Um, questions whether his playoff failures will affect that R C back here with us.

Max will start with you.

Is it fair to question giving Lamar Jackson big time quarterback money based on the playoff success?

It is over a long term deal for several reasons.

First of all, I was unsurprised that the Baltimore that the Ravens beat, uh, that the Ravens won and beat a good team.

That doesn't surprise me.

My issue with Lamar Jackson has never been that he can't beat good teams.

He can, and he's done it many times throughout his career.

Already, let's not act like all the winds have come against oft opposition, and he only fails to produce when he faces a good defense where they know how to scheme.

See, they're turning him into a passer and they have to play from behind.

No, my beef with Lamar Jackson has always been my questions about him.

Could he win the big one?

The big one means the team you really need to beat.

If you're in the A f.

C.

You gotta beat the Chiefs.

He's lost all three times to the Chiefs.

If you're the Ravens, you gotta beat the Steelers.

Not with their backup backup backup quarterback, but with Ben Roethlisberger.

He lost the one game he played against Roethlisberger, and if you wanna win a Super Bowl, you gotta win in the playoffs.

He's lost two playoff games.

He's only six when it matters most.

He has one loss in his career, every other game in his career against 25 wins, one loss.

I'm not surprised to beat a good team, and I'm not saying that he doesn't deserve big money guys.

But the way I would structural Lamar Jackson contract would resemble the kind of contract that that Prescott apparently wanted.

Big money per annum.

I'd even considered over paying him per year to keep it on a shorter deal.

Why number one?

The curse of the gifted.

When you're super athletically talented, sometimes you don't have to learn the same fundamental skills as some other, less talented players.

That's why guys like Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes air like what?

You have superhuman talent and you've got the skills right, like this happens in every sport, not just football.

Whoa, you can.

You have that kind of ability and you got the fundamentals down.

And so that could be an issue with super talented guys like Lamar Jackson.

That's 12 when you're like that as you age, you don't always tend to age great.

You know, sometimes that athletic ability allows you to settle in tow.

Other cats are, you know, in their prime, and you can have a longer career.

But sometimes if you don't get that other stuff straight, you can experience a real fall off when the even you lose just a quarter step and it's hard to see.

But you're not quite the same guy.

There could be a good big fall off, and also, when you play out of the pocket a lot, there's a chance for injury.

Although I gotta say, Lamar Jackson's been remarkably, I'd say durable, considering how much he runs so far has not done would but right knock wood.

But for all those issues, including, can he develop into the kind of pastor that can win Super Bowls?

And can he do it against the teams he needs to most?

I would structure the deal for him guys the way some guys seem to want those deals, not the 10 year forever.

Patrick Mahomes.

Half a billion dollars deal.

But, oh, you want this per year?

Fine, but let's limit the length of the contract.

You don't wanna be invested in a guy like that for 10 years when you have all those variables that you still need answers to.

Beautiful soliloquy.

It sounded really, really great.

Means absolutely, positively nothing Max Kellerman because here's what it comes down to.

The question was whether or not he gets his money or he deserves his money, not how many damn years he deserves them over.

Give it to him and three give it before you give it into 10.

The question is the money, not the number of years dollars.

Okay.

And what I'm saying is, when it comes to the dollars, you damn well better give him his money when you pay Jared golf.

When you paid Carson Wentz when you just gave Ryan Tannehill some dough when you're paying all of these guys, you damn well better pay Jamal Lamar Jackson money.

Why?

Because of issues that you pointed out in the past.

Max, you know how you shrivel up your Hey, Molly Ryan.

How is this imitation for Max Kellerman?

Alright, 25 5.

Lamar Jackson is right.

25 5, and, Oh, by the way, take out the What is it?

How many losses against Kansas City?

Is it Tours?

And 333233 losses against Kansas City.

It's one loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

So essentially against everybody else.

The brother 25 1.

Okay, this is Max Kellerman.

How do you all like this imitation 20 father, That's what that's what he does, right?

So how is it that we're gonna sit up there, make those facial expressions, recognizing his greatness against more than 97% of the league?

But then, because of the 3% we're gonna sit up there and shake him on and shake him on his money.

Can't do that.

The fact of the matter is Lamar Jackson, because of individuals who have gotten paid that haven't come close to his success, at least in the regular season.

Because once you get to the postseason, you got a chance, right?

You got a chance.

He gives you a chance for the second consecutive year.

With him is the leading court with him leading the quarterback position.

So the Baltimore Ravens, they have the number one rushing attack in the National Football League.

Secondaries are petrified and their compromise because they gotta come.

They gotta keep spies around this brother because of his elusive ity, the ability to run the football and, as a result of that against everyone other than the elite two teams the Steelers, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Obviously, the bottom line is Lamar Jackson has done everything that you can ask to get his money, not a win Super Bowl stuff like that different thing.

But those other guys that got money didn't win any Super Bowls.

Yeah, man, this is one of those.

This is one of those topics.

That is kind of a shame that we have to talk about it, you know?

Yeah, he should get his money.

And it's almost one of those things.

That kinda like it pissed you off because if you start to think why, though, right, is it because he's exceedingly excellent against every other team?

And then in the playoffs?

He hasn't.

He hasn't won But then there's gonna be some dudes that get an opportunity to get their next deal, and we aren't gonna haggle about their money.

We are going to discuss whether or not they should get their money and they don't go to playoff games or they have never won an M v.

P.

Tell me what quarterback?

What quarterback?

That we will be thinking of that his first year becoming a starter.

He takes his team to the playoffs on Lee.

Has one loss loses in the playoffs.

What team?

What guy would be talking about in the second year?

When does the M V P When's the A F C North and we will be asking the question.

Should he get his money?

Like for anybody else, this would be a slam dunk for anybody else.

We will be talking about whether or not they should give him him money.

His money after this season, like the Mahomes like to do.

Like, that's the conversation we would be having if this was anyone but Lamar Jackson.

So you gotta start to question yourself.

Why, like like, what is it style of play?

Do you not like certain?

And so for?

For me, it's kind of like, What are we doing?

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