Lamar Jackson meltdown

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(11-28-2022, 12:31 PM)Nepa Wrote: It will be hard not to give other top QBs the kind of guaranteed money that Watson got because the players and their agents will ask for at least as much as Watson got. Which could create a situation where the Super Bowl ends up with mediocre QBs because there is so much more money to spend on the rest of the team. 

Let's hope that Jackson, being his own agent, ends up bringing down the guaranteed money line. Because if the Bengals have to give this much money to Burrow, then they will have to either draft extremely well (and let go of quality veterans) or go with less quality players around Burrow.

The league has already pushed back.  Murray and Wilson got nowhere near what Watson did.  

Jackson likely wants a fully guaranteed deal.  He's a running QB and running QB's typically fall apart during their 2nd contracts and fade into obscurity.  It happened with Cam and it happened with Kaepernick.  The longevity just isn't there.

If the Ravens were smart, they would tag and trade Lamar.  They can't put a strong enough supporting cast around him now to make a deep playoff run even with him on his rookie deal.  No way they can if they stupidly hand him Watson money.  If they pay him, best case scenario is they struggle as a team for a couple years and he asks for a trade and they eat that huge signing bonus.  Worst case, wear and tear adds up and they get nothing out of him.