The Baltimore Ravens turned in an ideal 2024 NFL season, but it surely wasn’t sufficient as they got here up brief once more within the playoffs.
The Ravens have the expertise on either side of the ball to win the Tremendous Bowl, however they’ll’t discover a method to recover from the hump.
Lamar Jackson continues to enhance yearly and was in line to win his third NFL MVP award.
The quarterback can flip any play right into a landing, however he nonetheless faces his fair proportion of doubters as a result of he has but to carry Baltimore to the Tremendous Bowl.
This season, Jackson has each cause to show these critics fallacious, although he has but to indicate as much as any offseason exercises.
As a result of Jackson missed most of OTAs, he’ll forfeit $750,000, in keeping with Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Discuss.
“Final yr, Jackson didn’t take part within the requisite periods. This yr, he hasn’t achieved it, both. The lack of the $750,0000 exercise bonus drops Jackson’s 2025 compensation from $43.5 million to $42.75 million. Which makes it a small piece of his complete wage pie. Nonetheless, $750,000 is $750,000,” Florio wrote. “There’s actually nothing to remain. He has now given up $1.5 million by failing to take part in offseason exercises. If/when there’s a brand new deal, he ought to push the Ravens to dump the exercise bonuses.”
It’s unusual that Jackson could be prepared to forego such a lump sum of cash, however he’s achieved this prior to now and understands what’s finest for him by way of preparation.
Lacking OTAs doesn’t appear to have an effect on Jackson’s efficiency on the sector, although dropping out on that type of money has to sting just a little bit.
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