 So YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on is engraving here with another video. And the first thing that came in my mind when I saw this was uh-oh, uh-oh. For more reasons than one. But the biggest one is because this statement and this, I guess development, oh well actually lack of development cause ain't no contract happening right now. But this means that the franchise tag is a larger possibility. And y'all know how I feel about the franchise tag. While it does not rule out that a deal can be reached, it also does not rule out that things could get ugly if it comes to a franchise tag. But anyway, let's read the statement straight from the Ravens. Like we already know Lamar Jackson is very different. He is a different type of quarterback. He handles himself differently than your traditional quarterback. And we love that difference about him. But even the way that everything is being approached with Lamar Jackson is also different. And let me know if I'm mistaken. Maybe cause y'all know I have a bad memory. But when have we ever, when have we ever saw a statement from a team saying, oh we couldn't come to a contract agreement with our quarterback? When have we ever seen that? I don't recall ever seen it, but hey, maybe I just, maybe I don't know. Maybe I missed something. But anyway, let's read the statement straight from the Ravens, straight from Eric DeCosta. Despite best efforts on both sides, we were unable to reach a contract extension with Lamar Jackson. We greatly appreciate how he has handled this process and we are excited about our team with Lamar leading the way. 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. And that is straight from Eric DeCosta. Ah, I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't know. It's gonna be a year. This is certainly gonna be a year. Hey, it's gonna be very interesting. And now like, since they, one thing that I wonder is, all right, it's 2022, we're going in a week one. Shout out to Lamar for keeping this word because Lamar did say, he said it on August 13th, like, hey, it's a deadline and either by this going in a week one, he said we either are going to have a deal or we're not. He said, that's it. He ain't gonna be talking after that. And then a couple of days ago in the presser, he clarified it. He said, hey, Friday, Friday, we got a deal done by Friday. Okay, cool. If we don't, okay, cool. But Friday is the deadline. He made it clear, crystal clear that Friday was the deadline. Now that deadline hasn't been reached. Okay, shout out to Lamar for keeping this word. But what I wonder and what I'm thinking about is if the Ravens didn't give Lamar Jackson a contract, they couldn't come to an agreement with Lamar Jackson on a contract now when the price is high, but it's as low as it's gonna get now. What's gonna happen a year from now? What's gonna happen after this season? What's gonna happen when the price continues to go up? What's gonna happen? That's the thing that I'm wondering right now. This is why this is a uh-oh to me. This is why this worries me because I'm not even, I ain't concerned about the immediate future. I ain't concerned about this season. I'm concerned about beyond this season. What this is gonna do and what this is gonna mean and what type of impact this is gonna have on this whole thing moving forward in the long term. Now obviously this season is still important and with Lamar betting on himself, I ain't mad at it at all. It was like, hey, Lamar playing the game and I do appreciate the fact that he did not and is not settling because a lot of people, when that pressure is put on them, they could say this and that about, oh man, well, they could say all this stuff, but when that pressure is put on them, then they could flip the script. They could be like, oh, well, yeah, it was a little pressure or whatever. Oh, they offered me some decent. It wasn't what I wanted, but I took it anyway. But Lamar said, no, I'm not budging. I'm not budging. So apparently he has what dollar amount he wants or this guaranteed money, average per year, whatever it may be. He has that in mind and apparently Ravens, they have what they had in mind that they offered him, but the two sides couldn't agree. And again, this is all part of contract negotiations. This is all contract negotiations. The push, the pull, the compromise. We talked about it in the previous video. Not both sides don't win. Both sides don't win in contract negotiations, but whichever side wins, then they ended up having to compromise less than the other side did. But hey, Lamar and the Ravens, nobody won. Cause they riding this thing out. Wow. So now the 2022 season, Lamar Jackson was already, like y'all already know, he was already one of the most heavily scrutinized, criticized quarterbacks before. Oh, you thought he was heavily scrutinized, criticized, over analyzed before? This season I guarantee you, I promise you that it will be 20 times more. It'll be 20 times more. And at every single segment, every single ESPN, every single NFL Network, Fox Sports, FS1, this and that, wherever you get your sports information from via TV and cable and stuff like that. But I guarantee you every single segment, whether positive or negative, you know, it's probably gonna be a lot more negative cause you know how people get, but every single segment is going to be, does he deserve it? Based off of this play, based off of this game. Oh, the Ravens shouldn't have done it. Oh, the Ravens should have done it. But now, hey, it's time. It's time. Like Russell Wilson said, let's ride. Let's ride. And Ravens and Lamar, they riding this thing out. Fifth year option. Wow. Lamar Jackson playing on the fifth year option. After everything that he's accomplished, everything that he's done for this Ravens team, they letting this thing play itself out. And hey, hopefully it will be a beautiful thing if after this season, he could hit Bishadi with that, that Joe Flacco knock on the door. All right, we tried before, let's run it back. Let's run it back. But then again, see, I just, I don't know, man. That's what I'm hoping happens though. That's what I'm hoping happens. And I'm hoping that, because in my opinion, there's already no question that he should be paid. There's obviously no, there's no question, no doubts at all that Lamar Jackson should be paid. His money should be his money. He has far exceeded everything. He's definitely exceeded everything for everything that he has done for these Baltimore Ravens. Again, they made a lot of money off of him, a lot of money. We know it's a team effort. Well, he made a lot of