The way they (apparently) weren't just negotiating for themselves but also for a principle/for other players is definitely a similarity. Bell was trying to argue that RBs, pass catchers especially, were underpaid and he lost a lot of money because of it. Lamar's already probably a little behind in potential career earnings because he's left it so long.
Pretty much. I think the time to take this "stance" was 2022, which they did.
...unless he knuckles under, arrives for training camp, plays a stellar, injury-free year, and gets deeper into the Playoffs or wins a superBowl and then he's got his bargaining position back. Short of that, he is not going to get the Haslam treatment and just have money thrown at him.
He may be Lamar's non-agent. I'm convinced
Yeah. While it would suck for us and go against his pact with EDC, it's probably the only thing that's going to accelerate this at this point. I think the one quote in there about a team that would be interested in him having 0 contact with him to this point is pretty damning. Sounds like that might be changing with the reports coming out of yesterday, but still not a good look if a team doesn't even want to reach out because they have no idea where to even start because his circle is so tight. Nice to have that but if you want the big bucks, you gotta make moves yourself and that's the big miss with Lamar and his lack of agent. Greatly misplayed how he thought the process would go.
SB win, maybe.
For me, he's smart to not post the #, because I think he realizes there's no way he "wins" by doing that publicly. Anybody important within the NFL already knows what the # is, and the public will rally against him if he does.
You think they know his number? I would imagine they would, but reading reports like the above makes me think twice. Lamar has definitely handled this in an odd way so maybe they don’t know …. I do agree , He doesn’t need to post the number on Twitter, but I’m sure there’s a way for him privately to get the numbers out to interested GMs so they at least have a starting point.
Just for the sake of conversation, if you were in EDC's shoes, what would your offer be to Lamar in terms of AAV and total guarantees?
I'd take the reported number, and probably up the gtd at signing to around $150M. Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing.
You can be poor and not have a poor mindset though. Plenty of people arent even close to being rich financially yet they still dnt think that way that youre mentioning. You maybe assuming that everyone is so small minded because of the type of people you deal with, but thats not case all the time. Its some insightful unfortunate people out here in this world
It dnt matter if he made 500 billion though..its easy to be understanding of his situation regardless if you believe he does deserve it or not. He just feels like he deserves more money than what he was offered and i feel him on that. I mean he a bitch if he leaves lmao but id still understand why. I wont be one of those people that gets mad about an already rich person holding out because he want more riches type dudes.I don’t think you have to be in a miserable state of mind to not be sympathetic towards Lamar’s situation. I mean think about it. Dude made $23 mil. last year, apparently turned down a 5 year extension with $175 mil. guaranteed regardless of injury. $200 mil. guaranteed if he’s on the roster 5 days into the 2026 league year.
More details emerge on the multi-year contract Lamar Jackson was offered
Jackson chimes in and both ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport confirm the potential contractwww.baltimorebeatdown.com
Problem is his feelings are wrong, he’s over valuing himself and someone needs to get him straight. The longer he waits the more money he is losing. For me it’s not a matter of being mad about him making the money or maybe leaving, it’s about him fkn up the team dragging this thing out.
I don't blame a guy for trying to get what he feels he deserves. I'll always support the players in that regard. The issue here though is that literally no one is willing to give him what he wants. So where do you draw the line? Do you continue to just hope one of those offers come in, or do you take the fuck ton of money you've been offered already?
