Ravens GM reveals Lamar Jackson is ready to put the league on notice in a massive way

General Manager Eric DeCosta wants everyone to know this season will be different.

And he doesn't mean just for the Baltimore Ravens. He also means it for star quarterback Lamar Jackson.

After laying claim to another MVP award, Jackson appears to have his mind on more loftier awards: A championship.

"What I've noticed about Lamar really is more of an intangible thing, his urgency," DeCosta said, via the Baltimore Ravens' official website . "As a leader, his urgency with the other players. He's just really in tune with the other players, every single day in practice. He's so engaged with the coaches, he's engaged with his teammates.

"He's engaged with me, we talk personnel, we meet after practice. Just the other day talking about personnel. He's got some great ideas and suggestions. He just really wants to win badly. I'm seeing that. As a player I've always known that, but now I'm seeing his personality kind of come out more. I can really get a sense that this guy is so hyper-focused on this season, and really working to get a ring."

Jackson hears the whispers and criticism. He may not let it define him, but the 27-year-old quarterback knows to be in the Galaxy of the Greats, he has to win.

"But on that field, they're seeing another side of me," Jackson said on The Lounge podcast. "I'm hungry. So, everybody's got to be hungry.

"You've got to do it while you're young because when you're older, there's going to be younger cats, younger than you coming in and they're going to be hungry too because they want to win the Super Bowl as well. That's why I'm on the guys more now."

That is all the Ravens need – an engaged Jackson with everything to gain from winning big in the 2024 season.