Lamar Jackson

Will the Ravens end up using the franchise tag? Is a trade possible at some point? Taking a look at the biggest questions surrounding Jackson.

Huntley, 24, is a restricted free agent next offseason, so the Ravens have to make a decision on him, as well. [a Jackson tweet](https://twitter.com/Lj_era8/status/1564353473772244992?s=20&t=vLMe5x2nXnDeYf918Uoz-A), the Ravens haven't offered him $250 million guaranteed. This offseason, the Broncos traded two first-round picks and two second-rounders to the Seahawks to acquire 33-year-old Russell Wilson. Prescott eventually signed a long-term extension with the Cowboys while Cousins hit free agency and signed a landmark deal with the [Minnesota Vikings](/nfl/team/_/name/min/minnesota-vikings). The Ravens would only consider dealing Jackson if they felt there was zero chance of finalizing a long-term deal. After Flacco led the Ravens to a Super Bowl win, the team signed him to a record-setting deal 25 days later (and three days before the tag deadline). And the Cowboys still gave him a four-year, $160 million contract the next offseason. The biggest concern is Jackson's style of play, which includes breaking long runs and eluding pass-rushers. Jackson is guaranteed $23.016 million this season under his fifth-year option. March 7 is the deadline for teams to use the franchise tag. When Jackson fires a game-winning touchdown pass, the reaction will include how he increased his value and how the Ravens dropped the ball by not getting an extension done. It has happened in 17 of the last 19 seasons, including last year when the

Back in June, when Lamar Jackson finally addressed the mystery surrounding his languishing contract talks with the Baltimore Ravens, he suggested the most ...

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Ravens QB enters 2022 season without long-term deal after contract talks come to end.

Balancing the past with the future is the major factor when paying a quarterback. We will continue to work towards a long-term contract after the season, but for now, we are looking forward to a successful 2022 campaign.” If the Ravens can’t meet his demands, someone else will gladly find a few Brinks trucks to make him happy. A long-term deal with Jackson is expected to break records, either in guaranteed money or yearly salary. The odd part about the negotiations is Jackson’s lack of an agent. The Louisville alum desires to focus on the season, tabling any contract talks to after the end of the year.

Speaking about the contract situation later Friday afternoon, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh ensured Jackson will still be with the Ravens past this season.

Jackson is the fastest quarterback in league history to reach 5,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards (35 games), and his 10 100-yard rushing games are tied with Michael Vick for the most in league history. His five games with 200 passing yards and 100 rushing yards are the most in league history. He has completed 64.2% of his passes for 9,880 yards with 83 touchdowns to 31 interceptions (98.0 rating) since becoming the Ravens' starter -- all while rushing for 3,564 yards and 20 touchdowns. Jackson is also the first quarterback in Baltimore is 37-12 in Jackson's starts since Jackson became the starting quarterback in Week 11 of the 2018 season. Just because the two sides failed to reach an extension, doesn't mean talk between the Ravens and Jackson are extinguished.

Baltimore general manager Eric DeCosta says the Ravens and Lamar Jackson still haven't agreed on a contract extension and will keep working on it after the ...

“I said at the beginning that it will happen when it’s time, and when it’s time, it will happen. The non-exclusive franchise tag for quarterbacks this past offseason carried a price tag of just under $30 million. At times in 2021, he looked like the player who was the league's MVP two years earlier. He and the team have avoided any real public acrimony through this process. Jackson had said Friday was his deadline for a new deal, and he'd be pausing talks after that with the season about to start. We will continue to work towards a long-term contract after the season, but for now we are looking forward to a successful 2022 campaign.”

Without an agreement on an extension, former NFL MVP Lamar Jackson is set to play this season on the final year of his current contract.

