{"id":813844,"date":"2026-03-15T14:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813844\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T14:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:53:50","slug":"theres-talk-about-lamar-jackson-leaving-ravens-after-key-deadline-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813844\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s Talk About Lamar Jackson Leaving Ravens After Key Deadline Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t look now, but the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> might be in danger of eventually losing All-Pro quarterback Lamar Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jackson, a two-time MVP, is currently set to become an unrestricted free agent during the 2028 offseason. Although the Ravens have time to negotiate a long-term extension, they already failed to get a deal done before the start of the legal tampering window. That was considered their target date for an extension.<\/p>\n

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“We want another window, and Lamar knows that. I think he is amenable to doing something that mirrors the last deal that he did, although the annual number will be a little higher. But I’m hoping that it’s plug in your number in the same contract he signed [in 2023] and move on,” Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said. “The urgency of that matters to me because we’ve got free agents, and I don’t want to go into free agency with that hanging over our head. I made that clear to Lamar, and I think he was very appreciative of my stance, and hopefully, willing to work with Eric and not get this thing dragged out into April like it was the last time.”<\/p>\n

After failing to sign Jackson to an extension this week, the Ravens lost Pro Bowl center Tyler Linderbaum, tight end Isaiah Likely and a few other players in free agency.<\/p>\n

The Ravens did, however, free up roughly $40 million in cap space by restructuring Jackson’s current contract. This move lowered his cap hit for the 2026 season to $34.54 million and raised his 2027 cap figure to $84.49 million.<\/p>\n

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“[We] were able to free up, I think, just under $40 million this year, added a void year to 2030, I believe,” Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said<\/a>. “We’re certainly hopeful that we’ll get an extension done. I think it’s important to both parties. But we remain to see what’s going to take place in the future.”<\/p>\n

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Dec 14, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) warms up before the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images\u00a9 Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images&period;<\/p>\n

(\u00a9 Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images&period;)Should Ravens fans be concerned?<\/p>\n

Obviously, the Ravens could get a long-term deal done with Jackson as early as this weekend. Will they though? We’re not sure considering there isn’t much urgency coming from Jackson’s camp.<\/p>\n

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Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk pointed out that Jackson has a no-tag clause in his current contract. That means he could potentially let his deal play out and hit the open market in 2028.<\/p>\n

“With Jackson representing himself, he\u2019ll eventually return his focus to football. The can may get kicked to 2027,” Florio wrote<\/a>. “And if a new deal isn\u2019t done before the start of the next league year, the final countdown toward Jackson\u2019s first shot at unrestricted free agency will begin.”<\/p>\n

There’s no question Ravens fans will be anxiously waiting for an update on Jackson’s contract.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on Mar 14, 2026, where it first appeared in the NFL<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don’t look now, but the Baltimore Ravens might be in danger of eventually losing All-Pro quarterback Lamar Jackson.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,256,7,4698,895,6,169,7427],"class_list":{"0":"post-813844","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-cincinnati-bengals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-isaiah-likely","14":"tag-lamar-jackson","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-ravens","17":"tag-tyler-linderbaum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116233770748126742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813844","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=813844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}