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Lamar Jackson’s greatness is apparently still under debate.

After he passed for a league-high 36 touchdowns and shattered Michael Vick’s rushing record for a quarterback, three voters opted not to name Jackson as the league’s best signal caller for this season.

One of those voters has now been identified by Pro Football Talk as former Colts executive Bill Polian, who infamously said before the 2018 NFL draft that Jackson should enter the league as a wide receiver, not a quarterback.

“I was wrong, because I used the old, traditional quarterback standard with him, which is clearly why John Harbaugh and Ozzie Newsome were more prescient than I was,” he told USA Today in November.

Still, Polian was one of three voters to put the Seahawks’ Russell Wilson on their ballot. The other two, according to the report, are Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller, who Polian now works with at SiriusXM.

Despite Polian’s voting choice, Jackson was still easily named a first-team All-Pro: He received 47 of 50 votes, the other three going to the Seahawks’ Russell Wilson.

In just his second season, Jackson rushed for a mind-boggling 1,206 yards and led the Ravens to a 14-2 record and the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC playoff bracket. The presumptive MVP also led the league in QBR (81.1) and finished in the top 10 for completion percentage (66.1) and interception percentage (1.5).

Wilson enjoyed a stellar season, tossing for 4,110 yards and 31 touchdowns to lift an injury-depleted Seattle team to 11 wins and a playoff berth.

Elsewhere, the Jets’ Jamal Adams was voted to the first team, and Gang Green punt returner Braxton Berrios received one vote.

No New York Giants received any votes.

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