money off of Lamar Jackson, a whole lot. But now that it was time for him to make money off of him, couldn't do it, couldn't do it. Couldn't do it. So now we wait, now we wait. And so now, yeah, we're gonna get through these 17 games, get, hopefully get to the playoffs. I mean, that's the expectation, but they still got to make it happen. But it was crazy to every game, man, every game. The price is gonna go, like the price is not, I kind of know there's a lot of people out there thinking, like, oh man, if Lamar Jackson goes out there and has a bad season, this price is going down. It's not, it's not. His price is only going to go up from here. And that's what we've been saying for the longest. His price is only going up. I know people think, oh man, if he doesn't go out there and have an MVP type season and that price is going down, if he doesn't go out there, win several playoff games and that price is going down, if he doesn't go out there, win a Super Bowl, that price is going down. No, it's not. It's not. Do y'all realize what the quarterback market is? Do y'all realize what the quarterback market does and how it moves and how it operates? Do you realize that? That man's price is going to continue to go up. And then like, based off of Lamar Jackson, y'all know who he is and y'all know what he does. So you know he's going to come through this year. As long as Lamar Jackson healthy. Oh boy, yeah, you already know, man. That price is going to go up. And don't mess around. Like I don't know who's due for a deal. I know Burrow and I think Herbert and to after this year, they are eligible, but I'm trying to think if it's anybody else that's eligible like right now, who could help sort of shift the market. I can't think of anybody off the top of my head. But my point is, if another quarterback is paid, then another quarterback is paid and it's only going to continue to make his price skyrocket. Price ain't going down. It's not going down. And I know we see it in the comment section all the time. Shout out the fat Joe, by the way. Yesterday's price is not today's price. Saying this all off season, man. All off season. And even last year, like this whole off season has been crazy for me because I've been so back and forth with this whole Lamar Jackson thing. Because as soon as this season ended and all this contract talks started coming up again, my thoughts on it initially were now ain't no deal happening this off season. No way, Jose, nah, it ain't going down. Because if Lamar takes a contract right now, he could take a contract and it'd be a nice amount of money, but it would be, a lot of it would be based off of last year. It'd be based off previous year too, but a lot of it would be based off of last year. And the Ravens could be like, look what you did last year. Look at how that was. Look at your numbers and stuff, da, da, da. I mean, even though Lamar could be like, hey, look at the wins. Look at what y'all did with me. Look at what y'all did without me too. Look at my supporting cast and all that. But anyway, he could have taken a deal, but I was like, no, it's not happening this off season. Nope. But then there was a presser that changed my mind. There was a presser that happened early in training camp. And I was thinking, wow, it really sounds like Lamar Jackson and Ravens deal is around the corner because they talked about how they were talking and negotiating and stuff and just some of the phrases that Lamar was using and whatnot. I was like, oh, okay. Okay, then it was a part where, with John Harbaugh and I think, but Shadi, while he was talking, they were actually watching that presser live from the balcony and stuff. I was thinking, hmm, interesting. They don't normally do that, but whatever. So that really changed my mind. I was thinking, okay, maybe we'll get this thing done. And then every presser, when we were here Lamar Jackson speaker, like, oh yeah. This negotiation is definitely being done because it's being done privately, but he and the pressers is being done publicly. And Lamar Jackson continued to show that he knows that his word holds so much weight. And he knew the power that he had in his word or really in everything that he does because everybody is watching it and everybody's analyzing it and trying to figure out what stuff means. So I was like, oh, okay, well, hey, maybe this thing will get done. And then in the most recent presser, it's kind of like, oh, I don't know. Then it had a lot of us thinking, oh, maybe the Ravens, maybe they actually got a deal in place already and they just trolling, they just waiting on Friday to announce it. But this was the announcement. This was the announcement. So no deal. Hey, what are you gonna see? What are you gonna see? Because something to always remember. What you won't pay somebody else will. Somebody else will. The Ravens know this. Lamar Jackson also knows this. Both sides know this. Now, remember the other day, with Lamar Jackson in that interview with DraftKings, he talked about how he was just trolling. He was just trolling. He wants to be in Baltimore and all that. And that's great. We love that he wants to stay with the Ravens. But like I said in that video, and like I said in Times Pass 2, that's great. Love that he wants to be here. All of us, well, not all Ravens fans. There's something like, get Lamar out of here. But anyway, most of us Ravens fans want Lamar Jackson to continue to remain a Baltimore Raven for the foreseeable future. But just because he wants to be with the Ravens, just because his fans want him to continue being with the Ravens. And even as Eric McCostin, they want him to continue to be a Raven. A deal still has to be done. They still had to make this thing happen. I can be working at a job. And this job, hey, again, I've been working there for the past four years. I've been doing it a lot for the company and I am severely underpaid. I am very underpaid. And it's time for me to get my raise. All right, 50 years raised time. All right, let's go, baby. Hey, I love this company. This company, they are so nice to me. They treat my family and friends with respect. I'm always welcome here. It's such a good vibe. It's just such a great community. I've built a lot of friendships here. Got a lot of excellent colleagues and whatnot. I love my job. Love the people that I work with. I love it. Man, I want to be here for a long time. Oh, but, oh, oh, y'all don't want to pay me? Oh, oh, y'all. That, that's the raise that y'all are offering me. Oh, what, let's keep talking about it. But if we can't come to something that I know that I'm worth, then I'm out.