who says they do?
the only people who have a real interest in getting lamar out of baltimore are the other teams in the NFL
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Lamar Jackson
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the only people who have a real interest in getting lamar out of baltimore are the other teams in the NFL
it's literally the same as last time
lamar doesnt have an agent so any time anyone says anything, the "pundit" class just runs with it to the extremes because there's no one briefing to tone it down
rmcjacket23
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It's also not a requirement. They can let it play out as is, or they can even restructure if they want. They don't need his permission to do that. His void year impact in 2028 is actually super small. If they want to, they can do a simple restructure (probably not a max one) to create something like $10-15M in cap space, and can end up deferring a large chunk of that into 2028 and further if they want.
2026 isn't the drop dead year for an extension. It makes plenty of sense for both sides to want to do it, but they're not hamstrung by it. And in my opinion, Lamar doesn't have a ton of leverage yet, because the Ravens have ways to create cap space, both on his deal and by cutting others, that will still put them in an OK spot next year. What I would 100% do if I were the Ravens, though, is not invest a dime of long term $ into the offense until he signs. Which includes keeping Linderbaum, extending Flowers, etc.
The offseason prior to the 2027 year is basically the "drop dead" time where if he's not extended by then, you have to trade him. He has no trade and no tag clause.
Yep. Not saying he's wrong for not having an agent because it's more contractual money in his pocket, but also missing so much of the "extra" stuff as far as PR, endorsements, etc. go
While I don't agree with the premise of your last couple of sentences in the second paragraph, I do think that's why getting Lamar done is "critical" in some aspects. They aren't just going to sit on their hands and wait, but getting Lamar done opens up opportunities for structuring some of those other deals they also want to get done in a way that makes more sense for the long term. We saw something similar a couple of years ago - they didn't want to kick that can down the road heavily on other guys if they could have avoided it, but the timing of the Lamar deal forced their hands. Guessing we'll be in a similar situation here but I know they wanted to get it done before the season for that very reason, but no luck obviously.
Totally agree with this statement. I've always said he can't see the forest for the trees.
Nah Lamar is as locked down as it gets on the business side of the house. I've heard things but nothing my guy would ever say he even has 1% of confidence on.
UPennChem
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Lamar is a top 3 QB in football. He's also agentless and has a very unique way of going about things. To normal people there's nothing to even discuss beyond that.
However, his unique style clearly frustrates the hell out of agents and the media and probably Decosta.
It's just a shame that they try to slander him as a consequence
However, his unique style clearly frustrates the hell out of agents and the media and probably Decosta.
It's just a shame that they try to slander him as a consequence
And it’s a problem to some extent. But that isn’t an exclusive Ravens-Lamar problem. Any team trading for him in this hypothetical is also going to need to get a deal done.
OURavensFan
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But Lamar doesn’t have an agent, fuck these bullshit shit stirrers
OURavensFan
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Falcons for sure would be better for him. They’d be in the Super Bowl with him. It would really piss me off seeing as their owner made it a point to say how much they don’t need him last time we went through all of this.
gtalk12
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What they got going on over there at QB could not have happened to a better organization. Clowns.
OURavensFan
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Yep, they don’t deserve Lamar. I’m so sick of this stuff Preston stirred up, what a traitor to the city. Lamar really needs to lead us to a win this week to shut them up
I'm not excusing Preston's general reporting abilities, but he has no responsibility to anything other than gaining clicks. And he's succeeded at that. Unfortunately, this is the state of media we're in right now. There aren't too many good ones left.
airconteka
MVP
Seems like everyones expectations from journalists are way too high. Maybe it's because I've grown up in a country where most of the media companies are owned by Rupert Murdoch but I put journalists integrity level at used cars salesmen and real estate agents.
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Journalism used to be good. I don't even buy that most of the guys saying some of the shit they say actually believe it. It's all about "going viral" now and getting as many eyes on the product as you possibly can, because that means more money.
Also think people are generally stupider nowadays but that's another argument.
airconteka
MVP
Don't know if it's the same over there where newspapers were either broadsheets of tabloids, the former were typically high quality journalism and the latter were all rubbish designed to sell papers. When digital emerged all the broadsheets got bought out by the tabloids as the tabloids knew how to milk the system better.
The tabloids then went and fired all the quality journalists as they were all on high incomes and were trouble makers because they believed in concepts like ethics in journalism. Pretty sad really, not much decent sites left.
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redrum52
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I mean there are only 2 sources for a sports story: people in the Ravens organization and people in Lamar's camp. Given that Lamar lacks an agent he probably doesn't have a great way to leak a story so there really is only one place that information comes from.