NaturalBornHitters
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Good riddance to the quitter
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Lamar Jackson
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ravenslord
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Well we heard this but also from some who suspected different . Watkins comes to mind. It will all come out.
SepticeyePoe
Hall of Famer
You're allowed to be honest here. I don't think anyone here believes this was your last straw
Florida Raven Fan
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I agree he should of done it sooner or after. Lamar has just made a series of questionable decisions lately.
Agreed to an extent. Could absolutely see a scenario where he reports to the team week 10 or whatever (the last week to get an accrued year) and bends us over a barrel. But that would also impact his future earnings because we can do the same damn thing next year, and after 2 years of hardly playing, he's probably not getting the offer he thinks he should get. Ravens still hold most of the cards here.
ravenslord
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I loved the Lamar that was energetic and having fun in 2019 and 2020.
The current Lamar not so much.
Ravens can literally make lamar look bad by assuming he couldve played but you will never know the truth unless lamar says so.. do we realize that with lamar being the kind of qb he is, anything injury involving his lower body is a big risk for him if its still lingering.
QtR Nevermore
Pro Bowler
Harbaugh certainly still thinks Lamar is going to stay. He went out of his way to repair every bridge in his presser.
Having thought about it, I don't think Lamar's tweet changes anything really.
Having thought about it, I don't think Lamar's tweet changes anything really.
cdp
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Yes.
Offer sheet is an actual contract another team can offer. The Ravens can then decide to match it (i.e. Sign Lamar to a longterm deal) or refuse it (i.e. They receive 2 1sts).
The tag is a one year deal which only pays out if Lamar signs it. But it's fully guaranteed. However once he signed it we can trade him for more or less than two 1sts. There is no rule for trade compensation
Corvus Purpura
Practice Squad
He can easily afford to sit out the entire year, thanks to the bag he'll bring in from his boom box looking gym.
Or clark bum ass just wasnt good enough for it to even matter. Prolly wouldve gotten more backlash for doing so lol
Most def
OURavensFan
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I knew when he went on Lebrons bitch podcast we were fucked. Lebron probably convinced Lamar Biscotti and the Ravens are racist
ravenslord
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Now teams interested in Lamar will not give him an offer sheet and figure the Ravens are over a barrel and will trade him for as much as they can get which will now be less than two 1st rounders.
Lamar killed the Ravens negotiating leverage by tweeting he wanted to be traded. He has crippled our team with this tweet.
And he will also say imo hes not playing on the tag, further hurting our ability to get a decent return on a trade.
How do the Lamar homers feel now about him? Be honest.
Lamar killed the Ravens negotiating leverage by tweeting he wanted to be traded. He has crippled our team with this tweet.
And he will also say imo hes not playing on the tag, further hurting our ability to get a decent return on a trade.
How do the Lamar homers feel now about him? Be honest.
rmcjacket23
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I'll tell you what I find interesting... pretty much everything that has happened as led to one inevitable conclusion... Lamar is drastically overvaluing himself league-wide.
This request was March 2nd. That's at least a week before FA occurred. It's before anything of "note" happens in the offseason. And every single team in the league would 100% know this was out there.
And then the public went crazy with the "collusion" aspect of everybody publicly saying "they're out". Of course they're out. They knew three weeks ago what we know today. He wants out, and he wants heaps and heaps of $. And nobody wants to give it to him.
This request was March 2nd. That's at least a week before FA occurred. It's before anything of "note" happens in the offseason. And every single team in the league would 100% know this was out there.
And then the public went crazy with the "collusion" aspect of everybody publicly saying "they're out". Of course they're out. They knew three weeks ago what we know today. He wants out, and he wants heaps and heaps of $. And nobody wants to give it to him.
Watkins has played injured all his nfl career so he expects everyone else can do the same and thats exactly why he plays 3 games a season
Or a team that dont wanna have a bidding war can just offer him exactly what he wants?
Or the Ravens don’t have to trade him. No leverage was killed. It gave the Ravens more
rmcjacket23
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Completely disagree.
Lamar has zero leverage. Every team in the league has had this info for 3 weeks, including what type of contract he's seeking. They could have done a trade before he even was tagged. Nothing happened.
And nothing happened because nobody is willing to meet Lamar's price today.
Ravens can do what they've been doing... sit back and let Lamar handle it all. He can find the team, he can negotiate the deal, and then the Ravens will handle the compensation and the agreement. They don't have to trade him. They can have him for $32M this year, or he can sit, do nothing, get paid nothing, and Steve is $32M richer.
