Ravens put NON-EXCLUSIVE tag on Lamar

[Maelstrom787]

Any team can offer him. Baltimore will get chance to match. If they decline to match, Lamar goes elsewhere and Baltimore gets 2 firsts.

That is SPICY

 

[toffee]

Any team can offer him. Baltimore will get chance to match. If they decline to match, Lamar goes elsewhere and Baltimore gets 2 firsts.

That is SPICY

JUST TWO FIRSTs? We had it good with Wilson's trade, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, and a bunch of players.

 

[QWERTY]

So what happens if no one offers him a deal? And then he will be able to hold out until signing mid season right?

 

[Maelstrom787]

So what happens if no one offers him a deal? And then he will be able to hold out until signing mid season right?

Pretty much.

 

[ElvisInBlue]

So who’s likely to offer?
Atlanta ?
Tennessee ??
Washington ???

 

[toffee]

So who’s likely to offer?
Atlanta ?
Tennessee ??
Washington ???

9ers ?

 

[James in PA]

I hope one of these teams thinking of taking our boy AR15 trades for Lamar! Leave our AR15 alone! He and Pete are already besties!

 

[Rat]

I hope one of these teams thinking of taking our boy AR15 trades for Lamar! Leave our AR15 alone! He and Pete are already besties!

The problem is, if like the Texans or Colts trade for Lamar, who do you think the Ravens will be looking at to replace him? They have a decent bridge guy in Tyler Huntley, so they could afford to roll the dice on Richardson.

 

[QWERTY]

Pretty much.

Then its foolish for Ravens to offer him a tag.

They have so much FA that they need to re-sign.

 

[FortWorthSeahawk]

9ers ?

49ers don't have a 1st round pick this year, so I think they're ineligible.

 

[Maelstrom787]

Then its foolish for Ravens to offer him a tag.

They have so much FA that they need to re-sign.

I think they want him to go so they can get the two firsts. They seem adamant that they're not going to pay him 45m a year longterm.

 

[JPatera76]

I hope one of these teams thinking of taking our boy AR15 trades for Lamar! Leave our AR15 alone! He and Pete are already besties!

Iirc Richardson mentioned he doesn’t like the AR15 nickname. Which I can respect and understand. He explained too. Just a heads up.

(Also I agree lol I want Richardson behind Geno)

 

[GemCity]

I hope one of these teams thinking of taking our boy AR15 trades for Lamar! Leave our AR15 alone! He and Pete are already besties!

This is what I’m hoping. The more I think of it, the more I believe JS and PC are setting things up to grab a QB. Hopefully, Richardson or Stroud.

Geno is a great QB to learn from. He’s disciplined from the pocket. Great mechanics. The Olsen hiring….

It’s starting to make sense.

 

[Hawkinaz]

I also follow the Ravens and have been following it closely. I feel the Ravens are done with Lamar it is a popular feeling Lamar quit on the team for whatever reason(s). If the Ravens were truly trying to keep Lamar they would have used the exclusive tag. My guess is the Ravens hope another team signs him to a fully guaranteed offer sheet the Ravens will not match and both parties go their separate ways with the Ravens getting two 1st rd picks as compensation

 

[James in PA]

This is what I’m hoping. The more I think of it, the more I believe JS and PC are setting things up to grab a QB. Hopefully, Richardson or Stroud.

Geno is a great QB to learn from. He’s disciplined from the pocket. Great mechanics. The Olsen hiring….

It’s starting to make sense.

Having Levis as our QB in waiting isn't nearly as exciting. Im trying to talk myself into it in case we don't land AR. It's not working.

 

[GemCity]

Having Levis as our QB in waiting isn't nearly as exciting. Im trying to talk myself into it in case we don't land AR. It's not working.

Ditto

 

[toffee]

The Ravens are betting that the market for Lama is luke warm at bast, if that.

 

[Lagartixa]

JUST TWO FIRSTs? We had it good with Wilson's trade, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, and a bunch of players.

The Seahawks got a bigger haul for Wilson, but the Seahawks had Wilson under contract and traded him. Jackson was a free agent, and now has had the franchise tag applied. Apples and oranges.

Also, let's not forget that the Seahawks had to eat $26M of dead cap upon trading Wilson, and the Commanders offered what looked at the time like more assets than the Broncos ended up offering for Wilson. Of course, the relative value of those two offers might look different now that the 2022 season has played out - I don't think anyone thought the Broncos would be the fifth-worst team in the league with that defense, a solid OL, good weapons, and what most people thought was a franchise QB, so what the Seahawks got from the Broncos looks a lot better now than it did just under a year ago.

Still, as @toffee points out, two first-round picks is below the current market value for a starting-quarterback trade, so the Jackson-Ravens situations could provide a lot more intrigue and headlines this offseason. Any team wanting to trade for Jackson will have to negotiate an extension with him first, but for cap-management reasons, that's probably better for the would-be acquiring team too.

 

[Lagartixa]

So who’s likely to offer?
Atlanta ?
Tennessee ??
Washington ???

Seems to me somebody will. As @toffee pointed out earlier (in different words), two first-round picks, especially if the acquiring team is good, is below the current established market value for acquiring a franchise QB. Given that Jackson won the MVP in 2019, two first-round picks, no matter how late in those first rounds they're expected to be, could be seen as pretty cheap. I think some teams will be interested. As I said in my previous comment in this thread, any team that wants to get Jackson will have to negotiate a multi-year deal with him first. That could be better for the acquiring team in terms of cap management, but the deal overall will have to give Jackson more than the Ravens were willing to give him, and the Ravens are the team that knows Jackson best.

9ers ?

The 49ers don't have a first-round pick in 2023, and they've got a load of players who are coming due for contract extensions. Even if they had the first-round picks to offer (I've never looked carefully, so I don't know if the two first-rounders have to be in the current and following year, but that would make some sense), they're already going to have to make some tough choices about who stays and who goes, and throwing Jackson into that (and giving him his extension before the guys who have been on the team get theirs ) would make it a lot harder. I guess there's a chance the Santa Clara front office would decide there's a better path to a Super Bowl with Jackson at QB and a different set of soon-to-be free agents re-signed, but I think it's very unlikely Jackson's going to the 49ers. I don't think it would be likely even if the 49ers had the picks.

 

[flv2]

I think the Ravens have handled the situation correctly. It's now up to Jackson to find a team willing to offer him a contract that he's willing to accept. Good luck with that.