 Ever we hear rumors, reports, stories, articles and they cause a bit of confusion and they have a lot of people wondering like is it really true, is that accurate, is that information real? It's always nice when things can get cleared up from somebody directly involved. Whether that person is a bystander, whether that person knows somebody that's involved or whether it comes directly, directly from somebody who's handling that business. And in this case Lamar Jackson said, hey, you know what, let me speak on it. Team Keep It Clean, Freelancer in the Building. It's in here with another video and in this video Lamar Jackson is clearing up some rumors that have been going out yesterday. Adam Schefter on the most recent episode of his podcast, he said at the Ravens they offered Lamar Jackson a contract back in September that basically had $200 million guaranteed. And that was going around yesterday like wildfire and it had a lot of people thinking different things and everybody was breaking it down and whatnot. But Lamar Jackson today, he quote tweeted Baltimore Beatdown and their headline was Schefter Lamar Jackson turned down $200 million and guaranteed deal back in September and Lamar Jackson said that is cap. He used the gift of somebody with a bunch of hats on basically saying that is a lie. It's not true. It's false. And then he followed that up. He said 133 over three years fully guaranteed, but I need an agent. So Lamar Jackson letting it be known what the fully guaranteed money actually was. So 133 for three years. So a short deal or I wonder if that may be part of the deal or if that was the actual deal, whatever it was, 133 meal fully guaranteed for three years. That would be 44.3 meal per year. So that would not be on pace with the top paid guys. It's up there, but it's not by the top top, the tippy top, especially in a market where the top is always changing. One of my guys, once Lamar Jackson tweeted that, he sent me a DM. He said, I'm not buying a 133 for three years. Leak Lamar put out no way they low-bought him that much. And I told him he probably just don't want to buy it because again, we're not hearing from somebody that was a bystander. We're not hearing from somebody that maybe knows about the situation without somebody who is literally directly involved in everything that's going on, that being Lamar Jackson. Timing is everything. Timing is very funny. He also said that people just throw stuff at the wall and they hope it sticks. So he's really doubling down, like saying that that that whole 200 meal. No, that that was not what it was. Now, tell me, which one of you was dinners that actually tasted really good was easier to make than this? It's super simple, but it's really, really good. 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See, I like how he put that because he saved himself and he so he backed up for four minutes like, hey, I don't know if this is true or not, but he did say whether it's true or not. We don't know again. Perfect. I'm glad you said that because yesterday we didn't know. I mean, we thought it was accurate because it came from Adam Schefter. But anyway, he said whether it's true or not, we don't know. But from what I've seen, do we think Lamar is being greedy? And boy, I remember yesterday just seeing a lot of people, a lot of this course amongst Ravens fans that was saying a lot of the same thing because so much of what's been going on is public perception. It has to do with public perception and PR because different things that come out, different reports and articles, they can change the way a lot of people perceive both the Ravens and the way that they perceive Lamar Jackson. And that's just that's the nature of the business. That's the nature of the business. But continuing, he said, I hear you say is I hear you say it about players all the time. Go get your money. But how much more can Lamar want? He was only over the hundred thirty three mil guaranteed. I can see like that. Oh, you know what? This takes me back. This takes me back now. I don't know what the Ravens. We don't know what the Ravens have offered recently. But remember that report that came out maybe like two, three weeks ago that said that the Ravens and Lamar Jackson were a hundred mil apart, about a hundred mil apart. And I know a lot of us like what a hundred mil apart, even if even if they over exaggerated, even if they 50 mil apart, that's still a lot. If they 25 mil apart, that's still a lot. But Lamar pointed out that he the Ravens offered him a hundred thirty three mil fully guaranteed. The Sean Watson got two hundred thirty mil guaranteed. That's about a hundred mil apart. I mean, it's ninety seven mil apart. If my math serves me correctly. So that's just interesting. And again, maybe the maybe the one hundred thirty three fully guaranteed was only talking about whatever the Ravens offered him in September and not what whatever they may be talking about now, whatever was offered more recently. We just don't know. But anyway, back to my guy. Dominic's question. He said, I hear you say it about players all the time. Go get your money. Yes, we do say that all the time because NFL, we know it's a nasty business. It's a short business that a lot of the lifespan is just short. A lot of players don't make it past that first contract. But anyway, he said, but how much more can Lamar one what the Browns did was irrelevant because they are in a relevant organization that hasn't been very good in a while. So I follow their footsteps. It has led them nowhere. Well, Browns ain't that irrelevant because Browns are the reason why this whole thing is going on in the first place because what they did because so if they were so irrelevant then what the Sean Watson got, it wouldn't mean anything. So the Browns are definitely relevant because they started this whole thing. You know, every single day that goes by every single new report article that comes out, you know, the Brown just sitting there smiling, you know, the Brown just sitting there so happy. The Brown just sitting there like, yes, all that turmoil going on in Baltimore. We love it because they were a big reason that helped cause it. But anyway, he said, I think other teams heard about the contract. The Ravens offer Lamar and was like, it's a great deal. Does he really think he's getting more than that? Why? So and that's why so many teams called out on going in for him now. So he's saying everybody that dropped out when it was officially announced that the Ravens had franchise tagged him. He said, maybe when Lamar starts talking to other teams, he'll realize that what he wants is not what he is going to get. Sorry if this was long. No, that wasn't long at all. Hey, we won't know till we know. We will not know till we know. I mean, I would think again with this whole hundred thirty three mil three years fully guaranteed. I don't know. We don't know if that's a current offer or if that's only that September offer. I would hope that it was just, I mean, I would hope that the Ravens offer more than that, but I would hope that that's a past offer and that's not the current offer, but you never know. And again, we