 There you have it. It's official. The Ravens have placed a non-exclusive Franchise tag on quarterback Lamar Jackson So Lamar Jackson is free to negotiate with whichever team he's interested in or and is interested in him as well And it's like yes those reports that came out a couple days ago, they end up being correct About the Ravens strongly considering thinking about using the non-exclusive franchise tag. They did it They did it In the way, I know y'all know already how it works because we have all talked about this a lot but the way that it works is Team can sign him to an offer sheet Lamar can negotiate with a team They can come up with a deal that team signs him to that that deal on offer sheet Ravens have one two three four five days to match it Five days to match it and if they match it, it's like alright Lamar. You're staying in Raven. Alright, that's the deal They came up with okay. We got it. Let's go. Let's get it. Let's make it happen or They can decline to match it And they can give you whatever reason they can say oh well, we just couldn't do it or they could just say we just Not gonna do it They will take the two first-round picks The the teams 23 and 24 first-round picks 2023 and 24 first-round picks And it will be by to Lamar Jackson So we'll see Now we just gotta wait it out and see we've waited this far. I mean, what's another Who knows how long this next process is gonna be now Because now it all depends on Lamar Now the Ravens have officially put the ball in Lamar's court all the way Because now he can go talk to whoever come up with whatever deal and again the Ravens could be like yay or they could be like nay I don't know man. I I do still think that this is gonna end with Lamar Jackson not Being a Baltimore Raven. I hope it doesn't end that way, but to me it just seems that way Ravens willing to take a risk like this And I mean they they did talk about Eric Dacosta came out and said it and I believed him when he said that when he said that They got contingency plans. They thought about all their different options and their business So they have to do that they have to do this I ain't knocking them for thinking about both life with and both life without Lamar because as a business as a franchise You have to think about those things. I Just wish that life during Lamar that the thought process would have just been a lot different But that's the past now. We hear now. We hear so Now it's just a matter of time And I wonder how Lamar is gonna paste this thing I wonder if he's gonna start talking to people immediately Because this is this is based on his interest Say for instance the Panthers they hit up Lamar. They like hey look we want to sign you to this deal This is the guarantee done. Dada Lamar could be like. Yeah, okay cool Lamar could be like no, no, thanks Say for instance the Dolphins because the dolphins have been a team that a lot of people been talking about say for instance The dolphins hit them up like hey Lamar. This is what we're gonna give you We can give you this much guarantee for this long and this the average for a year. Dada Now if Lamar likes the deal he could be like hey dolphins. I love that but He would have to wait until after the draft Because the dolphins don't have a 2023 first-round pick and since the dolphins don't have a 2023 first-round pick They cannot sign him to an offer sheet before the draft So they got to sit this one out for now at least so It's gonna be interesting how this thing works out But again, if he does one of if the dolphins are interested in him and he is interested in them They would just have to wait Until after the draft was over then they could talk all they wanted to because then it would move to a 2024 and 2025 first-round pick that the Ravens would get for one Lamar Jackson And then even a scenario like that That would make it even more interesting because then we will be watching extra closely at what the Ravens draft And if the Ravens ended up drafting a quarterback Then that would pretty much let us know like okay. It's over But what if the Ravens didn't draft the quarterback? Well, I mean again, so so like I'm glad that we finally have something solid The transaction has been made between the Ravens and Lamar Jackson Well, the Ravens on Lamar Jackson because he ain't signed it yet, but It's not over and it's not close to being over yet But this is a step in I can't even necessarily say the right direction, but this is a step in Whatever the direction both parties are going in now So Yeah, man, like I said, risky business risky business This could pay off in a big way for the Baltimore Ravens. It could work in their favor If Lamar got a team that he interested in and they signed to offer sheet and it looks like this friendly to the Ravens It's something that they were gonna do and it could be a great deal for them for Lamar for both sides. Oh, yeah, let's go We'll definitely match that But if it looks too scary for them if it's something that they don't feel like is worth it then Yeah, and if a team wants Lamar, then they are going to try to structure this thing so the Ravens don't match it Because no team will waste their time signing Lamar Jackson to an offer sheet and Coming up with a deal and constructing a deal if they really did not want Lamar There will be no point in even wasting anybody's time So, you know, whatever team signs them to an offer sheet. There's gonna be somebody that's genuinely interested Diana Rossini She said that the Falcons She said that out of the Lamar Jackson sleepsticks. She said they will no longer be pursuing Lamar Jackson And Initially, I'm like, okay. Well, that sounds good at that takes a team out of it But then at the same time, I felt like hold up. We've heard stuff like this before Where a team is heavily interested in somebody and then they like, ah, you know what? No, never mind, but then we see sometimes stuff changes as we all know things can change just like that and a team ends up changing in mind Circling right back. Oh, you know what? We actually all injured. So we'll see but for now, at least the Falcons are apparently out of it But what teams are in We won't know till we know so Waiting game again Waiting game Like I said earlier, we got this far. So I guess we can get as far as this thing is going to stretch yourself out for but one of the the beauties about this whole thing is that when when Lamar does sign The next offer sheet what whoever he gets the offer sheet from whatever team decides it wants to be that team Whoever he signs it with We will know within a little less than a week from that point if Lamar Jackson is going to remain a Baltimore Raven or If he is going to be out