Hello, good morning friends. Welcome into first take. I'm Christine Williams in here for Molly Cara. We've got a whole squad here today

Bart Scott Teddy bruski Mike Tannenbaum and Adam Schefter. Here's Bart Scott not sitting down to start things off

Make sure you stick around a little bit later because we have Iowa Stark Caitlin Clark joining us later in the show

How are you doing Bart? You good? I'm good. Okay feeling a little rushed. Maybe this morning never

Rift. Okay, let's start things off with the news that we got yesterday at 1048 AM Eastern. The

March Jackson broke the internet with the latest in his ongoing contract saga with the Baltimore Ravens.

Jackson tweeted announcing that he had requested a trade from the team on March 2nd and the timing couldn't

have been more convenient as the tweet went out as coach John Harbaugh sat down to speak with reporters at the NFL's annual

League meeting. Now the tweets said in part a letter to my fans. I want to first thank you all for all the love and

support you have consistently shown towards me. All of you are amazing and I appreciate you all so much. I want you all to

know not to believe everything you read about me. Let me personally answer your questions and 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. 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 Flak Nation and the entire state of Maryland.

You'll see me again. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh spoke to the media regarding his quarterback tweets.

I haven't seen the tweet. I said I'm going process. I'm following it very closely just like everybody else is here.

And looking forward to a resolution. I'm excited thinking about Lamar all the time, thinking about him as our quarterback.

We're building our offense around that idea. And I'm just looking forward to getting back to football. I'm confident that's going to happen.

Do you want to spate him being your quarterback a week one?

I do. You know, you got to you got to plan for all the contingencies for sure, but I'm pretty I'm pretty fired up about Lamar Jackson.

I mean, Lamar Jackson is a great player.

All right, there is Adam Schefter.

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