Joe Flacco won a Super Bowl for Harbaugh and was the team's highly-paid franchise quarterback entering last season. Harbaugh found ways to implement Jackson into the offense slowly last year, until he decided on an official change.
Not only that, he changed the entire offensive scheme to tailor towards Jackson's strengths.
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| John Harbaugh has more confidence Jackson than Jim Harbaugh did with Colin Kaepernick. |
The culmination of a playoff appearance validated the decision but ultimately culminated in disaster and many had Harbaugh on the coaching hot seat.
Instead, Harbaugh stayed the course with the system and the faith in his QB.
Twice this year, Harbaugh has a called a time out with his special teams unit on the field to put the ball in Jackson's hands because his QB insisted they go for it.
This is the ultimate trust in your lead guy; usually reserved for guys like Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees...not a 2nd year QB.
Jackson's growth is impressive, but his ability to grow has been nurtured to near perfection due to coach Harbaugh.
