The Ravens already made their move with Zay Flowers, and now Lamar Jackson’s next deal feels even more straightforward.
Baltimore locked up Flowers on a four-year, $140 million contract, and the timing matters. When you hand that kind of money to your top receiver, it only sharpens the focus on the quarterback throwing him the ball - especially when that quarterback is Lamar Jackson, a two-time MVP.
Flowers didn’t exactly hide where he stands, either. He recently said he wants Jackson to keep tossing him passes for the rest of his career, a sentiment that only adds pressure on the Ravens to get Jackson’s extension done.
The contract situation has already lingered longer than Baltimore probably wanted. The goal was to have something resolved before the 2026 regular season, but after Jackson’s deal was reworked, the wait appears set to continue into another year without a true extension in place. For a player of Jackson’s stature, that delay is hard to ignore.
Of course, negotiations with a star of his caliber are never simple. A quarterback like Jackson is going to command a massive price tag, and both sides have to find the right number. But Flowers’ new deal should help push things in the right direction, not slow them down.
Baltimore’s front office shouldn’t need much convincing anyway. Jackson and Flowers give the Ravens something rare: a quarterback-receiver pairing that just works. Flowers has been separating with ease, averaging 3.5 yards of separation in 2025, and Jackson has the kind of ball placement that turns those openings into real damage.
That’s the kind of connection teams spend years trying to build. Baltimore already has it. If the Ravens want to get the full value out of the investment they just made in Flowers, the next step is obvious: keep Jackson in place, too.
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