{"id":857694,"date":"2026-04-06T22:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857694\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:51:17","slug":"ravens-lamar-jackson-makes-big-offseason-statement-of-intent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857694\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens&#8217; Lamar Jackson makes big offseason statement of intent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, with a new head coach, are allowed to get a head start on their offseason preparations, as the franchise began its voluntary workouts at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest question was whether two-time MVP Lamar Jackson would be in attendance, since he missed the majority of them last season.<\/p>\n<p>So, we eagerly awaited to see what No. 8 would do with a new regime in charge.<\/p>\n<p>And as it turns out, the best possible thing happened for Ravens fans &#8212; Lamar was there on Day 1.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\">\ud83c\udfb1<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lj_era8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Lj_era8<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZQ36d8Oopv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZQ36d8Oopv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ravens\/status\/2041129796281725396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/news\/chiefs-ideal-draft-fit-sees-patrick-mahomes-star-weapon\/fe1c4103cac0b117b42329b2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chiefs&#8217; ideal draft fit sees Patrick Mahomes get star weapon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lamar attendance big confidence boost<\/p>\n<p>It is a great sign that Lamar was not only in attendance for Day 1 of the offseason program but also actually worked out.<\/p>\n<p>Still without a new contract, there was a thought that Lamar could sit out as he awaits a new deal, but he chose to do the team thing, and this sets a great standard for the rest of the team.<\/p>\n<p>With the Ravens under pressure to deliver in 2026, which is a little tough on first-time head coach Minter, having Lamar there and present on Day 1 speaks volumes about how Jackson is treating this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is a small step, but it&#8217;s one in the right direction ahead of a pressure-packed 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Baltimore Ravens, with a new head coach, are allowed to get a head start on their offseason&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,7,6,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-857694","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-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116360215698171551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857694","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=857694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}