{"id":186690,"date":"2025-07-06T20:29:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T20:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/186690\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T20:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T20:29:30","slug":"lamar-jackson-takes-a-pass-on-updating-contract-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/186690\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamar Jackson Takes a Pass on Updating Contract Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lamar Jackson discussed a variety of topics Tuesday following mandatory minicamp practice but took a pass when asked about his contract negotiations with the Ravens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know I never discuss contract situations here,&#8221; Jackson said with a smile. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to talk about it. Is that OK with you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>General Manager Eric DeCosta said earlier this month that <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/news\/late-for-work-eric-decosta-gives-update-on-lamar-jackson-contract-extension-talks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">contract negotiations have started with Jackson<\/a>, including during OTAs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had some conversations before the draft, after the draft, in person last week,&#8221; DeCosta told Jerry Coleman on the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=kbNNFXSGkC8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBMore Baseball Podcast.\u201d<\/a> &#8220;I think we&#8217;re in the introductory sort of stage of looking at what an extension might look like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Minicamp would be a convenient time for the two sides to continue those conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson signed a five-year, reported $260 million deal during the 2023 offseason that made him the NFL&#8217;s highest-paid player at the time. He has a $43.5 million cap hit in 2025, per OvertheCap.com, that jumps to $74.5 million next season.<\/p>\n<p>However, other contracts have raised the bar. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen signed a six-year, reported $330 million ($250 million guaranteed) contract extension in March. The Cowboys&#8217; Dak Prescott currently tops the NFL with a contract averaging $60 million per season.<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach John Harbaugh said at the NFL owners meetings in March that Jackson&#8217;s next contract will again put him at the top of the salary scale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think every contract he signs till he decides to hang up his cleats, he&#8217;s going to be that guy,&#8221; Harbaugh said.<\/p>\n<p>When Harbaugh&#8217;s comments were relayed to Jackson, he smiled again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sounds good,&#8221; Jackson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lamar Jackson discussed a variety of topics Tuesday following mandatory minicamp practice but took a pass when asked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,783,7,781,891,20472,895,29236,6,782,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-186690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-clifton-brown","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-general","14":"tag-homepage-latest-headlines","15":"tag-inline-news","16":"tag-lamar-jackson","17":"tag-mandatory-minicamp","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-offseason","20":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114808184191981418","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}