Beyond all the noise about Lamar Jackson’s lack of a contract extension, AndrewBrandt says it comes down to two simple questions ...
The contract will have dramatic effects on the future of the top quarterback market, especially on the negotiations of Joe Burrow with the Bengals and Justin Herbert with the Chargers next year. With a decades-long NFL funding rule that requires teams to fund future guaranteed amounts, Browns’ owner Jimmy Haslam has to place $180 million escrow on this contract. While he can, family-owned teams like the Bengals and Chargers simply don’t have $180 million to put in escrow.
Were I the Ravens, I would have wanted a contract more like the Chiefs and Bills negotiated with Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, respectively. While total cash flow of those deals is strong, the structure and length heavily favor the teams. The Chiefs have Mahomes under contract through 2031; the Bills have Allen under contract through ’28. And here’s the real kicker: Unlike the Watson contract, most of those contract years are team-controlled and nonguaranteed.
Are the Ravens trying to play the game of explaining away the Watson deal and anchoring talks around previous QB contracts? Or is it Jackson who curiously wants another type of deal? Finally, there are those who say that paying Jackson a top-of-market contract would be dangerous for the Ravens due to his style of play and accumulation of contact. It is not clear whether that is a line of thinking coming from the Ravens but if so, Jackson—again, with or without an agent—should dismiss it as out of hand.
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