 Now, as we all know, Lamar Jackson and his contract situation have been the topic of conversation for a while now, but especially this offseason. And everybody has their different viewpoints on it and their different takes and their different opinions on how they think it's going to go, how they think it should go, what they think both sides should be doing, and even what they think both sides shouldn't be doing. But recently, I had my guy Q come on the channel and we'll drop that entire episode soon. But I just wanted to show you all this clip of some really, really good points that he brought out, especially when it comes to a quarterback playing on the fifth year option. Let's have a listen. But my last question before we get out of here. Do you think it's always nice to get an outside opinion? Do you think the Ravens and Lamar Jackson are going to be able to come to a contract with the Green Areas? Man, you know, if you ask me this question this time last year, I'm like, yeah, they should, right? It's like a 70% chance that they just figure that out next offseason. But then this thing has been going on so long with Baltimore and, you know, this is getting into unprecedented territory where Lamar Jackson is about to play on the fifth year option of the team that drafted him. Does not happen with first round quarterbacks that often, right? We can go back from when they started this rookie contract situation, like there has not been a rookie quarterback that's really played on that fifth year option for the team that drafted him. Like maybe once he gets traded and they picked it up, but for the team that drafted you, that never happens. Let alone with the guy is decorated as Lamar Jackson, right? Like Baker Mayfield was somebody that was almost unquestionable. Oh yeah, he's going to get extended after what he did in 2020. He went to MVP in 2020, right? Like Lamar did win the MVP in 2019. So that's like a weird situation for him to still be on his rookie deal. And you know, then once this thing goes on, right, let's say we live in a world where Lamar, you know, probably come Monday next week says, Hey, I'm done talking to contract you at your time. You know what I want? Boom, let's move on. Now, if you're the Ravens, this gets into a part to where every day that goes on in the season, you're losing leverage because you get to a point to where you can no longer negotiate in the off season, right? So once his contract is up, technically, after the, I think it's after the franchise tag deadline, you're no longer allowed to negotiate with him, unless he's a free agent, for real. And once you're at that point, anything goes, right? And I think, you know, there's nothing that accelerates a divorce between a quarterback and a team in the franchise tag. I don't think the Ravens would do it, but the Ravens have been traditional enough to think that they can do it. So again, the options are weighing thin for the Ravens as time goes on. And the deeper you get into the season and he doesn't have a deal, the more and more likely it is. I still think it's 50-50 that he gets a deal done. I think it's more likely than not, like barely. But if we get into July, I mean, not July, into June, I mean, January, and there's no deal done, then, you know, it's no longer 50-50. The odds are that he's probably going to leave Baltimore at that point if they're not willing to give him the money, and it's still at that point of the year. And the only option Baltimore has, if they don't want to give him the money, but want to keep him on the Ravens as a franchise tag, then that gets ugly, right? I mean, you're talking about, I'm not signing that tag, trade me, all kind of stuff there. And you know, that's where it can get real ugly. And then even then, it's like, unless they're willing to do a signing trade, and I don't know how signing trades work with fully guaranteed contracts, because that's what he's shooting for. I don't even think you can get a signing trade, right, at that point, right? So I don't know what the Ravens game plan is. I don't know if they prepare for worst case scenario, but this is worst case scenario. If this gets into the season and he does not have a deal done, the odds shoot down dramatically on the Ravens' chances to keep him. And if this gets past the buy week, I would say the buy week is the last point on the Ravens. Do you guys have an earlier late buy? It's right in the end of October. If you get past the buy week and there's no deal done, that's where I would, I would hit the button where I'm like, OK, something's not right, right? Where that deal is just not going to get done. We're talking about franchise tag, because that's when, I mean, it should have been done months ago, but once you get past that buy week, that's truly the last opportunity to do anything about this contract before it becomes something to where the Ravens might not have the control to take one over it. And I know fans are going to comment down below. They can always franchise tag and that works in Madden, but Madden is not real life, right? You have to deal with relationships and people. And if you're Lamar Jackson, if you let this team for rushing attempts for last two years, you have let this team in rushing yards for three of those years and you have obviously been their leading passer and VP to have me on the franchise tag is is a ridiculous thing, right? Like I it's almost disrespectful for a player of his caliber and his achievement. So, you know, that that's that's where I would start to I would say I would be worried right now about Raven fans, to be honest. If it gets past the buy week, that's past worrying. That's that's where you just need to start. Layton Eric D'Costa know that this is unacceptable, what you've got to let happen here, like you need to get this deal done. Sign the paper, Eric, you know, because that's where I'm like, oh, man, this this becomes likely that he's on a different team at the end of next year. Well, about to start next season. Yeah, man, we'll see how it all works itself out. And hopefully it does work itself out and Lamar can be a Baltimore Raven for the foreseeable future. But that's not what I mean by hopefully, but you know, you just got to wait it out and see what happens, man. Yeah, definitely. See, this is one of the biggest reasons why I love here and so many different people's different perspectives, because they can teach you something that you had no clue about, that you weren't thinking about, that wasn't even anything that crossed your mind. But then when they presented, especially when they presented in a respectful way, it's like, oh, wow, I never even thought of that. So shout out to my boy, QC, the full episode to the show we did together. We'll be dropping very soon. But I just wanted to make sure y'all got to hear that excerpt from our show. So make sure you check out his YouTube channel, because he has a lot of great information to say. He has a lot of fun takes. He has a lot of fun over there on his YouTube channel. I'll link that below in the description. But Raven's time is of the essence. The clock is ticking because, again, Lamar said after week one, once week one shows up, he ain't talking no more. Ravens, y'all need to give him plenty to talk about.