Ravens internally discussed the extension for Lamar Jackson

Palm Beach, FLA. – The Baltimore Ravens have interviewed a new agreement for the double the most valuable NFL player Lamar JacksonCoach John Harbaugh said on Monday.

Jackson signed a five -year contract with $ 260 million in 2023, but was widely considered a three -year agreement. Ravens would probably want a new agreement with Jackson before the start of another offseason, when its number of salary chapters 2026 rises to $ 74.65 million.

At the Harbaugh League annual meeting, he indicated that he did not know whether the team began interviews with Jackson, who had no agent and was represented in negotiations.

“You just had to handle dancing with a salary cap and Lamar is the main part of it because he is a franchise player,” Harbaugh said. “Sooner or later it will certainly have to happen.”

Since the signature of what was two years ago, Jackson has further established himself as one of the leading players of the league. In 2023 he won his second NFL MVP and last season was almost repeated as MVP, ended up as a close runner Josh Allen.

He asked Harbaugh to give value to Jackson, said: “The value is best. When Lamar gets paid, it will be the highest paid football player as well as the last.

Allen currently holds the title of the highest paid NFL player after signing a six -year extension of $ 330 million with Buffalo Bills On March 9, this included a record $ 250 million in guaranteed money.

The current Jackson agreement includes $ 185 million in guaranteed money and an average of $ 52 million per season, ninth in the NFL. His CAP number this season is a manageable $ 43.65 million, but in 2026 it increases by $ 31 million.

Baltimore would probably want a new agreement with Jackson in the next 11 months to release CAP Room before the free agency next year. It took 27 months of demanding team negotiations to make Jackson’s last contract.

On the last month of the NFL Combine, the CEO of Ravens Eric Decosta described Jackson as the “Party” and “Partner” and said he could visit Jackson in Florida in this Offseason.

On Sunday, President Ravens Sashi Brown postponed all questions about the new agreement for Jackson Decost and added: “We love Lamara. We like to see his evolution as a young man and as a football player and team leader.

Jackson, 28, comes from the best season of his seven -year NFL career. Last season he took his game to another level and set the maximum career with 4,172 passing yards and 41 touch passages. When Ravens led to their first ranking No. 1, Jackson became the first player in the history of the league to produce over 4,000 yards passing and 900 yards rushing in the same season.

Jackson’s largest block of injury came in Postseason. He’s 3-5 in the playoffs and never advanced to the Super Bowl. Its 11 turnover in Postseason has been most in NFL since it entered the League in 2018.

“That’s what I like about Lamar Jackson – he wants to constantly improve,” Harbaugh said. “He’s never satisfied. He talks about the Super Bowl victory. And when he wins the Super Bowl – no, if – still won’t be happy. He gets another. That’s just the way he is built.”