Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is a two-time Pro Bowler, a First Team All-Pro selection and an NFL MVP, and he’s not even 26 yet.
For those reasons, NFL insider Jason La Canfora believes it would behoove the Ravens — both financially and in terms of compensation — to trade Jackson during the offseason if both sides remain at a stalemate with Jackson’s contract negotiations.
“A quarterback of this stature and still this young (he turns 26 in January) playing on the franchise tag is generally a losing proposition for the team, to say nothing of a $45M cap figure that would complicate roster construction,” La Canfora wrote in the Washington Post. “A trade may be the only way out. In fact, that projects as a less surprising outcome by the week.”
