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September 7, 2022 7:47 pm

Ari Meirov, PFF NFL Reporter

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September 7, 2022 7:47 pm

Ari Meirov joined Zach to discuss if the Ravens and Lamar Jackson will get a new contract done by Week 1 and the biggest surprise team in the NFL this season. 

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One site over 300,000 experiences you remember. I think of the time. How are you about how I have 25 hours away from football IQ settled in over 25 think of anybody that were also counting down to see this Friday now deadline. If mama Jackson's get a get a contract extension. This is just my gut feeling that it's not to happen idea have a sense either way. If the deal is likely or unlikely at this point you know it's very good thing because I think I will know the situation by now that you great quarterback entering the fifth year of the contract and you doing about an aging and they thought they understood here that the Raymond the one of the best organization to not having stop leak whenever they do stop on the other side of having agent unit unit, but the leak either from his side.

Thing is, Lamar given us some indication from his twitter account from the suite now like you want to get a contract that would be in a similar structure to the shallow water where the guarantees are as close to being fully guaranteed like the Sean did the thing is, after these last couple countries that have come in with Kyler Murray Derek Carlos Olson most frequently where there are still the traditional quarterback contract that probably hurt Lamar change the of getting a type of contract like this on one thing.

Anything of note knowing you mentioned that when the lottery contract And their owners.

Given the shot. He was the one owner who came out publicly and said that contiguity of a contract. So if Lamar is really all in and try to get back type of the structure with the raw dollars. No matter, but the guarantees matter more to him. I don't think Baltimore is going to go there that the case will be going to the airwaves with his rookie contract and but possibly a franchise that come next year and that's the thing. I still think LaBarre has all the leverage here. He's unanimous MVP from a few years ago and if you want to go down that road of waiting a few years and the injuries could happen.

We saw DAC and heard and then he got paid still a king's ransom there would be one team I would have to imagine, at least in the NFL. That would still be willing to go all in a fully guaranteed contractor for years from now for Lamar. Just because you know and if you don't have a quarterback your your you do desperate things to go try to find one right absolutely is the one thing here in Baltimore kinda gone through this road once before of Joe Flocka where they can get a contravention with him. He been on himself wanted to blow the Savoy VP then became the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL. So of the own Pam Allen Lamar goes off good. Has a spectacular year year were so many good players on the documentary and they somehow you know get to the playoffs when assumable your right all the leverage for sure will go to him and by then when you're ready on the franchise tag leverage deftly start shifting toward the fire like with your car because you like roofing of Guy Prescott. At that point if you still playing at the level that we know if Lamar Jackson the leverage 100% goes towards them. I could tell you this much. Last year a lot of agent told me they would not allow Lamar Jack step on the field without a new card.

I didn't do a deal ended up being right even though he got hurt was in a serious injury and he quarterback market has exploded this officer.

So far you've been right up until this point. Like you mentioned the injury part of the security part of the 32nd overall pick in the draft. He has made great money up until this was making $23 million in the figure out so it's a very fast, in the situation. If it doesn't get done. I most care is the little bit of a distraction. Baltimore Ari Mayor out here with DOS.

My sports update makes you give him a follow on Twitter is a great job covering the NFL for pro football focus for the AFC North is your yeah definitely a very fun conversation to have, especially in that division dancing last as well, and I'm Baltimore.

I mean, I mentioned some of things before I most all the fire coming back from injury.

Whether it's the running back room which was basically clear that cleared out before the season started Marcus peters Marlon Humphrey Amar Jackie coming back on the family conduct so many high-level players are coming back and on top of that we do talk about Lamar transfer the real deal gets done. I think it bit of a chip on the shoulder, but felt no foreplay schedule up to things like individualized care so they get a game against Jacksonville, for example, because they were for workplace so the little things like that. I feel like the fact they done so much healthier. We all know about John R about all about Lamar Jessica do all the player coming back all the new players of the additive talk to them as well, garlic Marcus Williams and Kyle Hamilton drafting Kyle McDermott center. A lot of new people coming in. A lot of returning faces coming in and is the element of of of the schedule and the chill of the shoulder for the marginal deal gets done. I really like Baltimore but you know that as a mentor like that division will Cincinnati will see how it all goes with them still love them out probably have them of the wildcard team.

So I'm expecting a phone division plus throughout this year. How many teams are Nancy West, yet make in the postseason as your emeritus, I have two and I've kinda been going back and forth, in which true, it would be as of right now I got the chief and I have the charger and the reason I kinda go there is first of all, just the two other teams of new head coaches always hesitant with our new head coaches and there but the thing it with me is that the AFC is just postdoc especially that division. Feel like these Cubans. Beating up on each other and in particular with the ringers I'm really care if you had alternative lines of the think everyone loves talking about the weapons and they really are great talking to one have an argument as being a bottom three authors align the NFL. I know Joshua Daniels has a good history of getting the ball out quickly with the quarterback. I want to see how that all jelled early on thinking of their secondary. I'm really want to see how that all goes over there because I think the backend is a bit shaky and then in Denver.

