Lamar Jackson, Ravens fail to attain settlement extension before Week 1
It’s official. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson
will play the 2022 NFL season with out a long-time period contract.
Unable to reach an settlement on a contract extension by using Jackson’s
self-imposed closing date of Friday, the quarterback and Baltimore officials have agreed to hit the pause button on negotiations and will resume talks
after the season so Jackson, who has represented himself in place of use an agent, can focus on playing.“Despite pleasant efforts on each aspects,
we had been not able to reach a settlement extension with Lamar Jackson,” trendy supervisor Eric DeCosta said in a declaration overdue Friday morning.
“We significantly admire how he has dealt with this technique and we are enthusiastic about our crew with Lamar main the manner,
We will preserve to work toward a protracted-time period contract after the season, however for now we're searching ahead to a a success
2022 marketing campaign.”
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Jackson had stated on Wednesday that he expected that if the sides hadn’t
reached an agreement by way of Friday, that they might destroy off talks.
"Come kickoff, I will no longer be speaking about a contract," Jackson advised newshounds.