 Ryan Clark good old Ryan Clark former Pittsburgh stealer and current NFL Analyst and who he's been doing a great job at it. Not everybody can make the transition from player to analyst And it'd be as smooth as Ryan Clark has done it So kudos to him shout out to the pivot shout out to him. Just doing this thing. So Ryan Clark Yesterday there was a report that he put out and he said the following we went back and forth on first take yesterday about Lamar Jackson's Guaranteed money based on a source with knowledge of the negotiations Lamar was initially offered 113 million guarantees That's a big yikes, that's nasty yuck 113 again, but let's continue says Lamar was initially offered 113 million guarantees and eventually raised to $133 million That's not that high that's not that high, but with Ryan Clark's report and then he says that was the most Lamar Jackson was offered So if that was true, that would be really nasty But is it true? That's the question. Is that an accurate report if we fast forward it will actually go back to Diana Rossini's report on September 11th of 2022 she said She said now she had asked some conflicting reports to when it came to Lamar Jackson But she said that she has spoke with Lamar Jackson and asked if he turned down 160 mil guaranteed He said that that isn't the exact number. She said that he said roughly between 160 and 180 mil was offered and he turned it down and she said that she asked him You're gonna write it out all year and he said we'll see with a smile So this was again, she said she spoke to him directly. That's what she's saying. So basically Nobody knows That's what this is all telling me nobody knows anything that's going on like Lamar You know how he is super quiet super private about everything and he'll like the little hints He and their stuff he'll throw little subliminals he'll throw little he'll troll too, you know, he will but Don't not be coming from inside now comes from inside and Then with the Ravens, they the same way a lot of time that they'll be super quiet about stuff Yeah, they could be a leak here leak there or whatnot. They'd be pretty quiet on that side, too so went went to When two private people or two private entities They doing business together is Hard to get a read on it's hard to gauge where things are Because we try to take stuff and we try to break it down and analyze it and whatnot But a lot of times a we just don't know and eventually when when things end up When this ends up being resolved and like I keep saying it can only be resolved Two ways either Raven sign them to a long-term deal or the Ravens trader. Those are the only two resolutions Those are only ways for this to be officially done because if they place the franchise tag on them, well That wouldn't do anything that wouldn't resolve it. That would just extend it So and even though I do expect them to place the franchise tag on him We'll see now with that being said the timing of Ryan Clark his report It was very interesting because it comes out before The Ravens I need to place the franchise tag on Lamar Jackson and it comes out before they decide which franchise tag They would place on Lamar Jackson if it even gets to that point Because if they do end up placing a franchise tag on him, which I think they will they have to either decide whether It's going to be an exclusive franchise tag or non-exclusive franchise tag exclusive franchise tag He can't negotiate with nobody. He can't talk to nobody. He can't do no deals. Nobody else only Ravens can Non-exclusive he could talk to other teams about a deal and whatnot He could talk to other teams about what they would offer him and whatnot and they could sign it to offer sheet And if he accepts it Ravens could match it and if not then he could go to that new team And they would have to give the Ravens two first round picks now While too proud for two first round picks. Yeah, it sounds great or whatever But Ravens they have to know they could definitely get more for Lamar Jackson than just two first round picks But you know teams like Teams are just salivating at the thought of oh, man If this Ryan Clark report was accurate, which it seems like it may not be But if the report was accurate then they'll be like, oh man, we can't wait to top that offer But when you think about it The wording is is where it's tricky because with Ryan Clark with his report and he said The negotiation with Lamar. He Lamar was initially offered 113 mil and guarantees and eventually raised to 113 mil now The way he worded it Makes it seem like it's total guarantees But it didn't say total guarantees because you know, like, um, there's fully guaranteed There's there's fully guaranteed and then there's total guarantees There's how much is guaranteed as signing this how much is guaranteed for injury There's how much is guaranteed for this that and a third like the guarantees it can be broken down so many different ways But with Ryan Clark is it's it's kind of vague. So it's like Yeah, I don't know I don't get it so now if if It was actually accurate And let's what do comparisons for both like we'll do comparisons for Ryan Clark's report about the hundred thirty three mil Guaranteed and we'll do reports for Diana Rossini's With her 160 mil guarantee and actually she said that Lamar said is between 160 180 mil guaranteed that he turned down That's what she said that he said And I know man. It's just I remember when a Diana Rossini report first came out I remember that and when that first came out it she had made it seem like um She had made it seem like He said it at a presser But then it was it was just really weird, but anyway, let's just keep going so Let's look at the other numbers the other quarterbacks numbers Who look at this look at that total guarantee? So the John Watson number one 230 guaranteed 230 mil guaranteed. You know, he did that he got that Kyla Murray is 189.5 mil in guarantees And that's in total guarantees Like that's all the guarantees of his contract 189.5 mil Russell Wilson 165 mil Aaron Rogers 150.8 mil Josh Allen 150 mil Patrick Mahomes 141.1 4.5 mil Excuse me Matthew Stafford 130 mil. So that so right now right there. That's where That's what Ryan Clark where his report would fit in in between Patrick Mahomes guarantees and in between Matt Matt Stafford So that would be pretty low on a list of guarantees If that was accurate now if we go back to Diana Rossini's report the 160 to 180 mil guarantee Now that's a lot higher Because the John Watson is at 230 mil 230 mil Kyla Murray's at 189.5 mil and then boom Lamar would be right there It with the offer because Russell Wilson is at 165 mil and Aaron Rogers 150.8 mil So that will put Lamar at number three So it's just I mean bottom line It's just a mess man Straight up. It's just a mess and it's we're gonna continue getting different reports and stuff is gonna be conflicting But bottom line I say all that to say this we went through all that to say this Only Lamar and the Ravens know That's it only Lamar and the Ravens know Um there This thing is just Is it's it's been crazy man, and it's gonna continue to be crazy. They're gonna be more reports that come out They're gonna be more stories that come out They're gonna be more leaks will that come out more this more that and a third. It's gonna be more that comes out Where it's coming from hey could be in FLPA like, you know Eric the cost that he took that shot at them the other day Yeah, I'm sure the NFL P a leak something that's okay Because I see now see taking a shot at him, but um Again the only resolution well only resolutions is if long-term deal or trade it until then This stuff like this will be the norm. So get used to it. Love y'all. We out