Lamar Jackson being graded so harshly is a testament to his greatness

At this point, the criticisms against Lamar Jackson are tiring. After the Ravens beat the Cincinnati on Sunday Night Football, Matt Hasselback was on SportsCenter talking about how Jackson needs to improve as a pocket passer.

Even though Jackson didn't have his best game, he was still criticized regardless of how well he played.

This is the first time in the history of the league that a player who has led the league in passing touchdown and had multiple games with a perfect passer rating has his passing game analyzed like this. The above is what he did in the last year. He's a lowly third in passing touchdown and sixth in passer rating.

The league has never seen a quarterback like this before. I could list off a number of imperfect statistics that make up a picture. Lamar Jackson is one of the top three quarterbacks.

He is definitely better than Kirk Cousins. Do you like that? Chris said on First Take a few weeks ago that he would take KirkCousins over Lamar in a big moment. I think I'm taking the bait because people on debate shows only say things like that to get a reaction. KirkCousins is 10-18 all-time in prime time.

Lamar Jackson improved to 11-5 in prime time on Sunday, his best regular season record. Jackson is 1-2 in the playoffs, though he did attempt 10 passes in one game. I think it is a bit of an indictment on Jackson that he has been in the league six years longer thanCousins, but he has a better playoff record as a starter.

Jackson has been playing his entire career without a top receiver. Mark is his target. One of the best players in the league is playing withCousins. He had to leave Minnesota as soon as he could.

The same way that white football players are always the first guy in and last to leave, Jackson has a racial element to his criticism.

Analysts are willing to give quarterbacks passes on things they don't want to give Jackson. He has never made the playoffs so no one criticizes his record. People still think he is a top-five quarterback. It's assumed that some people can do it on the biggest stage, while others can't.

I think the criticisms are a confession that he is good and that they are holding him to a higher standard because of it. Many other quarterbacks are not held to this standard by analysts. Daniel Jones is a dual-threat quarterback who doesn't get a lot of attention because he sucks. The best players have their games analyzed a lot.