Lamar Jackson has asked Baltimore to trade him
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">in regards to my future plans. As of March 2nd I requested a trade from the Ravens organization for which the Ravens has not been interested in meeting my value, any and everyone that’s has met me or been around me know I love the game of football and my dream is to help a team</p>&mdash; Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lj_era8/status/1640365154880704514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">win the super bowl. You all are great but I had to make a business decision that was best for my family and I. No matter how far I go or where my career takes me, I’ll continue to be close to my fans of Baltimore Flock nation and the entire State of Maryland. You’ll See me again</p>&mdash; Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lj_era8/status/1640365156877074432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I still think the moves Indy made hint that they’ll make a legit run for him. And it’s a pretty good move for both the colts and Lamar.

He loves football, but he sure doesn't love grammar.

Fine that he's asking but he was already available for trade to any team that has their 2023 and 2024 first round picks. Doesn't sound like anybody has called to even open negotiations.

He really needs to get an agent.

Colts plane was in Baltimore for a good while recently. I do think that's where he's going to end up

Lamar to Denver straight up for Russell Wilson, so Case of Dildos can tell us about how Wilson sucked and this was always the Paton Plan.

They should trade him to the Colts and use the 4th pick on Anthony Richardson while loading up.

I think this would go a lot like Russ to Geno in Seattle. They’ll be fine

He needs two things:

1. An Agent
2. An English Tutor

Every tweet I read from Lamar he sounds dumber than a bag of hammers.

Too bad we already have Pacheco on the roster

Perfect timing with Harbaugh getting ready to speak at the NFL meetings.

Why would they? No reason to even consider it until the draft is over.

Especially if you have a Top 5 pick like the Colts and bringing in LJ means you will be drafting later, moving forward.

The colts aren't giving up the 4th pick for Lamar LMAO

They can do it after the draft and give up their 2024 and 2025 1st rounders.

Would the Ravens have a legitimate grievance if the Colts sign Lamar to a poison pulled offer sheet the day after the draft?

I think they removed the ability to poison pill a contract in the last CBA iirc.

There's no way I'm giving up the 4th pick for Lamar if I'm the Colts. It's going to take multiple picks...so give up your 2023 2nd rounder, 2024 1st and 2025 1st.

Wonder if the Ravens would try and get the rights to whoever the Colts picked there. I'm assuming it would be best DPA available so you're talking Anderson or Carter most likely.

All things considered his grammar isn't really all that bad. In a college history class I had an elective history prerequisite where a basketball player sat behind me and basically spoke in tongues and spat with each vowel and preposition.

The prepositions were worse and I moved my seat to the other side of the room. I remember seeing an answer on his test about Napoleon as "He be short". Having a good jump shot and/or a good arm will get you places.

What’s his Wonderlic score?

We ****ing get it. He doesn't tweet in perfect English. A good number of athletes don't. Who gives a ****...

Not even like it's hard to understand what he's saying.

He treats the English language much like the quarterback position.... redefining.


jk, completely butchering.

guy threw 17 TD LMAO

That sure didn’t dispel the general thought that he’s kinda dumb.

Kinda wonder what Baltimore’s plan is for a Lamar replacement? Hendon Hooker in earth rd 2? Maybe use draft capitol from Indy to move into top 10
If you don’t get pick #4?

They were just picking up a few things they left behind in 1984.

They could take Hooker at 22...or in the 2nd. They still have Huntley to start the season off if they needed too.

Intredasting. EDC making the comments about the WRs not being good and Bateman putting him on blast happened the same day

It would never happen but I'd happily throw the Ravens a pick for Bateman right now.

Apparently like you love double posting.

I'd take Lamar if the Ravens include their 1st and 2nd rd. pick for this year, but I am not giving them anything in return.

And apparently like you love doubling down. Belize good this time of year?

They did, but only the strict sort of "Chad Hutchinson" contract the Vikings pulled several years back.

You just can't offer a deal that has terms that are different for the 'losing' team than they would be for the 'winning' team. The Vikes offered Hutchinson a deal where his contract would guarantee if he wasn't the highest paid player on the team and the Seahawks had Walter Jones making $7 million. So if the Seahawks matched, the entire deal ended up guaranteed.

Whereas on the Vikings that wouldn't have been an issue.

That's the kind of deal that is barred. You can still make frontloaded deals or deals with onerous enough terms to make it difficult for a team to match.

Almost as much as you love making up stories about girlfriends in Belize.

I thought there was also a contract poison pill included about playing a certain number of games in one state that would make the contract guaranteed.

Heh

Dude's a dim bulb.

The grammar isn't the disease - it's a symptom.

It's interesting for 2 reasons - A) He's a quarterback and that requires some processing power that I'm not sure he's demonstrated and B) He's representing himself in a hundred million dollar business deal.

Oh, and it's funny. The guy's dumb as a hammer.

I get it. It just gets annoying as **** when it's hammered on over and over. It's about as funny as the whole belize thing that everyone wants to include in every ****ing thread ever created.

Sure, but that's just another example.

If there are terms in the deal that make the contract obligations fundamentally different for a 'matching' team than it does the team that offered it, it's a poison pill.

They really haven't happened all that often and aren't strictly necessary.

You could probably use the compensation you get for Lamar to move up to 6 and get Anthony Richardson so the Raiders don’t.

And I’d bet the Lions would take that deal

Yup - absolutely.

But he has injury issues of his own.