[attempting to rebound](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/09/07/baltimore-ravens-lamar-jackson/?itid=lk_inline_manual_29) from an 8-9 season in which they lost their final six games and missed the AFC playoffs. A person familiar with the situation expressed the view this week that it would take a dramatic last-minute shift in the negotiations for Jackson and the Ravens to reach an agreement this week. They need a bounce-back season from Jackson, who was plagued by injuries and was limited to 12 games last season. Ravens Coach John Harbaugh said he hasn’t been directly involved in the negotiations. Jackson is handling the negotiations himself with help from his mother and input from the NFL Players Association. [at a news conference](https://twitter.com/Ravens/status/1568284751252914181) Friday at the Ravens’ training facility in Owings Mills, Md. There had been skepticism all week about the prospects for the two sides to strike a deal this week. We will continue to work towards a long-term contract after the season, but for now we are looking forward to a successful 2022 campaign.” Jackson had suggested that he would cut off negotiations by the season opener. But the Ravens would have the right to retain him by matching any offer, and the right to receive two first-round draft choices as compensation from Jackson’s next team if they allow him to leave. It would allow Jackson to negotiate with other teams and potentially sign an offer sheet with another franchise. “We greatly appreciate how he has handled this process and we are excited about our team with Lamar leading the way.

As it stands right now Jackson will play out 2022, and is set to become a free agent. Obviously nobody expects the quarterback will ever hit free agency, with ...

Not knowing what Jackson will cost harms the ability to extend other positions and look ahead at cap space, because the top of the cap is unknown. We don’t know for sure what he’s looking for, but it’s said to be in the realm of what Watson got from the Keeping any doubt that he’ll be back in 2023 damages the fanbase, morale, and the entire organization. The concept of putting big guaranteed money in NFL contracts is a fairly recent phenomenon, and negotiating quarterback contracts are exacerbated by deals like Deshaun Watson’s and Russell Wilson’s, which will give the player $230M and $124M guaranteed, respectively. Essentially that it’s best to keep drafting quarterbacks and have them play on a rookie deal, opening up the rest of your salary cap. The possibility also remains that the team will use its franchise tag on Jackson in 2023, similar to how Dak Prescott was tagged by the Cowboys in 2020 and 2021, prior to inking an extension.

Dual threat game recognizes game. The Los Angeles Angels did an NFL jersey theme for their latest road trip to celebrate Week 1 of the NFL season and ...

Unanimous MVP recognizes unanimous MVP. It's easy to see why Shohei Ohtani is enamored of Lamar Jackson's playstyle.

Ohtani wore Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens uni, much to the chagrin of those who religiously follow both baseball and football. Of course, Ohtani is It’s a tale old as time; there’s just nothing that beats the respect you have for a peer of comparable stature and achievement.

Now we appear to know Shohei Ohtani's NFL player of choice.

Gallup is in the process of attempting to return from a Week 17 ACL tear suffered in January of this year. With Cooper out of the picture this year, Gallup is likely itching to reprise his role as a No. Tony Ferguson’s UFC career is on the line UFC 279 is a very important night in the career of Tony Ferguson. Add in the uncertainty at running back with Ezekiell Elliott and Tony Pollard splitting time and a lot is going to fall on Prescott to keep the machine running. Guerrero doubled with two out in the third and Bichette hit his 23rd homer of the season. Jose Leclerc (0-2) allowed a leadoff walk to Raimel Tapia in the ninth, Tapia stole second, took third on a flyout and scored on Jansen's single. It would be a fifth straight loss, in a new weight class, and against a fighter not on the level of the former champions and title contenders “El Cucuy” fell to in his previous bouts. The proof is that he is in his first PPV main event and in a very favorable matchup against a superstar talent. Diaz will be competing in Las Vegas in the final fight on his contract, and the 37-year-old has not been subtle about his desire to escape the shackles of his UFC deal. The Bills shared on Friday that McKenzie was doing a gender reveal for his sister, who is expecting and who was enjoying a gathering with loved ones during Thursday's game. This is a bit of a blind take, but we're thinking Jones will pick up a few chunk runs against the Titans, and we have a reasonable line to cross for the Giants quarterback. Baltimore Ravens @ New York Jets Spread: Baltimore -7 Total: 44 points Joe Flacco will be getting the start against his former team in the place of the injured Zach Wilson, and if this was a homecoming game in Baltimore we might take the Jets.

The Baltimore Ravens and quarterback Lamar Jackson failed to agree on a long-term extension before Friday's deadline.

