 Now, you know, as soon as Eric DeCosta and Steve Vashati, they saw the details of this deal, they were like, thank you. I know they probably cried tears of joy because of everything that has gone on and really hasn't gone on during this entire process with their negotiations with Lamar Jackson. So with Jaylen Hertz, he signed a five-year contract extension worth up to $255 million. And again, you know, Vashati, he's smiling from ear to ear. You know, and he, that smile will not go away, well, until Lamar turned down, whatever they gonna offer him next and he's gonna be heated again. But anyway, you know, they were hyped. They probably sent thank you cards and gifts and flowers to Jaylen Hertz, his agent, Nicole Lynn, Harry Roseman, everybody involved because it helps them. It helps them. And it shows somebody else on this side. Now, first and foremost, the first thing that they probably looked at, all right, it's $255 million deal. How much is guaranteed? How much of that deal is full of guarantees? Is it $255 million? Well, no, that would be 100% guaranteed. We know the owners ain't giving that out, we know they not doing that. So what was it? So Jaylen Hertz deal has, it includes up to $179.3 million in guarantees and bonus for Jaylen Hertz and they said it was the first time they did this in Eagles history, but there is also a no trade clause. So just in case things went south, just in case things got ugly, just in case things went bad and Eagles wanted to trade Jaylen Hertz, they would have to talk to him and his agent first to see if they got permission to do that. They couldn't just trade them without him giving the okay. But hopefully for Jaylen Hertz and them, it doesn't get that way. But that's cool, man. I was happy for Jaylen Hertz, but I know, especially us as Ravens fans, we were thinking, all right, well, how does this impact Lamar Jackson? Then it made a lot of people reflect on the previous deal that had been reported about so much between the Ravens and Lamar Jackson, the previous offer. And Sarah Ellison, shout out to Sarah Ellison, by the way. She got a shout out on a Pat McAfee show from Pat McAfee and Ian Rappaport said, man, I got a famous friend. Sarah Ellison, she on top, man, she done made it. So shout out to Sarah, man, y'all know she good people. She always has been. But anyway, she did a side-by-side comparison of Jaylen Hertz deal with the Eagles and Ravens offer to Lamar from last September, so September of 2022. That was reported from Adam Schefter. So the total value, Jaylen Hertz, 255 mil and Lamar Jackson, 250 mil. So extremely close. But this is great for Lamar back then because that's what Jaylen Hertz got. Now he just got 5 mil more in total value again. It's not the guarantee part yet. So that's a little different, but total value, like to only fit it for it, only to be a 5 mil difference. And he just came from going to the Super Bowl and it's only a 5 mil difference in total. That's pretty good, but let's get into the little details. And for anything, please, and I know y'all will already respectfully though, but let me know if I get any of the numbers wrong, if I get any of the little details wrong, please correct me. Because y'all know I'll be messing stuff up. So I appreciate y'all in advance for that. But anyway, now this part, the fully guaranteed at signing. So once you sign, then this is what's fully guaranteed. So for Jaylen Hertz, 110 mil, fully guaranteed at signing. Lamar Jackson, 133 mil. So Ravens were ahead of the curve with this one, with Lamar. They were ahead of this curve. Just like, oh, okay, all right now. And then the total guarantees. So the total guarantee, not total guarantee that's signing, but total guarantees, you know, like with the springing guarantees and all that, guarantees on certain days of the league year. If you're on the roster at this point in time, injuries and stuff, for Jaylen Hertz, it's 179.3 mil. For Lamar Jackson, it was 200 mil. I said, oh, okay then. So them Ravens, they was up to something. Now I'm sure that there may be little details of that deal that changed stuff. I believe Ian Rappaport said, because of course we don't have all the details of the deal because it's not an official deal. Like Jaylen Hertz, we've been getting more and more details every hour. But with Lamar Jackson, since that deal was not signed, it's not an official deal. We only know bits and pieces of it. But Ian Rappaport was, when he was on the Pat McAfee show, he was saying that Lamar Jackson's deal was for 50 mil per year. And Jaylen Hertz deal is 51 mil per year. So not a crazy difference. Not a crazy difference. So looking at all that stuff that we just looked at, and again, if there's any details that I missed, because I know, again, a lot of y'all are better than me with the contract stuff. But if there's anything that I missed, please let me know. Put it in the comments section. But looking at the details of the deals that we do know, Ravens, they try to hook Lamar up. But again, we know Lamar is really trying to change the game, though. He's more, he's probably like, hey, that's cool, but no, no, no. I'm after that more of a Deshaun Watson type of bread, as far as guarantees. And