 What is this now smells like contract negotiations team keep it clean. What is up, baby? It's angry man with another video. Hey you watching this right now. I love you. I love you so much I really do. I love you so much and I appreciate you know that know that so Somebody else who we love and appreciate Well, a lot of us there's some people that really don't but So more Jackson more Jackson's been a quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens for the past four and a half years They drafted them at the end of the first round in 2018 I mean and y'all know the rest of the story And there's been so many different parts and twists and turns of that story But that's what it is Lamar Jackson is right now is currently in contract negotiations with the Baltimore Ravens And so many people are wondering what is his next move going to be what is the Baltimore Ravens next move going to be? What is going down next so many people have looked at Instagram stories and figured I Lamar Jackson stand so many people have looked at media stories and figured all right Lamar Jackson's leaving But the truth of the matter is this that me I don't know what's gonna happen next you You don't know what's gonna happen next. We we just really don't know We don't know what's gonna go down with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens next We all have our theories. We all have our assumptions We all have these things that we feel is is are gonna happen with this whole thing But we just really do not know And I think one thing that's been driving a lot of people extra crazy is the fact that both sides Have been very quiet on it. And when they do speak on it is something that's very vague. That's nothing too Nothing too extreme Nothing too detailed. It's all very simple stuff And again, that's the expectation from two sides that like keeping stuff on the hush hush With Lamar Jackson and his camp and the Baltimore Ravens They like keeping stuff on the low. So we get it and We're gonna see what happens next. We just got to wait it out. But jeremy fowler um a couple days ago He wrote an article on espn dot com And this part of the article was called will jackson return to Baltimore says quarterback Lamar Jackson future was a convenient talking point in mobile And most are in the same spot that they were six months ago Most believe the Baltimore Ravens should place the exclusive franchise tag on Jackson And try to work at a long-term deal knowing he secured for one more year. So That's been something that a lot of us have expected For the Baltimore Ravens to put the franchise tag on Lamar Jackson and that can buy them some more time figuring out exactly what they are going to do next And that can buy them more time to figure out a let's get Lamar Jackson signed to a long-term deal Let's really try to work this thing out. Let's try to hammer these things out Hand out the details of this contract the guaranteed money the years all that good stuff Or on the other hand it could buy them some more time. All right, we trying to trade Lamar Jackson Let's talk to these teams and figure out who can give us the best draft capital Maybe a player involved too. Is he going to go to the afc? Is it going to be the nfc? What's going to go down? So that gives the Baltimore Ravens more time For whatever's going to happen And if they're really undecided then it gives them more time to come up with a decision So no shocker's there back to the article He says and if it becomes clear that reaching a new contract is next to impossible The ravens can entertain trade offers closer to the draft So yeah, we just covered that part and with that Yeah, that's that would make sense because if they're going to trade Lamar They're going to want to trade him this year so they can get picks this year Hopefully they don't they don't trade Lamar this year, but that is a huge possibility that they do trade Lamar this year So they can get that draft capital Continuing says uh, and it could become a standoff because I wouldn't expect him to sign a tag for a while And afc executive said and they will be so far apart in the guaranteed money Again, that's something that we've been talking about on here literally for years for years Ever since um, it became possible that the ravens may not agree to a contract extension with Lamar Jackson before His deal was up Talked about it for a while on here that if it gets to the franchise tag Then I would expect things to get ugly Very ugly. I do not anticipate Lamar Jackson wanting to play on a franchise tag I do not anticipate Lamar Jackson playing on a franchise tag Um, so we'll see what happens. Anyway continuing with the article Uh, it says yes. Oh and real quick the franchise tag. They have uh, some of the deadlines with it for March 7th So a month from now March 7th is the deadline to apply the franchise tag to designate a player as your franchise player to to apply the franchise tag to one player But I want to say it's the middle of july is the deadline to where you can come up with a long term You can reach a long term deal with that player after the middle of july You can't sign them to a contract extension. That's it It's just franchise tag for the year. That's why so many players they hate it They hate it because it's a one-year deal and it's all guaranteed, which is great But Something goes wrong. Some happens. It's like