Ravens' Lamar Jackson reveals perfect nickname for Justin Madubuike
Justin Madubuike made history during the Baltimore Ravens’ road win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. Madubuike put the finishing touches on Baltimore’s convincing win on the day during the fourth quarter. The fourth-year defensive tackle brought down Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence to up his sack total on the year to 12.0. Madubuike also forced […]
Justin Madubuike made history during the Baltimore Ravens’ road win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
Madubuike put the finishing touches on Baltimore’s convincing win on the day during the fourth quarter. The fourth-year defensive tackle brought down Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence to up his sack total on the year to 12.0.
Madubuike also forced a fumble on the play, and Ravens linebacker Patrick Queen went on to recover the loose football.
With the sack, Madubuike tied the NFL record for the most consecutive games (11) with at least 0.5 sacks.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson continues to be left in awe of Madubuike — a player in whom he sees a bit of Aaron Donald in.
"I call him ‘Baby Aaron Donald,’ he be doing his thing," Jackson told NBC Sports’ Melissa Stark after the game.
Jackson also joked with Stark that Madubuike owes him "some money," and the former Texas A&M standout revealed that it is because "he [Jackson] pushed me to be great."
As with Jackson, Donald himself has been much impressed with Madubuike’s breakout season.
"He trained with me," Donald said during a press conference on Wednesday. "He came to Pittsburgh and trained with me like three years ago. He is having a good year, a productive year, getting after the quarterback. … But he's grown into a nice young defensive tackle, starting to come into his own.
"So hopefully he keeps doing it, keeps having more success."
Madubuike leads the Ravens in both sacks (12.0) and tackles for loss (11) this season.
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Impressive feat.
