Lamar Signs 5 year Extension

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, shaq said:

This will definitely be a case study for running QB’s going forward! If Lamar continues to be injured and this contract turns into a mess, the market will lower the value of running QBS for sure.

Probably also be kind of a big thing In terms of how people see Eric DeCosta.

I wouldn't say he's doing a bad job or anything, but he's not exactly Ozzie Newsome level just yet.

(sentiments that many a Ravens fan has expressed over the last few years)

[carpanfan96]

He got 5m more total contract value and 6m more guaranteed.  

 

My question is what is fully guaranteed..

Hurts had 179 guaranteed but only 110 was fully guaranteed.  

[AggieLean]

Just now, t96 said:

I mean it's more nuanced than that. We'll see what they ultimately gave him, my guess is they caved as they didn't really have a choice considering the leverage franchise QBs have in today's NFL, but it was completely reasonable to be hesitant to give the dude a fully guaranteed contract considering he has missed that much critical time the past few years.

Of course it’s more nuanced than that. Both sides of the table were pretty definitive when it came to Lamar, though.

[shaq]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Probably also be kind of a big thing In terms of how people see Eric DeCosta.

I wouldn't say he's doing a bad job or anything, but he's not exactly Ozzie Newsome level just yet.

(sentiments that many a Ravens fan has expressed over the last few years)

Totally agree, great thought! Gonna be very hard to replicate the consistency Ozzie had in his drafts for sure.

[Smithers]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Well to put in another way, do you want to hear talking heads discussing Jackson as the Panthers are announcing their pick?

After the last several weeks of reading the Huddle, I truly don’t think there’s anything else I need to know about any QB we draft.  It will simply be 15 minutes talking about Young’s height, leadership, S2 score, playmaking ability, fit in our scheme, etc.  

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, t96 said:

I mean it's more nuanced than that. We'll see what they ultimately gave him, my guess is they caved as they didn't really have a choice considering the leverage franchise QBs have in today's NFL, but it was completely reasonable to be hesitant to give the dude a fully guaranteed contract considering he has missed that much critical time the past few years.

If the ultimate outcome is that he got a little more money but still didn't get the fully guaranteed contract, I'm not sure I'd call that the Ravens "caving".

And yeah, it was perfectly reasonable for them to hold their ground on that, especially for a guy who hasn't played a full season in a few years.

[Ocpanthertew714]

Gotta hand it to Lamar.

No agent. No problem

Congrats to him

Edited April 27, 2023 by Ocpanthertew714

[SmittysLawnGuy]

Better start scouting 9th graders. We're going to need a rookie every 6th year. This is out of control. Just fill up everywhere else and let other teams pay a 1/3 rd of their cap to one guy.

[shaq]

6 minutes ago, Smithers said:

After the last several weeks of reading the Huddle, I truly don’t think there’s anything else I need to know about any QB we draft.  It will simply be 15 minutes talking about Young’s height, leadership, S2 score, playmaking ability, fit in our scheme, etc.  

I agree the huddle did a great job at getting absolutely every detail about the top 4 QBS this year. The Huddle is gonna be referencing this QB draft class for the next decade I can already tell the, "Bryce vs CJ" "Ar-15 was the right pick" gonna be alot to deal with haha.

[TheBigKat]

reported $185 guaranteed 

 

suspect the Hurts extension triggered BAL to give more per year to LBJ if he backed down a bit from the overall guaranteed 

[MHS831]

This is getting ridiculous.  Second contract starters are getting 25% of the team's cap.  They are actually hurting their teams to get rich--

[tecc86]

Lamar with OBJ and Hopkins, interested to see how he does

[TheRumGone]

So he just signed the highest paying contract in nfl history and all these people on here were talking poo because him and his mom were negotiating the deal. Just laugh out loud.

[tecc86]

Just now, TheRumGone said:

So he just signed the highest paying contract in nfl history and all these people on here were talking poo because him and his mom were negotiating the deal. Just laugh out loud.

Time to bump the "Lamar showing us how not to handle contract negotiation" thread and laugh at all the morons