuracy:

  0

  baseline:

  0

  position:

  QB

  ranked by:

  passing yards

  difficulty:

  2

  naive basis:

  where he finished last season

  weeks in the season:

  18

  naive finish:

  6

  actual finish:

  23

  weeks left when called:

  18

  predicted finish:

  3

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• Positional FinishesJul 21, 2025

  “I don't think I would he's five. If you say he's top five, he's five... I'm not getting him out of the top five”

  Scored 8.33a naive guess scored 66.67-116.67 skill
  How this was scored

  skill:

  -116.67

  player:

  Jalen Hurts

  season:

  2025

  zero at:

  12

  accuracy:

  8.33

  baseline:

  66.67

  position:

  QB

  ranked by:

  passing yards

  difficulty:

  2

  naive basis:

  where he finished last season

  weeks in the season:

  18

  naive finish:

  20

  actual finish:

  16

  weeks left when called:

  18

  predicted finish:

  5

  Think this is wrong?