NFL Wild Card Weekend -- With an elegant Jag on

The Ravens are one of only a handful of organizations I'd trust to move on from a franchise QB. And my guess is they do.

 

I'll be stunned if the Ravens don't franchise Lamar.

 

Agreed. It’s the whole reason they paid Roquan Smith. Kick the can down the road a year and see if Lamar stays healthy. Three years in a row would be all the excuse they need to move on.

 

When Jackson was drafted, they drafted Andrews (stud TE), Hurst (1st) and Brown (stud oline). Then they drafted Marquise Brown (1st) and Boykin (3rd). In 2020, it was Dobbins (2nd) and Duvernay (3rd). Then Bateman (1st) in 2021. Then Linderbaum (1st) in 202:

I’m not buying for a second that they were not getting him receivers or help.

Actually, it’s pretty amazing they have a great D considering how much of the draft was focused on the offense.

 

Missing on Boykin didn't help. He wasn't good for the Ravens and now he's just a special teamer for the Steelers. Part of their problem on offense is losing both Duvernay and Bateman to foot injuries. You raise a good point. They have invested draft capital in the skill positions on offense, too.

 

What has he shown to make you think he can do that? He relies on his running skills to be even a good quarterback, much less a franchise one.

 

I’m sure it’s been mentioned on the internet, but the Bucs not signing Brady and signing Jimmy Garoppolo instead would be ironic and amazing.

 

re Brady

There's a great book to be written about athletes trying to time retirement.

 

1. Ravens will franchise Jackson unless they've taken leave of their senses, which I doubt they have
2. A cursory glance at Jackson's stats this year and for his career show he's hardly a bad passer, but only a slightly above-average one.
3. He can wreck a defense like few others when he's on. Way back last September he one-handedly vaporized the Pats, who had a decent defense. Threw for four TDs, ran for another and over 100 yards.
4. Injury risk is high.
5. Last but not least. The Ravens have remade their entire offense to fit Jackson. "Moving on" from him would require moving on from the whole playbook and probably 3-4 starters. A daunting task, which is why the franchise tag.

 

/live look at bruce arians

 

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We're on the same side of this. There's no argument to make, the guy's production has dropped in each of the last three seasons.
The fact is they offered him a quarter of a billion dollars and he said no.
He doesn't want to negotiate, he wants demands met.

 

The $250M is illusory, and one-sided. They “only” offered really $130M or so. That would’ve been a Kaepernick type deal in today’s market.