{"id":48005,"date":"2025-05-14T01:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48005"},"modified":"2025-05-14T01:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T01:07:16","slug":"ravens-signing-lamar-jackson-to-new-contract-would-solve-74-5-million-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48005","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Signing Lamar Jackson To New Contract Would Solve $74.5 Million Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">The Baltimore Ravens could be in the market for an extension for star quarterback and two-time league MVP, Lamar Jackson, sooner rather than later.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>It seems like just yesterday the offseason was filled with drama and speculation about where\u00a0Lamar Jackson\u00a0would play after his rookie contract with the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0expired without a long-term extension and just a $32.4 million franchise tag on the table.<\/p>\n<p>But just about six weeks after the franchise tag was placed on Jackson, he and the team came to terms on a five-year, $260 million contract to make him the highest-paid player in\u00a0NFL\u00a0history. That was on the day of the first round of the 2023\u00a0NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-c2936f05445049df8204dcb1fe215344\" data-google-query-id=\"CJSozpzioY0DFT7IFgUd2V4BGQ\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens_2__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/39b54363e9f3f55012392adc8ea03f02.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-44\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ahhhh, memories.<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for Jackson&#8217;s title as the highest-paid player to disappear, and now, two years later, he barely cracks the top 10 in average pay per season.<\/p>\n<p>Will the Ravens let his contract get to drama status again? Or will they extend him too early?<\/p>\n<p>Coach John Harbaugh addressed this at the NFL Annual Meeting in March.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-66a8a41b4e67459ca4b0de059e048255\" data-google-query-id=\"CKS7_pzioY0DFVD2FgUd920sQQ\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/39b54363e9f3f55012392adc8ea03f02.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-44\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;There has been conversations about that internally, I know,&#8221; Harbaugh said. &#8220;How far along that is or whatever, I don&#8217;t know, but I definitely think it&#8217;s an obvious point that you&#8217;re making. That&#8217;s going to continue to have to be addressed, really with all those guys. You just have to kind of manage that dance \u2013 the salary cap dance \u2013 and Lamar is the main part of that, because he&#8217;s the franchise player. That&#8217;s a possibility. Sooner or later, that&#8217;s definitely going to have to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-cd3c21ddf36d42cba640717637fd4a34\" data-google-query-id=\"CJjz_5zioY0DFVD2FgUd920sQQ\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens_7__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens_7\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/39b54363e9f3f55012392adc8ea03f02.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-44\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"8\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Athletic&#8217;s Jeff Zrebiec says the team &#8220;would love&#8221; to get it before the new season kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His cap number balloons to $74.5 million next year,&#8221; Zrebiec wrote. &#8220;The Ravens would love to reach an agreement on an extension with Jackson before the start of this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The team could save substantial money on the salary cap by extending him now and pushing some of that $74.5 million back. 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