{"id":56872,"date":"2025-06-18T06:35:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56872"},"modified":"2025-06-18T06:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:35:56","slug":"nfl-insider-sheds-light-on-how-baltimore-ravens-will-approach-lamar-jackson-contract-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56872","title":{"rendered":"NFL insider sheds light on how Baltimore Ravens will approach Lamar Jackson contract talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container post-header \">\n<div class=\"post-header_text has-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"post-meta hasSocialShare\">\n<div class=\"social-share-above\">\n<div class=\"tpd-social-container\">\n<div class=\"social-share-dropdown\">\n<p class=\"social-share\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container post-body\">\n<div class=\"post-content col\">\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_hide credit_onImage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Syndication-Democrat-and-Chronicle-25235812.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=241,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Syndication-Democrat-and-Chronicle-25235812.jpg 428w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Syndication-Democrat-and-Chronicle-25235812.jpg 788w\" alt=\"Baltimore Ravens, Lamar Jackson\" width=\"788\" height=\"444\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Tina MacIntyre-Yee\/Democrat and Chronicle \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"post-content-container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/baltimore-ravens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">B<\/a>altimore Ravens\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Lamar Jackson\u00a0is coming off one of the best seasons in NFL history, falling just a few votes shy of winning his third MVP award. With Jackson once again demonstrating he\u2019s one of the best quarterbacks of his era, Baltimore is eyeing a new deal with the face of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on Sunday\u2019s SportsCenter, ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler said that the sense around the NFL is that Baltimore may follow the structure of the\u00a0Josh Allen\u00a0contract in its upcoming extension with Jackson that could come this offseason.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-incontent-ad-container advertisement-label\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe sense here around the league is that Baltimore could follow the blueprint that Buffalo put together back in March when they extended Josh Allen, even though he had multiple years left on his contract. The feeling is, get ahead of that huge quarterback market money in three or four years from now, just pay your guy now when he\u2019s got multiple years left on his current deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler on how the Baltimore Ravens will approach Lamar Jackson contract negotiations<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0Pair of Ravens\u2019 starters reportedly top candidates for new deals<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lamar Jackson contract (Spotrac):<\/strong>\u00a0$43.5 million cap hit in 2025, $74.5 million cap hit in 2026, $74.5 million cap hit in 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s a very different approach from what Baltimore did in its last round of negotiations with Jackson. In March 2023, the team placed the\u00a0non-exclusive franchise tag\u00a0on their quarterback. It allowed Jackson to enter NFL free agency, giving him the ability to negotiate with other teams, but Baltimore had the right to match any offer he received. If the Ravens declined to match an offer sheet, they would receive two first-round picks from the team that signed Jackson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-incontent-ad-container advertisement-label hasDskAd hasMobAd\">\n<div id=\"dsk-box-ad-c\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"tpd-fallback-tag-dsk-box-ad-c\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>No NFL teams expressed any interest in Jackson, with many coming out publicly to state they wouldn\u2019t pursue him. A month later, the club signed him to a five-year deal worth $260 million. Baltimore structured the contract with a future extension in mind, as evidenced by the cap hits in 2026 ($74.5 million) and 2027 ($74.5 million). He is eligible for NFL free agency in 2028, when he would be 31 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lamar Jackson stats (ESPN):<\/strong>\u00a04,172 passing yards, 41-4 TD-INT, 66.7% completion rate, 8.8 yards per attempt, 119.6 QB rating, 915 rushing yards, 4 rushing touchdowns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Allen\u2019s contract, which made him one of the\u00a0highest-paid NFL player<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nfl\/highest-paid-nfl-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">s<\/a>, was a six-year extension worth $330 million that replaced a four-year $129 million extension he signed a few years earlier. If Baltimore takes a very similar approach, Jackson\u2019s extension will likely be worth upwards of $60 million per year and keep him under contract into his mid-30s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Tina MacIntyre-Yee\/Democrat and Chronicle \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Baltimore Ravens\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Lamar Jackson\u00a0is coming off one of the best seasons in NFL history, falling just&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL insider sheds light on how Baltimore Ravens will approach Lamar Jackson contract talks - 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