 if you look up the definition of temptation, it says the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise. Ian Rappaport, he just put out a story, and this must be a really big story because he said that it's from him, Tom Pelicero, and Mike Garoflo, that they all work together on this one story about Lamar Jackson. But let's read the report. He said, could the Ravens trade QB Lamar Jackson after he receives the franchise tag? A windfall of draft picks could tempt Baltimore to consider a deal. Now, before we even look at it, you see the word? That's why we looked up the definition. So y'all would have a clear, so we all would have a clear understanding of exactly what it meant. And just to run it back, temptation means the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise. The Baltimore Ravens trading Lamar Jackson would be wrong and unwise. It would not be a smart decision, but Ian Rappaport, he wasn't lying with the headline of this article. This is something that we've talked about on here too. Now, of course, none of us know what's going on with contract negotiations. None of us have the slightest clue. So the only thing we can base our assumptions on is the history of the people who are in negotiations right now. Now, with this being Lamar Jackson's first second contract, we don't know his history when it comes to negotiating, but with the Baltimore Ravens, we know theirs. And we know the Baltimore Ravens that that word that if you've been a Ravens fan for a while, you probably learned this word from watching Ravens football and hearing people talk about the Ravens, the Ravens covet draft picks. You know, I never heard that word anywhere else before, ever, the word covet. But anyway, so we know that it is a real possibility. Like if somebody flashed enough draft picks in the Ravens' face, Ravens was like, I love it, give me that. But would it be enough to move on from Lamar Jackson? That's the question. Let's read the article. It says, straight Lamar Jackson, Ravens plan to tag and keep the QB, but could be tempted by a big trade offer. The Baltimore Ravens will place the franchise tag on quarterback Lamar Jackson if decides cannot agree to a long-term deal in the coming weeks. And there is a possibility other teams will attempt Baltimore to trade the former NFL MVP for a win-fall of draft picks per sources. Okay, nothing new there. But anyway, continuing, Jackson 26 played out his rookie deal this past season and is unsigned for the 2023 season and is seizing any press conference. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said there was a 200% chance. Harbaugh, you ain't just say 100%, boy said 200% chance that Jackson stays in Baltimore and general manager Eric DeCosta said they were excited to restart negotiations even after Jackson missed the end of a second consecutive season because of injury. So still, nothing new here. So let's keep going. But Jackson's desire for more fully guaranteed money in line with DeSean Watson's five-year, $230 million fully guaranteed contract with the Browns has kept the sides from striking a deal. Despite Baltimore making multiple offers near the top of the QB market in key metrics. Now, that part in key metrics, I would assume those key metrics are average per year. I would assume those key metrics are maybe signing bonus. I would assume those key metrics are guaranteed money and maybe the guaranteed money could be high. It may not be as high as Lamont wants it to be, but it gotta be high, right? Right? I mean, I'm sure Ravens will give him a significant offer, right? Anyway, we don't know. Continuing, they said, if the sides don't come to terms on a long-term deal before the March 7 tag deadline, the likelihood is still that Jackson plays in Baltimore yet. There are multiple ways Jackson could end up playing elsewhere in 2023. Other Ravens could tag Lamont Jackson and explore options for a trade with surely no shortage of suitors for one of the NFL's most dynamic talents. Jackson would effectively have veto power over his destination. Since he needs to sign the franchise, tender to complete the deal and any team giving up the level of compensation would want to work out a contract. So that's something right there. Ian Rappaport or Tom Pellecero or Mike Garafalo, whoever wrote this part of the article, they're letting it be known like, hey, Lamont would have to say so on where he's dealt because say, for instance, just as an example, say, for instance, the Ravens traded them to the Lions and they came up with a deal that he could get traded to the Lions and they got all these draft picks, da-da-da-da. And Lamont said, nope, I don't wanna go there. I'm not signing that franchise tag. Nothing happens with the trade. It cannot be done. The only way the trade could go through is if Lamont Jackson signed a franchise tag, he has to give the final okay on it. So Ravens could come up with all the compensation from whatever team. They could get all the first round draft picks, second round, third round, whatever. They can get all of that. But if Lamont doesn't sign a franchise tag, it's null and void. Continuing is that if Baltimore places the non-exclusive franchise tag, worth 32.416 mil on Lamont, that would allow him to negotiate a contract with another team. If the Ravens don't match, they'd get two first round picks as compensation and Jackson will get a new home. So yeah, we did a video explaining the different kinds of franchise tags. It's the exclusive tag, it's the non-exclusive tag, and it's the transition tag. Now, this is talking about the non-exclusive tag and they did explain it, but we'll just do a quick recap. If the Ravens were able to place the non-exclusive franchise tag on Lamont Jackson, then he can negotiate with other teams and the Ravens would have an opportunity. If he came up with a contract agreement with another team, the Ravens would have an opportunity to match that offer. Or if they