Welcome into Lounge, presented by Draft Kings.

I'm Ryan Mink here with Garrett Downing.

And we have talked a lot about the Ravens' off-season moves that could be coming here for the

26 season, you know, how they plan for that, what moves they still need to make.

But whenever you're laying out that outline,

you also have to look even further beyond that. And you have to plan for the future. So today,

we're going to talk about the Raven's salary cap outlook and what could be coming down the

pike for preparing for 2027.

Okay.

So this is all part of the puzzle that Eric DeCosta and Nick Maddieo and the Ravens

front office are putting together.

So Garrett, this came to mind with the news this morning especially that Seattle Seahawks

wide receiver Jackson Smith and Jigba has signed a four-year extension

worth $168.6 million, reportedly with $120 million guaranteed, at $42.15 million annual

average salary that makes him the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL.

So he's the reigning offensive player of the year.

He's a Super Bowl champion.

Had an awesome, awesome season last year.

He also was in Zay Flowers draft class.

And so the natural kind of questions now is, what does this mean for Zay Flowers?

So, Garrett, do you feel like this has an impact on Zay and his contract to come?

Yeah, I think whenever there's a player at your position that you're in the same type of category conversation with,

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