It's just hard to take him seriously. Like, do you really think a guy with a shaky grasp of the English language is going to understand the nuances of non-exclusive franchise tags vis-à-vis trades and how that might impact the teams involved? I'm sure major agencies employ "a guy" whose entire job is to understand the intricacies of stuff like that.

It's not that I expect Lamar to be able to understand it. It's that he doesn't even realize how important it is that he DOES understand it (or someone on his side does).

He just seems like he's got a lot of Dunning-Kruger effect going on and he's so lost in all of this that he doesn't even realize how lost he is.

Dude isn't that bright for a number of reasons...not having an agent being the paramount one.

Lol. I don't think that anyone is dumb enough to trade for him and his unrealistic demands. But if anyone is that dumb, it would be great to see it be the Colts. It's nice to see those scumbags be bad. It'll be even better to see them stick with a bad quarterback contract for a declining running back that throws the ball.

The problem is it is going to take multiple picks and your still going to have to over pay him to play for you. Not a good combination.

I'm kind of fascinated by it. I don't understand how you use something every single day and never figure it out. There's that whole thing about how 10,000 hours of practice makes you an expert, and he's had about 100,000 hours of being around the English language and still can't get it right, or even close. You'd think some improvement would naturally occur when he's constantly hearing people use proper grammar, but apparently not.

Hahaaaa...when did Cave's username get changed?

Proper grammar isn't really that high on a lot of people's lists right now.

I guess not. I don't even really think the guy is dumb, but I just can't figure out why he's not improving naturally due to exposure to more literate people.

I didn't know that he wasn't using an agent. That seems like a bad idea.

I think a trade here would be beneficial for all parties.

The Ravens couldn't get it done with LJ on a cheap contract. Not gonna happen with a large cap hit.

Maybe a change of scenery for him might get him to be more of a passer. Might.

If anyone wanted to trade for him he'd have an offer sheet by now.

He also has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Louisville, although it appears that he took most of his classes at the University of Phoenix.

Is becoming more of a passer really in his best interest, though? He's really good at one thing, the best in the league at it. You almost need to find an NFC team that has no receivers and see if you can run the guy to a super bowl anomaly.

I'm going to say something that you're not going to like and I apologize in advance, but I've noticed that Patrick Mahomes II does not appear to know the difference between 'your' and 'you're'.

There! I said it!

ChatGPT to the rescue!

Eh - offer sheets on a non-exclusive franchise tag are pretty cost prohibitive. 2 first rounders is steep.

He's formally asking the Ravens to do what they've probably been doing anyway - lower their asking price to facilitate a deal and in the process perhaps get him a better contract.

But it's kinda silly of him to think the Ravens aren't doing precisely that right now.

Oh, my. LMAO

Then the English language must be wrong on that issue. We should change it.

IDGAF DILLY DILLY!

Watch him end up with the Jets...

If you can squeeze a Vick with the Eagles result from him you've got a contender if his legs aren't shot.

Hey, bitch boy, I Belize you still have some evidence to post to satisfy your end of a bet.

He asked for the trade almost a month ago, and no traction so far that we've been aware of. Nobody is willing the pay the two 1sts to get him away with an offer sheet, and nobody is willing to go higher than that for a trade. Lamar backed himself into a corner on this one and will likely have to take less money as the Ravens have him locked down.

I can't imagine the Ravens would ask for less on a formal trade.

Quite frankly, i'd expect them to ask for more than just two first rounders.

Also of note: apparently Dan Marino, Brett Favre, and Jim Kelly both scored 15 on their Wonderlic.

Donovan McNabb scored a 14.

Lamar Jackson scored a 13.

A 13 is pretty good for a running back

That wouldn't make any sense - why would a team ever give more? If Jackson isn't willing to play on the tag, his stand-alone rights have very little value. So why wouldn't you just offer him what you'd offer him and give up the 2 firsts?

No, they're not asking for more than that because there's just no way to leverage it that way.

I'd bet they're asking for less because at this point they WANT to move on from him. And if nobody will give up the 2 firsts, they might be able to get 1. Or a couple seconds or whatever.

Jackson is a distressed asset at this point and they'd be looking to get him moved for less than the tag requirements.

He could hold out and **** them capwise. Sure...he loses a year of eligibility and the $32 million but it's not like he gives a shit right now. Or it doesn't seem like he does.

He could hold out.

Wouldn't technically be a hold-out as I don't believe he's actually signed his tender. It would be similar to the OBJ thing from last year where he just delays signing the tender. And the Ravens could likewise yank the thing but I don't think they'd do it.

I wonder if the trade request is more to send a signal to Baltimore that he would be willing to sign the tender in a sign/trade scenario. Because technically the Ravens really couldn't trade him if he hasn't signed the franchise tender.

You would love the NBA thread!

Highest scoring QB on the Windowlick test though

Technically yeah that would be correct. Makes it tougher on the Ravens since they can't fine him.

Raven fans not happy.

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Right. He has a lot of control over the timelines here but he needs to develop a market for that to matter.

Dude needs to hire an agent. This is silly.

Ravens need to find a good deal and walk away. Lamar ain’t gonna win a championship from Baltimore especially once he gets paid. He’s outserved his purpose. He will be a great fit for a team like Indy or Atlanta that just want to bring butts back into seats and be competitive, and Lamar can do that for them. With Lamar flubbing the whole contract negotiation Baltimore has their out where they can claim they tried their best.

I think Lamar is too good for them.

LMAO LMAO

John Candy has really fallen from grace.

cannot believe a player of his caliber doesn't have an agent. that's just crazy.