The NFL insider shares one possible reason that Lamar Jackson is slow-rolling his first major new contract as a pro
Publish date:Lamar Jackson has accomplished an incredible amount at just 25 years old, with an MVP award, All-Pro selection, two Pro Bowls and a number of league records to his name. Even so, Jackson is set to play on his $23 million fifth-year option in 2022, a rarity for an elite quarterback who has established himself so firmly in his first few NFL seasons.
Jackson’s deal has been a source of intrigue for years now, especially after he won the league's MVP award in 2019. It stands to reason that when he does sign a new deal, it could be worth well over $40 million per year, putting him in the ballpark of players like Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and Dak Prescott, young star quarterbacks who have signed new contracts in recent years., when asked about the status of negotiations with Jackson, who does not have an agent.
NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport weighed in on the unique situation with Jackson after Acosta's comments. He said that it doesn't sound like Jackson is in any rush to work out a new deal, even with hundreds of millions of dollars potentially on the table. “Essentially what Acosta said is, ‘We are ready when Lamar Jackson is.’ They're going to go at his pace,” Rapoport said. “What is interesting to me, just judging the view of the thing, the entire landscape, it doesn't seem like Lamar Jackson, from my information, is in any rush at all.”
Rapoport speculates that Jackson could be running a playbook similar to the one used by Kirk Cousins with Washington and Dak Prescott with Dallas. Both players wound up being franchise tagged—usually viewed as a negative by players seeking the protection that long deals with guaranteed money can afford—and used their leverage to eventually sign top-of-market contracts.
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