Lamar Jackson’s Contract Stalemate, Explained

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🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Things are just a bit messy in the NFL right now. With Patrick Mahomes giving Kenny Powers-style victory speeches and a hallucinating Aaron Rodgers trying to eat two meals a day in total darkness, you can see how things are really just…out of sorts. And as if things couldn’t get any crazier, the Ravens are now in a predicament: they are refusing to give Lamar Jackson the contract that he wants and believes he deserves. So, today, Jeremy Fowler walks us through his and ESPN colleague Jamison Hensley’s new reporting into the NFL’s premiere contract standoff. And he shines a light on what’s to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, Jeremy Fowler, as someone who is currently working the Lamar Jackson beat for ESPN, I felt
0:06.1	obligated to start this story by talking about a tweet.
0:11.4	Last month January 11th, right before the NFL playoff started, Lamar Jackson tweeted
0:17.4	what exactly?
0:21.7	He tweeted this, thank you everyone for your support and concerns regarding my injuries.
0:27.6	I want to give you all an update as I am in the recovery process.
0:32.4	I've suffered a PCL Grade 2 sprain on the borderline of a strain 3.
0:38.8	There is still inflammation surrounding my knee and my knee remains unstable.
0:43.4	I'm still in good spirits as I continue with treatments on the road to recovery.
0:48.8	I wish I could be out there with my guys more than anything, but I can't give 100% of
0:53.8	myself to my guys and fans.
0:56.9	I'm still hopeful we still have a chance.
0:58.9	Yeah, then there was some like purple heart emojis, I think, on their two, right?
1:03.0	Yes, purple heart, purple heart.
1:04.5	I think I see two here.
1:10.5	And so these emojis, the message of this tweet, which essentially Lamar Jackson saying,
1:14.8	hey, sorry, I cannot play in the postseason, explain why this was such a big deal at the
1:22.4	time.
1:23.4	Well, it was a big deal for a few reasons. One is the Ravens were surprised by the tweet.
1:28.8	They didn't expect it.
1:30.6	Players had gone home for the day.
1:33.0	As far as I was told, they had finished practice that Thursday.
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