Sandtown
Pro Bowler
Alot of those players had agents. Stop acting like LJ situation isn't unique please.
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Lamar Jackson
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Alot of those players had agents. Stop acting like LJ situation isn't unique please.
Monday when the legal tampering FA window opens
QtR Nevermore
Pro Bowler
The Ravens might have managed to get it done anyway if they hadn't squandered his goodwill and his health with an OC ran him up the middle on every key down because he had no other ideas
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
If either of those teams were to pony up… sorry Lamar, you gots to go.
Literally though any other team in the league and they can fuck right off
And I'm sure that went into the line of thinking as well. The 2 teams that have the highest chance of fucking us over also own the first 2 picks of the draft, which is a virtual guarantee that you can take a shot on another QB.
Sandtown
Pro Bowler
This makes no sense but ok.
Militant X 1
Ravens Ring of Honor
Ravens placed the "non-exclusive" franchise tag on Lamar. Damn! 
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
I mean it’s hard to do any better when all of your star players are injured every other week for 3 straight seasons
JAAM
Hall of Famer
Exactly this
JAAM
Hall of Famer
This is weird. You’d think every QB needy team would be interested in Lamar. Maybe we overvalue him?
rmcjacket23
Ravens Ring of Honor
If true, which it seems pretty early to be true, but if true, this is fascinating how many teams are dropping out.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Only problem there is, it only takes one team to say fuck it we got the roster to compete, and offer up, and if that’s a team that likes to trade their first rounders then we’re big fucked.
rmcjacket23
Ravens Ring of Honor
I think its situational.
Keep in mind a lot of teams take years to prepare themselves for contracts like this. Its not like its easy for a team to just wake up one day and be like "yeah, we can totally give this guy $200M gtd at $50M a year". That takes planning.
I think Falcons and Panthers are probably high enough in the draft where they think they can draft somebody. Or waiting until future drafts.
I think it's multiple things...
1. No agent so negotiating directly with the player
2. Teams know his reported asking price
3. Teams would have to pay that asking price and give up a ton of assets for the right to do that
4. There are undoubtedly some injury concerns
5. That Watson deal already looks like a disaster
If he was a regular street FA, he'd have a contract in a second. But when you put all of the things together, it's a tough sell.
JoeyFlex5
Hall of Famer
Hopefully all of these are true, but man it’s hard to believe that all these teams are out on Lamar immediately.
IF this plays out this way though, and Lamar tests the market and then comes back here on a more manageable deal, then I’m gonna need to see some acknowledgement of EDC’s thousand pound brass balls
rmcjacket23
Ravens Ring of Honor
There aren't many teams like that. Jets are on that list, but they seem to be infatuated with Lamar.
Dolphins would be on that list, except they don't have a first rounder to give up.
redrum52
Hall of Famer
Go for my friends bachelors. We're walking down the street and see an old man doing blow with 2 hookers on the sidewalk. Looked like he was having the time of his life.