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OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson doesn’t pal around with opposing quarterbacks. It’s nothing personal, he insists. He just doesn’t believe in getting close to players who share his goals and are standing in his way of achieving them.
But Jackson has long professed his respect for his Buffalo Bills counterpart, Josh Allen, and it was on full display about 7 1/2 months ago when the Ravens quarterback was forced to digest one of the most difficult losses of his career.
After a kneeldown ran off the final seconds of the Bills’ 27-25 victory over the Ravens in the AFC divisional playoff round, Allen and Jackson came together near the Baltimore sideline at Highmark Stadium. The two shared an extended embrace and some words of support.
