 Keep it clean first off. I love y'all, but let's just get straight into it because I've seen this report sort of Floating around a lot today, and I just wanted to get some stuff cleared up for everybody Anybody who may be inquiring anybody who may be wondering like what is that about so? There's been a report going around saying that NFL executives are looking at Lamar Jackson It's situation is contract situation with the Baltimore Ravens And that has had a lot of people kind of like wondering oh man like what could happen But let's just go straight to the athletic and see the article that it came from so The article started off talking about Hollywood Brown and the trade How a lot of people felt like the Ravens just they got over on the Cardinals big time for the Ravens to get a first-round pick That was amazing value, which it was especially for somebody who was a first-round pick three years ago And they were like oh well this Hollywood He they picked up his fifth year option and he has a lot of leverage over the Cardinals When it comes to the contract and they also talked about how Calamari he of course also wants a contract and all that alright cool But then it got to this part the second reason for the telescope the telescopic antenna has to do with Lamar Jackson Who knew Hollywood Brown wanted to be traded and had to know his friend was on the move when he expressed his apparent Displeasure with the transaction on social media. Yes We know Lamar Jackson with the whole mad faces the crying faces Even though he knew it was going down Hollywood said he talked to him plenty times about it before over the past couple of years Really, and this was not a surprise transaction I think the biggest surprise was that Hollywood just showed up out of the blue in Arizona But what the owner said he went and flew out there to go pick him up pick him and his girl up and bring him on through but anyway It says the dynamic between Lamar Jackson and the Ravens has already drawn plenty of attention and yes It certainly has because you hear Eric Dacosta talked about it You hear Steve Bishat even chime in on it. You heard John Harbaugh talk about it Hey, we want to do a contract with Lamar Jackson. We want to get something done with Lamar Jackson But Lamar Jackson is not responding to us. He don't want to talk about his contract He don't do he don't want to do his contract right now, but we want to get it done When you hear Lamar talk about it, he doesn't talk about you don't even talk about it You don't say nothing about it So that'll take care of itself. I ain't worried about it. I just want to play football. Okay, cool. So Says the dynamic between Lamar Jackson and Ravens has already drawn plenty of attention Ravens general manager Eric Dacosta has expressed his desire to reach a long term market value extension with Lamar Jackson But noted this offseason that Jackson hasn't been ready to hand out the negotiations and we all know that Lamar Jackson He is his own agent Of course, you know, he getting lawyers and stuff to give him good input and whatnot But he is his own agent him his mom they holding it down. They've been holding it down for the longest I don't expect anything to change They've obviously been successful holding it down the way that they've been holding it down for the longest I expect that to continue and shout out to you. You ate yet. I like that. Good. That's slick You ate yet. It's like a dad joke like you and the number eight yet for Lamar Jackson's restaurant Anyway, gotta actually go ahead out there sometime soon. Anyway The situation has some wondering Whether the Ravens and Lamar Jackson are heading toward the franchise tag route in 2023 and beyond from a cash flow perspective That route would favor the Ravens with a projected tag hits of roughly 31 million in 2023 and 38 million in 2024 so This is where it gets a little tricky because you got the exclusive tag You got the non-exclusive tag you you got all these different kind of franchise tags that they are It's not just any it's not just a simple franchise tag They got different type of tags for different values and they could possibly get there It certainly could the Ravens and Lamar Jackson don't come to a contract agreement and they of course don't want him to walk away for free Franchise tag will be slept right on say Lamar you ain't going nowhere, buddy franchise tag but anyway A third tag worth possibly 55 million in 2025 might even be less than Jackson's market value if he continues to play well, well, obviously if we get to 2025 and A quarterback starting quarterback, especially even Lamar Jackson everything that he does for the Baltimore Ravens We'll be getting paid 55 million in 2020 in 2025 We in 2022 now that would be a crazy steal The salary cap is gonna be way up by then too that would be a crazy steal But anyway continuing here we go It says does Jackson really want to go year to year or is the 25 year old banking on a good health to increase His contractual value a year from now. This is what I was saying And this has been my thought process this whole offseason do not think Lamar Jackson is trying to sign now Do not think he's gonna sign now. I think Lamar Jackson wants to put a really good year under his belt again Get back to playing Lamar Jackson style football be healthy last year. We know he wasn't healthy He wasn't he was a lot slower than what he normally is and even though Lamar Jackson slow It's still crazy faster than most of quarterbacks in that fail and even most players in that fail He was still significantly slower and I know I saw it. I know a lot of y'all saw it too But I do not and did not think that he would sign a contract this offseason So whenever we hear reports all of my don't want to sound right now. Yeah, duh. Oh, Lamar not gonna sound right Oh, yeah, duh That's I feel like that would be kind of obvious Especially because if they sign him based off for last year and we've said this before but if they signed him Based off for last year. They could be like, oh, look at your numbers You got hurt that are they could base it all off of that bad stuff and they could get Lamar Jackson at a steal It was still cost him a significant amount of money, but they could get him at a steal and be like look look at your numbers last year Why should we pay you this amount if your numbers were worth this? So it's and it's part of business is negotiation tactics one side is gonna tell you why They should pay you lower and your side is gonna tell them why they should pay you higher So that's it's business. It's a nation to gain But he goes apart with the reports have come about from says executives around the league are certainly Monitoring the situation from afar wondering, of course, whether Lamar Jackson would ever become available if these non-traditional negotiations go sideways There's no hint of that happening now But superstar movement around the league in recent years has curved the surprise element with these story lines because of course, we know like Players are getting moved on and moving on more than ever nowadays and It's been at this crazy rate And you just never know who the next superstar could be to end up going to another squad now Executives around the league are certainly monitoring the situation from afar wondering, of course Whether Jackson would