I just wanted to see how it all.I mean I'm talking to buy a new quarterback, a rookie had closed all these new pieces as well with that.

I wanted here before I commit to it that makes sense. So I like the two teams that have been there with me that she's obviously I'm not that worried the fiery hell no longer there in the charger. Brandon Staley basically inherited you think last year is often a basically ball abroad. A lot of guys that he wants in his defense from JC Jackson, Khalil Mack, Sebastian Joseph Damiani a lot of debt pieces as well, in case if you have injury so I look like of this year. Ari Mayor out here with us what you like about Mike McDaniel. If you do so because I know that a lot of meeting members get great access to him. He's very fun with the media.

I'm just wondering what he's good to be like as NFL head coach people thought or two about dolphins in the eye either very unique. I actually got talk to him a little bit of the NFL owners meeting is a very on an energetic type of person I'm just curious to see how it does in the locker room, especially if they somehow get off to a bad start. I want to see all that does because up until now, Mike McDaniel of the guy who followed Coltrane and every thought that he made any basically was the guy locked in his room drawing up slaves and Kyle Shanahan trusted it. Now you're the guy was infernal from talking to everyone and you are essentially the leaders so I wanted to see how all that does the thing I will say is that college channel will tell you that he is a genius when it comes off the play calling and when you see the Miami offense first. Obviously it starts up to abide like to thank you. The first year where they are committing to a Windows work year though the line Fitzpatrick elements the second year was the shallots moment. This year it's 15 and you had all these pieces when there are so many speedy players that I feel like even if you think that tool has some deficiencies when you have all these type of players around him. I feel like Mike down could draw so many different hyperplasia to get the ball into their hands and make magic happen. So early on the season. The first two or three weeks I want to see if they are able to do that with all the guys compelled to waddle to Moser to Edmonds so many guys get the ball on the handle. Let them do the work and I was much warmer thing affecting the offense of line is been so bad for so many years. Adding a valid strong-arm for Sean Payton will tell you is a player and a coach essentially bilking one he could be you leave the entire alternative line room data Connie Williams as well get Robert on third-year guard was been reading about what's wrong often thought that team.

So I think of the offense of line is better in front of two will do wonders for him to the game plan out tomorrow night with maybe the two best teams in football taken off the season. The bills and the Rams yeah I mean I haven't really had a good answer to this one. I mean if it give you a fascinating game where the Super Bowl transfer. If you like what everyone is thinking to win the Super Bowl this year.

I've never seen so many people heavy on both all the way they are right now. I sighed. This morning of all, the entire network through a basically pigment to make it through one when it's so the fascinating situation I was looking right now at the Buffalo secondary which again is why did not flame tamales after the at least the first four weeks of the year that secondary is a bit shaky. You appear ill in the first round fake yeah that Dr. Jackson, who is on the veteran there. I thought if you had a good looking guys like Cooper, Alan, Rob, who I think is down for a big year there looked around. That's the one match of him keeping a very close eye on because I feel like everyone talking about Buffalo. They're very high limit, and rightfully so, but I want to see how their secondary dust from our because if there's one thing is they didn't really truly address when they knew that for the units white was going to miss the thousand year is the second I don't have a first-round pick up based on some of the report. Other than Buffalo's nonmedia sound like he had the anyway shine that they could say the least aware that he looked like immediate starter so deftly keeping in mind that in terms of what can happen. I'm going to go with the home team on legal furans finding a way to win this one it could be a close game a great game but I always tend to go up the home team therefore thinned out about doing suitable. I'm surprised they were an underdog is why no buffaloes must be a great team of A+ between half points with the Rams I was on a similar line of thinking is you, Ari Mayor out here with us for a few more moments so we know the three best teams in the NFC you in my opinion I think it's a lot of people's opinion LA Tampa and the Packers. Some people getting concerned about Brady missing 11 days in training camp. I'm not Roger's house get to do without the bond they atoms are there genuine concerns for Tampa and Green Bay are not just really buying into a lot of what the narrative is been over the summer. Yeah I'm with you of the time Brady missing 11 days in the now days of training camp dog coaches are giving guys who are 25, 29, 29 years old basically do three days of training can take a day off and the combined 11 days again today.

Tom Brady is 45 is all that makes up the fact it is back in Tampa bearing after retiring and after the manly stuff to be faithful putdown that you care for week one. I am a bit concerned with the office of line though three new faces in the interior shocking to think will be fine with the other attorney Robert taking the center and then look at a key a rookie guard to be drafted in effect around who will be starting at left guard. We know how important the interior of the often sublime is for Tom Brady. Similarly, there will be multiple. I want to feel that really does because I think it had been talked about a lot of binders that have a good argument is one of the best centers in all football if not the best center and the first call upon bringing me when he retired, was to bring back Ryan Jensen was scheduled to be afraid. You know many people forward leave if Brady was not there. Now he is not there because of injuries so I think that is a massive been a major loss there holding out hope. Take a popular term every year, but following the biggest you had through the entire campus events but not for the recipe and I think like the Packers you mentioned like I think their marketing on the AFP as well as they could if they were there.

