OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson needs to finish all hypothesis that he’s trying to go away the Baltimore Ravens.
Amid stalled negotiations on a long-term contract and uncertainty over whether or not Jackson has his sights set on free company in 2025, the star quarterback tweeted Wednesday that he loves the Ravens and cited a “false narrative” that he’s contemplating leaving the franchise.
The tweet comes at a time when Jackson has proven little interest in participating in contract extension talks.
I like my Ravens I do not know who the hell placing that false narrative out that I am having ideas about leaving cease tryna learn my thoughts🙄
— Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) March 30, 2022
Ravens proprietor Steve Bisciotti and basic supervisor Eric DeCosta have each stated this offseason that the group is dedicated to signing Jackson long run, however the 2019 NFL MVP has expressed no urgency to speak a few new deal. DeCosta indicated on March 2 that he had communicated as soon as with Jackson by way of textual content over the previous month.
Jackson, 25, is coming into his fifth-year possibility, which pays him $23.016 million this season. If the perimeters are unable to succeed in a contract extension by subsequent offseason, Baltimore must place the franchise tag on Jackson to maintain him from turning into a free agent.
Bisciotti stated Tuesday that he doesn’t foresee Jackson signing an extension earlier than the beginning of the 2022 season “until he has a change of coronary heart” and described Jackson’s determination to attend as “distinctive as hell.”
“We’ll pay him when he is prepared,” Bisciotti stated.
Bisciotti, who hasn’t spoken to Jackson about his contract, questioned whether or not Jackson will take the identical route as Kirk Cousins, who grew to become the primary quarterback in NFL historical past to get the franchise tag in consecutive years earlier than leaving to signal with the Minnesota Vikings in free company.
“And that provides me three years to win the Tremendous Bowl so you can also make me a $60 million quarterback, as a result of that is the place it will likely be 4 years from now,” Bisciotti stated.
Bisciotti then added that Jackson “is a singular cat, and what are you going to do with a man who needs to be distinctive?”
“You do not browbeat him into being a conformist,” Bisciotti stated. “We’re taking him as we take him. We recognize him. All I do know is that his teammates freaking love him and the entrance workplace loves him. It is like, ‘You simply maintain doing you Lamar, and we’ll make it work in some way.'”
Payments quarterback Josh Allen, who was in Jackson’s 2018 draft class, signed a six-year, $258 million extension final summer season that averages $43 million per season and consists of $100 million assured.
The quarterback market has since skyrocketed. Aaron Rodgers grew to become the highest-paid quarterback this offseason with a contract that averages $50 million per 12 months, and Deshaun Watson set a file along with his $230 million absolutely assured deal.
