(03-08-2023, 09:18 AM)Mikey Wrote:

(03-07-2023, 09:47 PM)Jag149 Wrote: Well now the Ravens have made a move. They put the non-exclusive franchise tag on their QB.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/lamar...her-teams/

I was hoping we could get a deal done with Engram and do this to Taylor, but alas....

Best part is nobody is nibbling at the bait, Ballimer gonna have to overpay to mend fences at this point, and I don't know that money is enough to mend them.

Baltimore look like they're playing 3/4 different scenarios and are comfortable watching how it pans out ... I'm not sure any of them involve giving Lamar a big bag of money.


They've got him tagged, ... If he gets an offer i fancy they'd be relatively happy taking two firsts and moving on. I appreciate people will say they should be getting more but its a tangled web and circumstances change. His style of play might mean two firsts and a clean slate with a Garropollo for a season or so isn't an unpalatable option.

If he gets an offer and they think It's a worth it, they can simply match it and theyve have had another franchise do the leg work for them!!

If Lamar doesn't get an option they could look to renegotiate from a significantly improved position.

If he doesn't want to renegotiate again i suspect they'd be quite happy with the option of tagging him for two years and letting him walk at a time when his body may start letting him down

Its be interesting to know what their ideal scenario would be... My utter guess at it would be the first or the last. They're a smart franchise, and getting out a season or two early night be better than handing him the bag and struggling to get out a season or two late!

As for Lamar, I admire the fact that he's representing himself in a way. Trying to take responsibility for your own decisions... But circumstances have conspired against him and he looks like a leaf in a lake, bring sent hither and thither with the currents at the minute. Nows the time to swallow your pride and get an agent! He seems to be banking on an owner breaking ranks to get his guaranteed contract and it just doesn't seem feasible! The words obviously gone out. I fancied his best bet might be Tepper but the Panthers going up to #1 has sluiced that and the only other team i could see as a dark horse might be Washington! Who knows what goes on there!! He's been an entertaining player and with a fair few less of the airs and graces that seem to afflict certain others but he's being backed further and further into a corner and each step is costing him a great deal of money! Which is a shame for a guy who provides a lot of entertainment

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