Lamar Jackson Gets Love and Money from the Ravens

Written by: Cesar Fuentes

After months of negotiations and even public breakups, the Ravens showed Lamar Jackson how much they loved him and gave the quarterback 260 million reasons to sign his 5-year deal. It's not just money, Baltimore took the weapons it needs to boost its quality as a quarterback, starting with offensive coordinator Todd Monken who spent the last three years as Georgia's offensive coordinator, helping guide the Bulldogs to back-to-back national championships.

They then brought in veteran, talented but troubled wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to a one-year, $18 million deal, a great addition since none of the 8 wide receivers on the roster have ever had a 1,000-yard passing season, Beckham has five.

And the icing on the cake came in the draft, with the addition of Boston College wide receiver Zay Flowers, who had 200 receptions for 3,056 yards with 29 touchdowns, plus 57 carries for 345 yards and two rushing scores.

Baltimore has ranked last in the NFL in receiving yards from wide receivers in three of the last four seasons (2019, 2020 and 2022), but the reality is that Lamar is not to blame for this, having even been voted MVP. in 2019.

The lack of weapons and design of plays was not an impediment for Jackson to demonstrate all his quality and that was precisely the reason why Ravens gave in to his demands and now yes, Lamar will have no excuses to try to take Baltimore to the Super Bowl and compete against the Bengals, Bills and Chiefs for the AFC title