It appears as if the quarterback and the team are fully focused on football, with many fully expecting a bounce-back season from a team that was hit extremely hard with injuries in 2021. On Friday, Baltimore released a statement from general manager Eric DeCosta about the situation, saying that the team and Jackson weren’t able to agree on a long-term contract despite the best effort on both sides. The Baltimore Ravens have seen plenty of storylines develop over their 2022 season for the entirety of the offseason.

The Ravens and franchise quarterback Lamar Jackson have failed to reach an agreement on a new contract, the team announced Friday.

The gap in guaranteed money between Watson and the second-highest-paid quarterback, [Kyler Murray](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917315/kyler-murray) of the [Arizona Cardinals](/nfl/team/_/name/ari/arizona-cardinals), is $40.5 million. That year, Flacco led the Ravens to a Super Bowl title and then became the highest-paid player in the NFL the following offseason. He was the unanimous NFL MVP in 2019. If the sides are unable to reach a new deal by March 7, Baltimore would have to place the franchise tag on Jackson to keep him from becoming a free agent. On Wednesday, he indicated that Friday would be the cutoff. "Despite best efforts on both sides, we were unable to reach a contract extension with Lamar Jackson," Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said in a statement.

Joe Flacco "bet" on himself during his final contract year with the Ravens and won a Super Bowl. Lamar Jackson is also betting on himself rolling into the ...

"I said at the beginning that it will happen when it’s time, and when it’s time, it will happen. "I was confident in the player that I was, what was going on in that time, and what it all is. Jackson cut off negotiations with the Ravens on Friday, Sept. He and I talked about it yesterday a little bit, like, ‘Hey, man, let’s go be our best, and go focus on football.’ That’s what he’s been doing all along, so I know nothing will change with that. He's confident in the player that he is. He's going to be that player and all that.

It's generally believed that Jackson wanted a fully-guaranteed contract, primarily since Watson got one. It's not an unreasonable position for Jackson to take.

Because Jackson has not said much to anyone about the process, it’s fair to wonder where and from whom he has received his advice. Here’s hoping he did it with a full understanding and appreciation of the ramifications of passing on Door No. Given the deals they’ve done in recent years with key players, it’s fair to assume that the Ravens put together a package that, while not fully-guaranteed, became a strong alternative to [Kyler Murray](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player/49841/kyler-murray) and [Russell Wilson](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player/11668/russell-wilson) deals) suggest that the Watson contract was an aberration. Unless Jackson is planning a power play, such as demanding a trade after the 2022 season, the choice came down to Door No. What if the NFLPA, in any advice it gave to Jackson, was trying to advance that agenda in lieu of considering the actual best interests of Jackson? Off-field issues notwithstanding, he: (1) forced a trade from Houston; (2) managed to get four teams to the table in an effort to land his services; (3) eliminated the Browns from consideration after they’d burned the bridge with [Baker Mayfield](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player/1873/baker-mayfield); and (4) witnessed a desperate Browns franchise make Watson an offer he couldn’t refuse, in the form of a fully-guaranteed deal. It’s another reason why Jackson needs an agent who would have explained the situation to him. Jackson, unless he jostles to be traded after the 2023 season, won’t be able to create the same kind of rush for his services. It’s fairly clear that the Watson contract played a huge role in keeping the Ravens and Jackson from getting something done. Jackson, given his playing style, may not be the same player after three more years of regularly running the ball and taking hits. Jackson has been a model citizen for the Ravens away from the field.

Lamar Jackson isn't that much lighter than Josh Allen anymore. The Ravens have been cautious the whole way with returning injured players.

Odafe Oweh knows there's obvious history between the Ravens and Flacco, but he said his sole focus Sunday is to sack the quarterback. Another reunion that has flown under the radar this week is going against C.J. Many expect Flacco will let it rip Sunday against the Ravens, but we've all seen his proclivity for check-downs as well. That's George Fant this week after the Jets lost two starters (Mekhi Becton and Duane Brown) to injuries. We don't get a glimpse into the back room for rehabs, but it's grueling. The Ravens have been down this road before with Joe Flacco.