your your future is not taking care of So but anyway, um back to the article it says yes, baltimore and jackson Lamar Jackson, of course could possibly be 100 million dollars apart there a massive gap to bridge So with that part That that that's a lot of money But he did leave some leeway in there because he said, uh, they could possibly Be 100 million dollars apart there. So he didn't make it a concrete thing that they are 100 million dollars apart He said they could possibly be 100 million dollars apart. See what I took from that is Think about this like if they 100 million dollars is a lot of money obviously and if you that far apart in contract talks It ain't looking good. Um, but even if Even if that's not the exact number of how far apart they are if you take that number and split it in half How much is that? It's 50 mil That's still a significant amount of money To be far apart on it. It still is so My thinking is for this If when there's smoke Oh, it's it's probably some fire burning there somewhere It probably is again. Is it 100 million dollars? We don't know like I said earlier There's so much stuff that we just really do not know. We don't know But with this article with this part of the article Even if it's half of that amount 50 mil That will still be a lot of money to be far apart Even if you take the 50 mil split that in half if even if it's 25 mil apart that they are That's still a lot of money. That's significant money Even if you split well if you split that in half what that's uh, 12.5 mil. I think I think it's 12.5 mil Whatever it is That wouldn't be as significant as the other ones, but you get what I'm saying um, so that's That's that's a big number and this is potentially a really big number to be far apart at but hey again You got time You got time if you really want to be technical Yeah, you got to the middle of july to get this thing worked out That that's your ultimate deadline But so much depends on what you really want to do what you really want to make happen Are you trying to sign him to a long-term deal? Are you truly trying to sign him to a long-term deal or are you planning on trading him? Are you like, you know what whatever we ain't nope We ain't gonna make this happen and we're not trying to either it. What is your goal? So that's just something that we don't truly know Back to the article. It said those trade calls are coming I don't get the sense that that process has heated up in part because teams are assuming Jackson will be tagged. It's still very early on this one. Yes It certainly is and I think um to assume that Lamar Jackson will be franchised tag That would be a wise Assumption and one that a lot of us we we feel the exact same way on Um, but it's one of those things that we just got to wait it out and see And then the last part of the article is something that I think a lot of ravens fans It feel like we kind of see it coming. Um, it's like one of those Anyway, let me just read it says elsewhere the ravens typically don't take big swings at wide receiving free agency As we know, uh, but I talked to a few coaches in mobile who think Baltimore should add a pass catcher In large part because it's top two wide outs. Rashad Bateman and Devin Duvenay are coming off injury that part. I disagree with I don't think you should take a take a swing at a pass catcher because of the injuries That's like way at the bottom of the list for me My I think you should so you can diversify your offense. But anyway, uh, he said the ravens need fresh legs And a do it all wide receiver Sounds nice, right? Then he says like Alan Lazard would be a fit So, I mean again, Alan's all wouldn't be bad. Um, but I just, um I feel like that's that that is such a ravens mover receiver like Alan Lazard So We'll see we'll see. I think I saw something yesterday. I don't know how true it was or not that said He's looking to get paid around like 15 to 17 mil per year All right, Alan if if that's what you're trying to get paid you sir will not Be your raven you will not You you could the ravens could fly you out Take you to jimmies like they do. Hey, you you want some crab cakes? You want some crab cakes, buddy? You want crab cakes? How about it? You could they could do all of that but When you tell them how much you want and if that's the number You better put them crab cakes in the to go box because it ain't happening That contract is definitely ain't having not as multiple if we're receiving 50 Please you know that ain't going down But anyway, shout out to uh shout out to LeMaw And shout out to the ravens too. We're gonna we're gonna see how this thing ends up man. It is It's crazy man, but anyway, hope y'all enjoying the pro bowl. Um, I I haven't watched it at all I watched the clip of that video from a couple days ago where they were doing a little throwing challenge And snoop he did his thing. Um, but I have not watched not one second of the pro bowl I thought I was in support of my guy snoop. I know mark andrew's there just in tucker I'm on the Humphrey. They haven't seen little updates on twitter and stuff, but I have not tuned in not one second and I probably won't but I still love y'all team keeping clean I'm tuned in with y'all and I love y'all and I rock with y'all man So like I said earlier at the beginning of this video, thank you You right you right there. Thank you. I love you and I appreciate you We out