we know the NFL, all the owners and whatnot, they holding hands together saying, nope, we won't let it happen. But I guess Lamar could be trying to get as close to that as possible. Now, when you look at this deal, it does help the Baltimore Ravens. It helps them because they can be like a couple of things. Like, look, hey, Lamar, you see Jaylen Hertz, his deal is not fully guaranteed. So that's that part. But then just the structure of it, the guarantees are signing, the total guarantees, all that, the APY, the average per year, all that. And from what they apparently offered Lamar before, back in September, seemed like that was a pretty good deal. Seemed like it was a pretty good deal. Again, there could be some details that we don't know about, so I can't speak on it completely. But from the stuff that we do know, it does seem like it was a nice little deal. So we'll see what happens now. So if what I think is gonna happen with Lamar, I think it's gonna continue to wait, I think it's gonna wait. Because he also has Joe Burrow, and also has Justin Herbert. And like you all know already, when it comes to the QB market, it's not all about who's the best at that time. It's not all about who's the hottest at that time. It's not all about who's done this, that, and a third at that time. It's just about who's getting paid next. And if you are a good quarterback, especially if you are one of the top quarterbacks, you're gonna get paid. And it's all about timing. When it comes to these contracts, timing is everything. Because when it's your time to get paid, and you're eligible, and when you usually get it done, then yeah, you're usually right at the top. And if you're not at the top, then you're very, very close to the top when it comes to getting your bread. So I think Lamar Jackson will wait it out a little bit longer. I think he'll wait for Joe Burrow. I think he'll wait for Justin Herbert. I don't think he'll want to wait for Tula, because you may be waiting a long time for Tula, but he'll wait for the other guys and see what happens with them. And then go from there because, and with the Ravens, the Ravens are, they probably like, they probably want to get it done. And even if they like bumped it up a little more than this one, I think they would be and should be happy to do that. Because even if they bumped it up a little from this deal, from what we've heard, because we don't know for sure. But what we've heard, even if they bumped it up a little, it still wouldn't be as much guaranteed money as Lamar possibly wants. Because all the rumors were that he wants as close to that to Sean Watson as he could possibly get. But hey, now another thing. So that part really helps the Raven side a lot. A part with Lamar Jackson that I've seen a little bit of discourse on over these past couple of hours is the agent talk. We know that there's always continue to be a lot of back and forth by, hey, should Lamar have an agent? Does he need an agent? Should he get an agent? He needs to get an agent. He does need to get an agent. And everybody has their own opinions. And I get both sides, because I hear both sides all the time. Some people point out endorsement deals, sponsorships and stuff like that. Like an agent can get them linked up with that. And some people say, hey, maybe he turned some stuff down that he just didn't want. Maybe he not on that right now. So I don't know. But the fact of the matter is that this was a deal that him and the Ravens came up with. This was a deal that he was offered. The deal back in September for 2022. And he got offered that deal without an agent, without one. So all the talk about, he needs an agent, he needs an agent. There could be some, there are some good valid points that some people make. But he had a lot of money on the table without an agent. And when, well, hopefully it's when they're not if, but hopefully when this deal does get done. It's gonna be more, in my opinion, I think it's gonna be more than what Jaylen Hurd's got, just because of the timing. It's gonna be more. And depending on if he does it before after Joe Burrow, before after Justin Herbert, does it before it will be less than what they get. If they do it after, if he does it after then it will be more. Because again, the timing. Now with Justin, the only one right there that really make me think like if it will end up being more even with the timing is Justin Herbert. Because what if Joe Burrow gets paid next, and then it's Justin Herbert's turn? That's where I think it gets tricky for me. Because with Jaylen Hurd's, hey, okay, just played in the Super Bowl. With Joe Burrow, when he's been healthy, they've competed to play in the Super Bowl every year that he's been healthy. He only played three years, but first year ACL done for the year. But then last two years, at least AFC championship. And then of course, his first four-year played in the Super Bowl in last year at AFC championship and they lost. So he gonna get paid, but then Justin Herbert, it's like would Justin Herbert really get paid more than Joe Burrow? Because again, it is about timing. But so I'm interested to see how that works. But so is Lamar. So yeah, I think he waits it out. I