Ravens Tried To Sign Baker Mayfield
March 28th, 2023
Lamar Jackson news and speculation was swirling yesterday following the Pro Bowl quarterback publicly stating he requested a trade from the Ravens, so Joe thinks it’s a good time to break this gem of a news nugget.
Last week, JoeBucsFan.com learned that new Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield got an offer in free agency from the Ravens but declined. Joe was able to confirm that late yesterday at the NFL Annual Meeting in Phoenix.
Mayfield’s focus at the time of the Ravens’ offer was on a starting opportunity. When he passed on the Ravens job, it appeared Jackson would return for his sixth season in Baltimore to build on his 45-16 record as a starter.
Jackson said on Twitter that he requested a trade March 2. If true, the Ravens move to sign Mayfield should feel awfully good to Bucs fans. The Ravens have a shrewd front office and a roster with a lot offer — as do the Bucs.
Regarding Mayfield, Joe was told by a non-Bucs team executive that Tampa Bay absolutely knocked it out of the park with the Mayfield signing. The source was admant that Mayfield at an inexpensive price for one-year is a much better value and gamble than the Saints signing Derek Carr to a monstrous three-year contract.
March 28th, 2023 at 5:34 am
There are a lot of IF’s involved, but there’s a chance that Mayfield and the Bucs are good this year.
March 28th, 2023 at 5:54 am
NFL Intrigue!
Very interesting, looks like the ravens were going to get Mayfield then trade Lamar.
March 28th, 2023 at 6:10 am
So what you are saying is the Bucs will now trade Baker to the Ravens for Lamar just to bring it full circle.
Oh, and then start Trask.
March 28th, 2023 at 6:18 am
Lamar’s 45 wins have way more to do with the organization than him alone
That D he has played with his entire career is top notch every year
The smash the ball running with a power ground game
One of the best coaching staffs in the league
He is gonna be mad when they plug in a rookie and win the same amount of games
Oh and Baker, just a one year diversion as we watch Toad Bowles walk the plank
March 28th, 2023 at 6:22 am
If Carr and the Slimy Saints beat the Bucs, the talk about “value” will most likely fade away. The NFL is a ‘what have you done for me lately’ business, and fans and the media tend to live week to week.
March 28th, 2023 at 6:49 am
…….talk about a bad deal and ownership for the Ravens
It’s no wonder Lamar Jackson wants out of Baltimore….
Besides…..Baltimore is an absolute 💯 percent dump!!!!…..crime riddled infested city!!!
March 28th, 2023 at 7:03 am
I smell trade bait! I’ll give you mayfield and like 2 seconds for Lamar.
March 28th, 2023 at 7:28 am
A quarter of a billion dollars guaranteed for an injury prone running QB?
i would pass on that.
March 28th, 2023 at 7:41 am
There is a possibility that in 5 years, Lamar will no longer be playing due to an inability to walk, let alone run.
March 28th, 2023 at 7:46 am
Lamar may have prices himself out of the game. He expects a team to fork over a quarter billion (!!!) large, multiple players and draft picks, so he can do his best DeShaun Watson imitation, while missing most of the season because he’s on IR – and when healthy enough to play in a l,any off game, he blows it off.
No way. No how. And don’t forget, if some of you are drooling formLamar to be a Buc, the Bucs head coich wears a red nose, orange tufts of hair out the side of his head, make up and a frilly collared shirt. The clown gave Tom Brady the only losing season he ever experienced in his life. Lamar’s used to real defense, not the Bloweszo mirage.
Trade for Lamar and then go 4-13. Brilliant!
March 28th, 2023 at 8:14 am
@ gp
Every fan of the NFL and every organization that’s been around the game long enough knows one thing…….MOBILE QBs GET HURT AND DON’T LAST LONG in the NFL when they used their legs alot and are used like RBs.
We all saw this coming with Lamar…..and that’s why the Ravens don’t wanna sign him to lengthy 250 Million dollar contract.
Lamar knows this will be his very last big payday because he knows his body cannot perform like it used to anymore which was Lamar Jackson’s lure to begin with.
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Cam Newton – decline started after his Superbowl year 2016
RGIII – -decline started in 2013
Michael Vick – decline started in 2011, but he started with injuries in 2003
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…………………..we can keep on going on and on and on and on about how NFL teams have used QBs who play like RBs and how it significantly impacted their careers or shortened them greatly….but that maybe a mute point to many NFL fans cause all they wanna see is their team win at whatever costs.
Lamar Jackson is no Superman, and with how protected the QBs are nowadays in this league, his outcome maybe different…..but I doubt it.
March 28th, 2023 at 8:42 am
So this is the news we were waiting for? As I said to Munch last night:
So Rodney, you speculated both a Jackson deal and now a deal for A-Rod?! Or maybe you would argue with the word speculate. Whatever. You keep barking down a tree that has no fertile ground. You might as well get comfortable with Baker boy and the second round back up. With perhaps a draft pick thrown in for grins. If not certainly another low price veteran. But… Fun to talk about fantasy football I guess?
March 28th, 2023 at 8:49 am
Anyone saying Lamar isn’t a good player is stupid. That being said his supposed contract demands are insane. That’s why the Bucs should be out.
March 28th, 2023 at 8:52 am
This means that the Bucs are in a good position to trade for Lamar.
March 28th, 2023 at 10:00 am
Injuries, age, salary demands, ability to make it to the playoffs?, trading away future draft picks.. nope. Hard pass.
March 28th, 2023 at 10:35 am
Lamar seemed to have little interest in staying in Baltimore from the start of the off season
That makes the most sense given how it seems unreasonable his contract negotiations were
Won’t it be interesting if he finds an agent and works collaboratively with his next team?
There’s always more to the story
March 28th, 2023 at 10:42 am
Lamar’s a good player, but far from ‘highest paid qb in the league’ good. No one will give him that deal – Cleveland has met its ‘stupid qb contract’ quota and the rest of the league isn’t that dumb or desperate.
March 28th, 2023 at 11:03 am
The Ravens opened the door for Lamar to negotiate with other teams. Problem is no one is stupid enough to pay that kind of money. Now if he stays with Baltimore he will have an attitude and so will the organization. Time for him to move on and not to the Bucs.
March 28th, 2023 at 11:19 am
Make the call Licht. Offer a 1st this year, a 2nd next yr, let them eat half the cash for Lamars salary this yr and throw in Mayfield. Jackson makes us an instant contender. The man is a triple threat. He can run, pass, and score touchdowns. Is he a risk? Sure he is. They are all risk.
March 28th, 2023 at 11:57 am
Most INTs since he entered the league.
We’re soooo lucky.
March 28th, 2023 at 12:35 pm
Mayfield is cheap, stopgap insurance for the Bucs. If he works out, then great we have a solution under center. If he doesn’t work out, then it’s on to the draft next year. Either way, I think this is a win-win for the Bucs. Now, if we can only get rid of Bowles and find a semi-competent HC. Go Bucs.
March 28th, 2023 at 12:50 pm
Perfect, include Mayfield in the trade for Lamar.
March 28th, 2023 at 6:56 pm
“but that maybe a mute point to many NFL fans”
*moot
🤣🤣🤣
March 29th, 2023 at 8:49 pm
Lmfao I cannot believe that some of you people leaving comments are the sperm that won out of the millions of others. You’re iq is so low. You have absolutely no football acumen or business sense whatsoever and are spouting a bunch of nonsense as if it’s absolutely factual. Basement dweller thoughts I’d imagine. Go outside, touch some grass and quit being absolutely worthless to society. 🙂