After two years of conjecture and also reports, the Baltimore Ravens and also Lamar Jackson have ultimately accepted terms on a brand-new contract. The numbers have actually been reported as five years, $265 million, with $185M ensured (certainly, we do not understand the FULL warranty, a term with which we’ve all come to be all as well familiar lately).
RSR staff respond to the substantial news below.
Darin McCann
It really did not constantly appear like this would certainly be the result when the smoke eventually got rid of, however right here we are, and also the Ravens are absolutely a far better team with Jackson on the roster than not. The financials are what the financials are, and it appears to be pretty much a contract the market determined it needs to be. Now the Ravens have some certainty moving forward, just hours before the draft. That assists.
All of this helps.
Rob Shields
Well, the agony is ultimately over. For the in 2015, I have actually been claiming that Lamar was going to need to cave for this to get done and also I really did not think he would certainly. I felt the Ravens need to have traded Lamar last year, when he had peak value.
Sadly, that really did not happen and also we saw his market shrivel up this year and there was extremely little to no rate of interest in trading for him and giving him the agreement he reportedly wanted.
And then the Jalen Harms offer occurred and that seemingly changed every little thing. The bottom line is Lamar got the second best bargain ever as well as the Ravens were NEVER being inexpensive.
All the “pay the man” things was always incorrect as well as blown out of proportion as well as currently most of the media and fan base has propel their faces, as the Ravens reviewed this completely and also were always the side that was right.
Delighted it’s done and also we can proceed. I will presume the offer pays him greatly for the initial three years, a la Harms and afterwards you probably seek to renegotiate after year three. This was constantly the very best path for Lamar as well as I rejoice he awakened as well as realized his needs were incorrect as well as is happy with this.
Ron Toothe
It mores than … it’s ultimately over. After months and also months of uncertainty, infighting between the fanbase, as well as a basic sense of worry, Lamar Jackson is remaining in Baltimore.
From a first response point ofview, it’s simply wonderful to recognize that in an organization where really exclusive quarterbacks are rare, the Ravens have their person for the long-lasting foreseeable future.
From an economic perspective, you likewise need to more than happy to see that they had the ability to settle on numbers that fit the current quarterback market rather than an idiotic deal that seriously hampered the team’s capability to include more skill (paging the Cleveland Browns).
As even more details continue to come out about the nuts and bolts of the sell the coming day or so, we’ll have a better image of exactly how this liberates the Ravens to make much more additions (Arizona, let’s talk), but for currently simply smile and also more than happy, flock nation. We obtained our guy.
Jared Pinder
Lamar Jackson is a Raven. It’s basically the exact same offer they provided him in September with around $10 million even more in ensured cash. Shoutout to Jalen Harms whose agreement permitted the Ravens to assist reveal Lamar that the completely ensured deal had not been mosting likely to happen from any individual.
This relocation permits the Ravens to now trade for DeAndre Hopkins and consume more money for Arizona.
Lamar Jackson is a Raven permanently after months of dramatization.
Currently go appreciate Draft night due to the fact that this headache is lastly over.
Celebrate, Ravens Fans.
Chris Schisler
I’ll keep this concise as I have my draft night calzones in the oven, as well as my emotional reaction is basic delight. I have actually constantly stated via this tiff that I enjoy the Baltimore Ravens and also I love Lamar Jackson. The hardest part of all of this was stabilizing that. A future without Jackson wasn’t excellent, but you had to get a bargain that worked. Now we can quit tearing out hearts in 2. Lamar Jackson is a Raven for a long time.
The money allows, yet that’s the marketplace we have right now for an MVP quarterback. Bigger than anything is that the drama mores than. The Ravens do not have the dark cloud hanging over the castle. I truly believe the dramatization is over and also Lamar Jackson is mosting likely to be the quarterback we fell in love with before every one of this unnecessary dramatization.
Everybody obtains what they want. Everyone gets credit rating. Jackson fulfilled the Ravens at a lucrative settlement point. The Ravens can develop the group the method they have always planned on building it: around number 8. This is a large draft. It’s a large evening. Somehow there’s a reason for euphoria in Baltimore. I make sure I’ll have more constricted responses as time goes on, but someone needs to obtain me off over the moon first. We cover the team however we’re fans. This is what followers required and also I can not conceal my ear to ear smile in this writing.
Derek Arnold
Kid, am I glad that mores than. This has actually been one of the most stressful time to be a Ravens follower in history, and definitely one of the most demanding as a person involved in running a Baltimore Ravens fansite. Though I still state I have the very best task on earth, this Lamar dramatization has sapped so much joy from my everyday over the last year-plus. Seeing national media unexpectedly appreciate our team– and in the most awful method– was like a curse from the ape’s paw on Simpsons:
Ravens followers: “I wish the national media would certainly talk about our group much more.”
In addition to that, viewing the followers transform against one another has been frustrating, specifically when we think back to just how much fun we were all having in 2019.
I wonder what sort of reaction Jackson obtains when he tips onto the area at M&T Bank Stadium in September. As a person that undergoes a LOT of comments from fans, I assume the reaction will be a bit warm. Nevertheless, the first time he humiliates a defender by placing them on skates, all will certainly be swiftly forgiven.
I despise exactly how we obtained right here, yet as they state: all’s well that finishes well. Below’s to Jackson going back to being the pleased, fun, as well as interesting gamer he was prior to all this agreement drama started weighing on him. As well as congratulations to both him as well as the Ravens front office for getting this done.
Nikhil Mehta
Aidan Griesser
This was an unbelievable method to begin Draft Weekend break for Ravens followers. Make indisputable, there are dangers with this extension, yet at the end of the day, Lamar Jackson solitarily offers the Ravens a possibility to win every video game. With a spruced up receiving core (possibly consisting of DeAndre Hopkins), this team is topped for a Super Dish push right now. What a lot more could you request?
Last Updated: 28 April 2023