I think I would have concerned but the NFC's are so popular and is a bunch of items knows about all these other teams that I am fine with Green Bay and will see how the receivers do what I would keep an eye on it. If they don't start off your welfare receivers, webinars and struggles. Raven might be frustrated I would remind people that live here.

Although Beckham Junior when he became a raging true team that you are considering were the ran and the power grid you chose a man that was the right thing one assumable on both had a torn ACL, but it looked like a dog and assigned before the season is to let things play out will continue to recover and then I'll see which option come to him and if the pack with you. Isn't that great. What he consider signing they're going to Green Bay what you thought of doing last year, becoming the main guy for Aaron Rogers and possibly trying to win another assumable to come with a different team, so I'll just keep an eye what Odell does because it sounds like you less often come to love the feeling started see who really needs it needs a great point that you bring up a formula to run as we've been discussing. If you look at the top for teens in the NFC you got at Tampa. You gotta have Green Bay got have a light summer on that list was the fourth ST men or in that top for conversation. The NFC once we get through those three I'm get on the I know if you be getting a lot of hype, but I truly am buying into it.

I think Philadelphia will be will will be pretty good this year. I know that last year when they made the playoffs if you look back about 70 in winter they had to get a lot of it is really backed by good look at what they did is often what harassment be able to do really think the cousin went to mass when everyone thought that he was gone when Doug Pearson got fired. Everyone was like get rid of Howie Blakey has turned around that ship has been incredible to watch and then when you feel all the addition of a me this off-season, the way they've committed to jail and hurry things building up putting around pieces around him. Whether it's a major ground, whether it's auditing defense side with guys like us on Reddick lasted beach the tray for CJ Gardner Johnson Jordan Davis in the draft Nicole between who may well thought there was a music concerned family shall be good to go, week one is the team that made so many additional units are James Bradberry as well so me addition for the weaknesses they had going into this off-season and when you look at the end of thinking you have Washington you have the Johnny so there I think you make a very strong argument dollars are taking a bit of a step back, with all their mood. Philadelphia has an opportunity here to really thrive this year. It all comes down to jail and hurt will see if he is the answer. A quarterback could get the love he has two first-round picks come next year but when you look at all the things they've done still one of better often civilizing the leak, they've built a really good team around him and he feels like available to make everything jail and with all these new players they could be achieved. That really can make noise in NFC will again looking all looking down this off-season so I'm really intrigued by Philadelphia lasting Alaska.

Is there a team or two that you want to talk about that you think aren't getting enough pause nationally and may be thinking to surprise some people this year the private people learn about like making the Plaza talk about how Stockdale fee but I really want to see how the jaguars unit. Not not not not a playoff team or anything the last few was just such a disaster of them are. I don't think it even should count for Trevor Lawrence. Now you have it ahead because you've been there done that in Doug Peter saying they also made a lot of additions this off-season.

Travis VPN comes back to adding a bunch of receivers got a brand-new shirt by the office of line to Ron Walker might be the least talked about number one overall fixes like Eric Fisher is the team that I think could be at least competitive in game make games hard on other teams and is no longer an easy way and whenever you face Jacksonville.

It was just so-so bad luck you listen to all the players when we have press offered nothing today.

Trevor Lawrence spoke and said the culture here has left it like unfair to even consider last year a real year for them. After the mass in the toxic environment that urban Meyer brought in. So now you have Doug Peterson began with Binder has won a jewel of the former quarterback could help mold Trevor Lawrence of the court of law thought he would be. We all called him a generational town when he was coming in. I want to see the jaguars if you own a fee if they're able to take the next step, at least get that fixed 788, when Tycho team was able to be competitive in game interview that anointing and eventually maybe become a bit more the destination for other players. Eventually, like we saw Job early this off-season is one of the best NFL accounts on Twitter at my sports update. Make sure you don't follow him just a great job company in itself pro football focus that sorry mare I've already pursued the time. Thank you, Jack Alda diet is the world's leading travel experience marketplace offering everything from simple tours to extreme adventures and all the niche interesting stuff in between extensive options, ease of selection and flexibility at your fingertips help make sure your time is wonderfully spent via tour is the place to go to book experiences that will create long-lasting moments that make lifetime memories and via Tor has over 300,000 bookable experiences to choose from in over 190 countries. In fact, just last year via tour help my family put together this amazing adventure on the island of Kona swimming with the manta rays trying to avoid the barracudas. Whatever your wildest dreams. If you can imagine it via tour probably has an experience just for you.

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