just we really don't know. We don't. So we just waiting for so much stuff to get cleared up and like I continue to say, we just won't know until we know. Now I got Joseph. He also asked a very interesting question and he phrased it. He said Lamar needs to make a decision. So Joseph was straight up. He said Lamar needs to make a decision. He said, what's up in Graven? Pray all this well with you and the family. And he sent this on March 13th. He said, so this whole Lamar and Raven situation has been exhausting. All of a sudden a thought came to mind. Lamar needs to make a decision. It's starting to feel to me like the Ravens are in the friend zone and Lamar needs to just be honest about what he wants. So funny analogy, but about the friend zone that happens when one person, person A is interested in person B, but person B is not interested in person A, but person B doesn't tell person A that they're not interested. So we're saying if that's the case with Lamar, he said, maybe Lamar needs to be honest about what he wants. But I would think that he already was because if he doesn't have an agent, everything is coming from him. So in order to truly get what he wants, he got to let the Ravens know what he wants. And I'm sure I'm sure he's probably done that plenty of times, but anyway, he said, if you want to be the highest paid, then request a trade. If the goal truly is championships, then be content with being second or third highest paid. And let's get to work so he can get a bigger bag next time around. It's really that simple. Okay, wait a minute. We got to back up there because that is not so simple. What you said, let's just go piece by piece for everything you said. If you want to be the highest paid, then request a trade. Why should he request a trade if he wants to be the highest paid? Maybe he wants to be the highest paid, but still stay with the Baltimore Ravens. Hey, we can't rule it out, can we? Just because somebody wants to be the highest paid at their position doesn't mean that, oh, you know what, give me out of here. Now, we cannot rule out that he may want to leave the Ravens because it's a possibility too, because we just don't know. But I would think that one doesn't rule out the other. If he wants to be the highest paid, it doesn't rule out him wanting to stay with the Ravens. So I disagree with that part. And then he said, if the goal truly is championships, then be content with being second or third highest paid. And let's get to work so he can get a bigger bag next time around. So two parts to that. The first part, be content with being second or third highest paid. As fans, it can be so easy for fans to be like, hey, whether it's Lamar, whether it's any other player, don't take the highest deal, don't go for the highest deal. You need to be happy just being able to get some money, but not all of it or being able to get paid being the second or third highest paid. You don't have to be number one. Imagine if somebody came to your job and you were eligible for a race, you would do for a race and the person that got the biggest raise, there were a lot of people who are in your same position that got significant raises, but the person who got the biggest raise, they were somebody that had missed a lot of time. They they called out a lot over the past couple of years, a lot. They they were even going for a whole year, but they called out a lot over the past couple of years. They had gotten suspended from the job. They had a lot of legal allegations going against them, but still despite all of that that person still became the highest paid at your position, your same position that you work in despite everything that they had going against them, they still became the highest paid. And again, there's some other people at your position who got significant raises, but they didn't become the highest paid. So you're looking at the person who got the highest paid and should you be like, Oh, you know what? I'll settle for a second or third or fourth or whatever it is. Okay. No, you're going to be looking at that even more especially because of everything that they had going against them. But despite everything that they had going against them, they still got their bread. That's what I think Lamar would be looking at with the Sean Watson, despite everything that the Sean Watson had stacked against him, everything, despite all the time that he had missed all of it, he still got the 230 meal fully guaranteed. And yeah, the Browns reworked it or what, but the Sean, he's got his money. He got his bread, despite everything, everything. So if I'm Lamar Jackson, I'm looking at like, why not me? And then the next part that you talked about, um, let's get to work so he can get a bigger bag next time around. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. It is not that simple. Nine times out of 10 NFL players received their biggest bag for their second contract nine times out of 10. Their second contract is always the most money that they will ever get ever. So if Lamar Jackson were to settle now, if he were to accept a low offer now, he's going to be accepting low office for the remainder of his career because he will always be looked at as somebody who accepted something low. Oh, we low bottom now and not saying the Rat the Ravens did, but I mean, anyway, not saying that the Ravens did, but if the teams are like, or whoever he gets a second contract, they're like, oh, we low ball them now and he accepted it. We can low ball him forever. Teams will always look at the player like that because teams are going to try to take advantage. It's business. They're going to try to take advantage. Franchises do it all the time. So if he did that now, that wouldn't be a smart move for his career in my opinion. But anyway, he said, it's really that simple. I've been on the side of Lamar all along and still am, but I'm wondering if we are letting him off the hook by focusing solely on EDC and putting pressure on the organization. Ballers in your court, Lamar. Here's to hoping we can get back to football stuff. I mean, the football stuff ain't going nowhere. It's still here, but anyway, now let me get back to the end of the bar. LOL. If we do lose out on Lamar, Harbors might be right here with us in a few years. Sitting at the end of the bar too. Hey, you never know. You really never know, but we'll see how everything goes. But yeah, this whole situation has just been it's been a lot. It's been a whole lot. And now with Lamar Jackson publicly speaking on it. I just wonder what state of mind he's in with how he views the Baltimore Ravens. It could just be. Yeah, he was just clearing it up, clearing up that report just for his own namesake. But it just it makes me wonder like where talks are at now or talks positive or talks negative or their talks at all. Like what's the status of everything right now? But I guess the answer will continue to remain that we just don't know. Ravens. Grave will lock you up with playing football. And my boys are savage and no been challenging. Madden. Let's go. Making rage quit. Exit out the door. Exit out the door. Use his favorite team with the Baltimore.