think, because I feel like, and maybe he feels like, you know what, I don't wait it this long. I don't wait it this long. Like, what's another month or two or three? Not four because I think with July 17, it's the middle of July. Whatever that date is where he can't sign a long-term extension on a franchise tag, it's a cutoff time. So it's April now, so April, May, June, July, you got three months. So they got three months to either get this thing worked out or not. So hopefully they can get it worked out. But I think Lamar, because it's obviously gonna take a lot of compromise. It's gonna take a lot of compromise, some from both sides. But right now, I think for a deal to really get done, if they want to get it done sooner rather than later, it's gonna take compromise from both sides. I think Ravens would have to raise it up a little bit above Jalen Hurts. But Lamar probably had to come down a bit from his, if they want to get it done. If they want to like meet in the middle or something like that. But I don't think that's gonna happen yet. Because I think he just wanted to sort of gauge just a little bit more. Because right now, with this part, the Ravens are winning. They're like, hey, we got to be all right. Thank you, let's go. So Lamar could just wait it out a bit longer and be like, you know what? All right, that's cool. Jalen Hurts deal. All right, cool. Okay, Ravens, I'll see y'all. I'll get where y'all coming from. You know what? Let's, okay. Just because I want to dot all my eyes and cross all my T's and whatnot. I want to dot all my lowercase J's and all that. But anyway, I want to do that. So I saw the Jalen Hurts deal. You know, let me see the Joe Burrow deal too. Because I just want to make sure, before we jump in anything long term, I just want to really make sure to see exactly what it really is. So let me see the Joe Burrow deal. Let me see the Justin Herbert deal. Let me see how those end up working out. And then we'll talk some more. I got y'all. We'll see. So that's just what I think is going to happen. But again, we won't know until we know. We could be hit with one of those swirls. One of them surprises where Lamar comes through. Hey, I'm a Raven. Officially now. Not on the franchise, but on the deal. We came up with the terms. That'd be great. That'd be great. But this process, it just continues. I do think that this, and we talked about it on the stream earlier today, I do think that this deal, the Jalen Hurts deal, it does sort of nudge both sides like, hey, all right, Jalen Hurts, he got his deal. So now y'all see what the way the market is heading a little bit more now? Y'all see it? But at the same time, Lamar could be like, I just want to be sure. I just want to be 100% sure. I just want to double check before I make any changes. I do any compromise. I do anything differently. So we'll see how this thing goes. And one more thing that I forgot to mention that is a real possibility is that this whole entire ordeal with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens, from Lamar's side, it could be deeper than money. Because we know Lamar Jackson has consistently said, I want to win. I want to win on a Super Bowl. I want to win the Super Bowls. I want to be the Tom Brady of the Baltimore Ravens. Y'all going to get a Super Bowl out of me. And we know for Lamar Jackson, for everything that he's ever said to the Baltimore Ravens, about the Baltimore Ravens, thus far he has continued to keep his word on all of that stuff. And we know business business can get in the way of some things sometimes. And we'll see what happens with this. But could it be not just about money, but about weapons? Could it be about talent? Could it be about what he wants the Ravens to really surround him with at the wide receiver position? Well, maybe another position as well. But could it be about coaching? Hey, Ravens, you really want to sign me? You know, we got to change this whole thing around. If I'm going to continue to play here, you know what? Y'all got to do better. You got to try harder. You got to do a lot better than you've done because there's a lot of people saying this, that, and a third. And I've continued to show myself to y'all, to the league, but I want to show even more. I want to do even more. I want to do even better. So I need even better. And it goes far beyond just paying me. But I need you to get me some guys that are like that. So that's one possibility that it's really not even alarming. It's just something that it could be real. It could be real. And maybe he would just want to really see Ravens approach. Like, hey, all right, if y'all are going to be these new Ravens, if y'all are really going to be somebody who y'all really haven't been before in the past, show me first. Show me first because I don't want to get locked up into a contract for the long term, especially, hey, if it ain't fully guaranteed, if the guarantees ain't crazy high. I ain't know how to get locked up in a contract and y'all still around here doing the same stuff. So you need to show me what you're going to be about before we get this thing going. But that's just another possibility. Anyway, love y'all to keep it clean. We out. We out.