purple haze

Robinson is a great prospect. There are never guarantees but he checks all the boxes Beane likes on and off the field. That guy can play and would make the Bills offense harder to defend. He’s an offensive weapon in run and pass game. I doubt he goes low enough in the draft to even be in trade-up range though (20-25).

Reasoned analysis. A sip of water in the desert of hot takes.

UB stated they want to stay on campus. Pegula has extended the opportunity for them to play at the new stadium if they want to.

Why? Is our D line that good? 3 DT’s are free agents after this season. Epenesa is too I believe. You rather Beane spends a majority of free agent dollars on those positions next off-season?

Run the ball more. Less passing less need for him to scramble. Use the RB in the run game and less called run plays for Allen. It will never totally go away but they can lessen the amount he runs.

They’re already ensuring it. But if he really doesn’t want to be in Baltimore sitting out is his option. He couldn’t trust they’ll work out a deal to trade him if he shows up. After his tweets today, the Ravens better start plan B. He’ll take less elsewhere, but not from the Ravens. That’s the way things look at this point. I think there is bad blood between Jackson and the organization.

His rights still belong to the Ravens. I believe they can trade those rights. The Ravens are trying to play things out with the non-exclusive tag but Jackson has no intention of playing for the Ravens.

Jackson will get paid somewhere. The Ravens don’t want to lose him. They could trade him for two picks already. They want other teams to do their work for them and they want to be able to say they had no choice but to let him go. It’s all optics. I get it though. No guarantees they find a better QB. It’s a crap shoot. A lot of teams have been in that QB desert for years.

I think his market value is being manipulated by the owners, but it is what is. He’s not getting that Watson deal even if there was an owner out there willing to give it to him. Now, it’s about where he’ll play next.

Cool. If he’s no better than Flacco or Huntley, let him go. Take the tag off or trade him. Why hold onto him if the backup is better? Play Huntley. Good luck to them.

Possibly. But that doesn’t help them. Jackson will get paid eventually. He’ll be fine. Good luck to the Ravens on their QB hunt. Maybe they find a better one. Maybe not.

They won’t. That does them no good. Same way the Texans eventually traded Watson.

Yes, it does. it’s Jackson’s market because he’s a commensurate player to the QB who got that deal. It’s not Daniel Jones or Sam Darnold’s market. Jackson should ask for that deal. The Ravens don’t have to pay it. It’s business.

The NFL won’t allow the demand to be approached. I get it from the league’s perspective. Jackson will eventually take less. But he’s not taking less from the Ravens. Get rid of that tag and Jackson will be signed somewhere at some point. The Ravens want it both ways. I doubt that works out for them in the end. Mahomes and Allen signed deals before Watson. Their organizations locked them up at first chance. If they hadn’t those two could demand what Jackson is, and should be.

If the Raven’s think of Jackson the way you do then they should trade him and go find a QB better if they can. Can’t have it both ways: he’s not good enough but we don’t want to lose him. Why? If he’s as mid as you think he is? 2 QBs you named were paid as soon as they were eligible to be paid and the other two most likely will be. So, unlike Jackson they didn’t or won’t have to be in this circumstance with their organizations. Jackson has said little or nothing. He can’t control media narratives or fans emotions on Twitter or the message boards. He’s not bringing bad publicity to the Ravens. The Ravens put themselves in this position. Pay him or trade him. It’s not that hard.

It’s not working out for the Ravens either. And it’s hard to fight the system. QBs of commensurate talents get more, in some way, than the previous QB received on their contract. Usually. So, why is that different now? It’s not Jackson’s fault the Haslem’s gave out that bad deal to Watson. He’ll get paid a lot of money somewhere, eventually; not what the market dictated he should get, most likely, but he’ll be a generationally wealthy young man still living out his dream. He wins either way. Will it be in Baltimore? I’d bet, no. So, in that case, who wins, again? The QB who gets paid and plays or the team in search of a player like Lamar Jackson and can’t find one? 🤷🏾‍♂️ It is when it has been established in the market. Again, blame the Haslem’s for setting that market, not Jackson for asking for that type of deal.

This is business. The best QB the Ravens’ organization has ever had, who puts asses in seats weekly, and is big on helping the community as well, is the man they don’t want to pay a market value contract? Why do the Ravens want to do him like that? if they don’t think he’s worth what he’s asking for, trade him. Go find a QB who is worth it then. Good luck to them.

He’s trying to get what he wants and feels he deserves based on his accomplishments and what the market set. Had the Ravens paid him earlier on this situation wouldn’t exist. The Ravens have themselves to blame. With what Jackson has meant to the Ravens, no, I would not take less from them. If I had to settle it would be somewhere else where I have no history.

You all are wild. Why should he consider that? This is basic business. Watson signed a deal for 230 million guaranteed. Jackson is no less accomplished and his contract talks were coming up. Of course he’ll want what Watson received plus more. That’s usually how it works. Lamar doesn’t have the issue. The Haslem’s bad decision making is the issue. if I’m Lamar Jackson I won’t take less from Baltimore. If I have to take less it will be in another uniform and I would not play on the tag either. Sit out. In that scenario they will trade him eventually.

Possibly. But he might be fine. Either way he can still catch and would be a distraction for the defense.

Wilson is the goods and if Rodgers winds up with the Jets you should be concerned with that WR group and Breece Hall coming out of the backfield too.

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Tanner McKee, from Stanford? Ehhh, I don’t know about that. I can’t see him going in the first.

Motor, Fournette, Elliott.

At 27, unless a talent like Robinson is there, they should be trying to trade back anyway. We can most definitely use an extra 3rd. Problem is: who would teams be trading up for?