ever become available if those if these untraditional negotiations go oh if these non-traditional negotiations go sideways So I think that's an obvious That's an obvious if you have a player, especially like love. This is why this Lamar Jackson story is just so It just gets people's heads so wrapped up with it because it is so enticing is so Interesting it is just so like it's one of those things you just you can't take your eyes off of it Even if you watching from afar, of course Ravens fans, they've been locked on But people from afar other other fans of other teams executives from other teams GM from other teams You know, they watching and they waiting like oh What's gonna happen next even Ravens fans are watching and waiting like oh what's gonna happen next of course the hope is that I Ravens and Lamar Jackson they get this thing locked up for the long-term future Ravens have said they want to get it done But more Jackson he has said that he ain't going nowhere stopped the rumors but How did all those rumors get stopped? How do they how do they get addressed? How does all of this speculation? How does it come to a close the only way that it could come to a close is if they agree to a contract? That's it now Just because Lamar Jackson says he want to be with the Baltimore Ravens for the foreseeable future just because the Baltimore Ravens say They want Lamar Jackson here for the foreseeable future We have seen plenty of times before where things go south And you can take that little literally or figuratively The things go south Now of course, we hope that that doesn't end up happening But it is not out of the realm of possibility It could happen it could happen where Lamar Jackson the Ravens. They just like you know what? No, I wouldn't do it no more now We of course hope that doesn't happen because on the flip side it could happen to a little more Jack Lamar Jackson the Ravens Like hey, all right. We got it. We did it For your deal five year deal six year deal whatever you do we got we came to an agreement on a multi-year contract That will keep Lamar Jackson as the quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens for the foreseeable future God, let's go That's what everybody's hoping for But until it actually happens. Yeah, this is going to happen Executives around a league a minor minor in the situation from afar They are going to be watching this thing like Hawks shout out to Elena by the way but they are going to be watching it closely and Wondering and hoping to oh We hope that thing this thing just it goes down. Well, actually that the deal doesn't go down Because you got plenty of executives and GM's that if the Ravens and safe instance the Ravens put him on that The non-exclusive tag where a team could offer him a deal and if he accepted it Then the Ravens would either have to match it or they would get like two first round picks I forget exactly what the stipulation is But if the Ravens did they teams are looking at this thing hoping That the Ravens slip up with with a franchise tag like that They are hoping Because it is teams that are out this GM's that are out there waiting Like oh Lamar still ain't get signed yet. Oh really? Oh, okay. All right. Let's Keep an eye out on that one. Let's let's watch how that one goes. Oh Lamar, oh, they ain't give him a break yet. Oh Hey Hold up. No, no, no, let's hold off a little bit on spending some of that money just in case just in case We ain't gonna put it all to the side for the mobile just just in case. There are teams that are willing and waiting To pay Lamar Jackson if the Baltimore Ravens don't Lamar Jackson Regardless and I know some people do not want to hear this but Lamar Jackson is going to get his bread Whether it comes from the Ravens or not He is going to be paid whether it comes from the Ravens or not We of course hope that it comes from the Ravens But Lamar Jackson is going to get his bread He's gonna get it. Yes This is guaranteed pretty much that he is going to get Handsomely paid by some body So the fact that teams will be watching Yeah, of course, they're gonna watch It's so many so many teams right now that will take Lamar Jackson as they're starting quarterback in a heartbeat In less than a heartbeat as a matter of fact So this report it comes as no surprise man Wondering if Jackson would ever become available if these non-traditional negotiations go sideways There's no hint of that happening now and and there there isn't really no, it's not It's not really no None too crazy because again both sides. It ain't like both sides Spewing at each other and say, oh, I don't like you or he won't too much. Nobody's on that It's been peaceful It's been peaceful. It's been ain't nothing but love The more Jackson ain't been holding out or nothing being like, oh man Well, it ain't coming to hold out time yet, but he already he said he ain't gonna hold out We don't expect him to hold out. He said you want to play football. I'm sure he'll be there. We'll show that he'll be there but These executives these teams these GM's these front offices They're certainly gonna be watching it certainly gonna be watching a super close and Every day that goes by Every week that goes by every month that goes by Every quarter that goes by Then eventually every game that goes by then when when the season goes by all that Every week that Lamar Jackson doesn't have a dear and I don't expect him to have get a deal Or strike a deal with the Ravens during the season either. I don't he can But I don't expect him to But the more and more time goes by these GM's gonna be salivating Salivating over the possibility of a Lamar Jackson becoming available and depending on what the Ravens do If they put a franchise tag on him that was exclusive that only he could only negotiate with the Ravens Okay, that'd be one thing. But if they put the franchise tag on him with other teams, they could negotiate with him. I Feel like that would be a wrap I feel like that would be a wrap and oh, I would be so sad if that happened I would be really sad if that happened a lot of people would be So it's important that the Ravens they don't let that happen and one of the things that we've been talking about on here is The fact that with the Ravens Providing for him providing for their quarterback It's year five It's year five and we're in year five. We're deep into the offseason OTA. I didn't realize OTA start next week You know that but we're deep into the offseason Yeah, a little little past the middle of May and There's still questions about why receiver feel like that there's a little bit of questions about some other areas like Oh, maybe get another veteran corner something like that I'm possibly about lying back or depending on who you are Edge a little bit. We'll see what happens with Justin Houston, but he'll be back Yeah, nobody gonna sign up for more a higher deal But then the questions about other positions are like Nothing really too crazy But there are still questions about why receiver going in year five For your quarterback There's still questions about why receiver And there have been questions about why receiver for his entire career Why is that still a question at this point? That's my question. Why is wider? Steve is still a question mark why Why are we still having these same conversations? Why? Why I Don't get it