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Lamar Jackson

cobrajet said:
I can’t see too many quarterback needy teams waiting until after the draft and putting all their eggs in a basket for Lamar. I could be wrong. The main problem I see is if Lamar doesn’t get the offers he thinks he should, he is is going to be super pissy about this tag. That may not work out very well for us.
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To your last point, I think Lamar potentially holding out is a much bigger risk than us losing him
 
cdp said:
Don't sleep on the Bears. They're trying to trade their 1st and are apparently close to a deal.
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Maybe.
I'm also not opposed to any deal that involves us getting the #1 overall pick plus another first rounder in 2024. That's obviously something I can live with as a good option if we can't make a deal.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
Overall agree. Still comes with risks.
Notably, if Lamar doesn't get what he wants on the market, there's no guarantee he signs Ravens deal either. He'll just sit out pretty much the whole offseason and then MAYBE sign the tag before the season. I suppose he could sit out into the season, but its also a pretty futile effort at that point that only costs him $.

Either way I think this gets resolved before the draft one way or another. If he doesn't get the offer he wants before the draft, he'll either play the year under the tag or sign whatever deal they agree to in July.
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We see it similarly
 
So when can teams start actually talking to Lamar? Right now? Do we think there will be reliable leaks as to who contacts him?
 
Simba said:
Looking through the cap situations, the Bears and maybe the Texans are the only teams at this time that could cripple us and prevent us from matching. Also impacts heavily what each of those teams is able to do elsewhere though.
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If either of those teams were to pony up… sorry Lamar, you gots to go.

Literally though any other team in the league and they can fuck right off
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
If either of those teams were to pony up… sorry Lamar, you gots to go.

Literally though any other team in the league and they can fuck right off
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And I'm sure that went into the line of thinking as well. The 2 teams that have the highest chance of fucking us over also own the first 2 picks of the draft, which is a virtual guarantee that you can take a shot on another QB.
 
Ravens placed the "non-exclusive" franchise tag on Lamar. Damn! :mad:
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QtR Nevermore said:
They didn't really go on a fun drug fueled binge though. They spent their windfall on Safeties and roster depth. And all the old RBs

The Ravens spent it all sorting the drainage and foundations of their crumbling house.
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I mean it’s hard to do any better when all of your star players are injured every other week for 3 straight seasons
 
JoeyFlex5 said:
If either of those teams were to pony up… sorry Lamar, you gots to go.

Literally though any other team in the league and they can fuck right off
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Exactly this
 
Simba said:
Falcons, Raiders, Commanders, and now Panthers all reportedly not interested so far

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This is weird. You’d think every QB needy team would be interested in Lamar. Maybe we overvalue him?
 
Simba said:
And I'm sure that went into the line of thinking as well. The 2 teams that have the highest chance of fucking us over also own the first 2 picks of the draft, which is a virtual guarantee that you can take a shot on another QB.
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Only problem there is, it only takes one team to say fuck it we got the roster to compete, and offer up, and if that’s a team that likes to trade their first rounders then we’re big fucked.
 
JAAM said:
This is weird. You’d think every QB needy team would be interested in Lamar. Maybe we overvalue him?
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I think its situational.

Keep in mind a lot of teams take years to prepare themselves for contracts like this. Its not like its easy for a team to just wake up one day and be like "yeah, we can totally give this guy $200M gtd at $50M a year". That takes planning.

I think Falcons and Panthers are probably high enough in the draft where they think they can draft somebody. Or waiting until future drafts.
 
JAAM said:
This is weird. You’d think every QB needy team would be interested in Lamar. Maybe we overvalue him?
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I think it's multiple things...

1. No agent so negotiating directly with the player
2. Teams know his reported asking price
3. Teams would have to pay that asking price and give up a ton of assets for the right to do that
4. There are undoubtedly some injury concerns
5. That Watson deal already looks like a disaster

If he was a regular street FA, he'd have a contract in a second. But when you put all of the things together, it's a tough sell.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
If true, which it seems pretty early to be true, but if true, this is fascinating how many teams are dropping out.
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Hopefully all of these are true, but man it’s hard to believe that all these teams are out on Lamar immediately.

IF this plays out this way though, and Lamar tests the market and then comes back here on a more manageable deal, then I’m gonna need to see some acknowledgement of EDC’s thousand pound brass balls
 
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