didn't want to match the offer, they say, okay, well, all right, thanks Lamont for everything, but we'll take the two first round draft picks from the other team. Now, I don't anticipate them placing a non-exclusive franchise tag, because if they did that, then they wouldn't be able to dictate what type of compensation they got if they made the poor decision of trading Lamont Jackson. But anyway, continuing. It says the non-exclusive tag could also potentially allow the Ravens to keep Jackson for the long haul while letting another team negotiate that long-term deal, which Baltimore then could match. Okay, I guess I should have kept reading. The more expensive exclusive franchise tag will prevent Jackson from negotiating with another team. The situation has been years in the making. Yes, it has been. And if he would have talked to me a couple of years ago, I would have never thought it would get to this point. I didn't. I did not think it would get to this point. But as stuff continued to be drawn out and there was no conclusion, nothing happened, it's just become more and more clear that this thing could possibly get uglier. Anyway, continuing. It says the situation has been years in the making as Jackson who doesn't have an agent and has his mother serving as an advisor. Jackson is his own agent. Gotta make sure that's clear. Anyway, he played for just 1.77 million in 2021 and on his 23.016 million fifth year option in 2022. He missed five games in 2021, including the last four because of a bone bruise in his ankle and the last six games this past season, including a wild card playoff loss to Cincinnati because of what he tweeted last month was a grade two PCL sprain in his knee. Wow, and that's a shame that that part of the article got to get put in there. And they didn't lie. He did tweet that. He let it be known, but the fact was that he let it be known. That's your team supposed to be letting that be known. But this whole, oh, well, we want to have a competitive advantage. We're not going to tell about injuries and whatnot. We're going to make the other team game plan for two different quarterbacks. And the team, they allow Lamar's name to be dragged through the mud, drug through the mud, whatever the time is, dragged through the mud. Y'all get what I'm saying. They allow Lamar's name to be slandered. They allow Lamar Jackson to be talked about as if he is a bad teammate. And if we know anything about Lamar Jackson, especially over these past four or five years, we know that that's the exact opposite of the truth. But while people were talking about, oh, Lamar's out. He's probably sitting out because of contract this, that, and the third. Raven didn't say anything for a long time. They didn't say a word. And hardball continued to get up there. Oh, well, he's weak to weak. Oh, we can't rule him out. So he gave the impression to the public, like, okay, Lamar could come back any day now. But we saw what happened. Anyway, continuing, it says if Jackson would have played on the tag with Baltimore in 2023, the Ravens could tag him again in 2024 and potentially a third time in 2025 through a third tag would be virtually cost prohibitive. That means that Jackson is at least two years away from having the type of leverage that Kirk Cousins had to get his three year $84 million fully guaranteed deal from Minnesota. Watson also had rare leverage last year in spite of allegations of sexual misconduct because the Texans allowed him to negotiate with several teams that had agreed to trade terms before Watson agreed to go to Cleveland when they ripped up his existing deal for a guaranteed, a new guaranteed, that's still crazy to me how that happened last year. I just, and I know it was allegations. So I can't speak on that cause I don't know what it was, what happened. But the fact that he's like, he got a record breaking deal despite having all of that going on, that is still insane to me. And it will never not be insane to me. But anyway, said it also comes at a time of transition for the Ravens who parted ways with offensive coordinator Greg Roman. After the season, hardball said Jackson would be involved in the process of selecting the next OC. Those sources say he has not had direct communication with any candidates. The Ravens have yet to make a hire and are interested in speaking with Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bienymy in the coming days. And yes, with the Super Bowl being tomorrow, I think Raven's offensive coordinator search could come to a conclusion maybe this week, maybe this week, because that will be the end of football, at least on the field after tomorrow night's game between the Chiefs and the Eagles. So yeah, this article, interesting article. Nothing new, all stuff that we've gone over already, all stuff that y'all know already. So again, anything's possible till it ain't possible no more. Could Lamar Jackson resound with the Baltimore Ravens for a long-term deal? Yeah, of course. Could Lamar Jackson be franchise tag and then they have to work something out whether he goes or stays or whatever. Yeah, that's true. Could he be traded? Yeah, he could be. Now, as far as the timetable, something's gotta give before March, before free agency starts. So March 7th is a date where the franchise tag can be applied, but then Raven's got some real tough decision because you could be like, oh yeah, they could just franchise tag them. Well, which franchise tag do you put on the non-exclusive for like 32 mil or the exclusive for like 45 mil? You only have like a little less than 28 million cap space right now. And so the decisions is gonna be a tough one. So it's, again, I keep saying it that this is the biggest off-season for Raven's general manager, Aaron Acosta. He got a lot of work to do, but we'll see how he does. And we'll see whether Lamar Jackson remains with the Baltimore Ravens or just like the end of every one of our videos, he is out.