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This is a strange scenario. Start with Lamar and his mother are the agents.

Then go to the Ravens who built their team around Lamar. He is their guy. He is the team leader. He won an MVP. He is unique as a player.

He is 41-17 as a starter. We have seen first hand what he can do. Because of what he can do as a runner and passer he scares defenses. He doesn't have a contract. DW, Murray, Allen have contracts.

He is another stat:

Lamar Jackson has a passer rating of 68.3 with 900 yards, 3 touchdowns and 5 interceptions in 4 games in the playoffs in his career. He is 1-3 in the post season with a 55.9 completion percentage.

The Ravens are in a spot and so is Lamar. He will get a giant contract at some point.

Lamar Jackson signed a 4 year, $9,471,648 contract with the Baltimore Ravens, including a $4,968,471 signing bonus, $7,575,059 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $2,367,912. In 2022, Jackson will earn a base salary of $23,016,000, while carrying a cap hit of $23,016,000 and a dead cap value of $23,016,000.

2023 he is UFA.

The Ravens almost have to pay him. They would have to remake their team and find a quarterback. Yet they may have doubts. Can Lamar win in the post season? In the playoffs Lamar's weakness has been exploited. Teams shut down the middle and force him to throw outside the numbers.

In the end IMO the Ravens pay him fair market value.

The book is out on LJ.

Watch the last 4 games he played last year before his ankle injury and his playoff games. Good defensive teams confuse and bewilder him - have to have the horses on D, though. Crowd the line and force him to make quick decisions - he shrinks.

High ankle sprain or any lower leg type injury which limits his mobility and he can't play, why, because his mobility is all he has.

"I hope the Ravens pay him and momma 400M." Could not agree more with that - literally hamstringing that organization for years to come...

Give him the money!!!!!

I heard a "quote" form Mike Brown the other day already stating the seed for Burrow to sign for a contract less than his talent would fairly earn. He said he would hope Burrow takes the attitude of Mahomes and signs for less so the team can be better. Sounds like he is prepping Joe B for a lowball come extension time. Burrow could be the type of kid to oblige, but no one wants to be played during a negotiation. The Bengals, until recently, have shied away form spending big on FAs and historically, IIRC , had a lot of cap space that went unspent.

I really haven't studied him like that. I have noticed that he does better against base and nickel and worse against dime coverages. I think he does better against Cover 2 and struggles more against man. Beyond that, I am not real sure. His offensive concept is really simple and that can hurt him at times. His WRs have been poor. But, I don't think Lamar is going to beat you by making quick reads and identifying weaknesses in coverages. That's not his strength.

Actually, I'm glad the Ravens are going to have to overpay for Lamar and other teams are going to continue to have to overpay for their qbs. We got our guy. Maybe not for this year, but we have a top-tier qb.

The best thing the league could do to help all the lesser players is to put a cap on what percentage of a team's annual payroll any single player can represent.

By default, this will force more money to roll down to more players.


Beyond that... I hope Lamar bleeds the Ravens dry.