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I believe that I can solve the Lamar Jackson issue with the Baltimore Ravens about the whole contract extension situation that’s been and currently brewing. Jackson was drafted in 2018 in the same draft class with QB’s Josh Allen, Josh Rosen, Daniel Jones and former quarterback Dwayne Haskins {R.I.P}, besides Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson this quarterback draft class has had lots of misses particularly in the upper first round of the draft.

With the only other QB that’s been deserving of a second contract with their respected team {Josh Allen} Allen signed a massive 5 year $258 million dollar contract with 2 years left on his rookie deal so you’re probably wondering why hasn’t Lamar Jackson received a contract extension from his organization, well at first when Lamar has his MVP season back in 2020 the Ravens wanted to sit down and negotiate a contract extension with the QB but Lamar was just focused on playing football but fast forwarding two years to now it looks like Lamar is looking for an extension and has made it very clear he wants his money as he’s posted a header on his Twitter profile insinuating “pay me”.

It doesn’t help that Lamar Jackson’s agent is his mother, which always makes it harder to negotiate a contract with a player or relative to the player as their agent. Many believe Lamar will get an extension done within the season or maybe before the season starts but nothing is guaranteed, the Ravens coud franchise tag Jackson but in many cases players don’t like being franchise tagged especially when they haven’t received that second contract yet like Dak Prescott or Kirk Cousins years ago. 

I believe Lamar will get an extension between what Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray just received {5 years $230 million with $105 fully guaranteed} and Cleveland Browns QB Deshuan Watson got {5 years $230 million all fully guaranteed}. We don’t know when or if a contract will get done by the end of the season but it’s believed that the contract will get done in the matter of no time.

With the NFL training camps already started there’s already been lots of news to cover within the first few days, with multiple players getting injured, players retiring, players holding out and players getting paid. Let’s look at some of the news that’s broken within the last two to three days.

    Starting off with injuries which is the biggest set of news we have Seattle Seahawks safety Jamal Adams broken his finger yesterday {7/29} but will miss likely no games, arguably the worst injury is Tampa Bay Buccaneers center Ryan Jensen suffered a terrible knee injury which most believe he’ll miss the season with, Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick injured his wrist riding a bike, Buffalo Bills safety Micah Hyde was carted off the field with a hip injury but likely nothing too serious.

    Next up retirements, there’s been a few but nothing that will drastically change a teams season. Washington Commanders had two players retire which both were sorta shocking, linebacker Ryan Kerrigan retired after 11 seasons and tight end Antonio Gandy-Golden is retiring after 2 seasons and going back to college and for the Denver Broncos defensive lineman Derek Wolfe is retiring after 10 seasons and also winning a Super Bowl 50 with Denver.

Lastly signings the Kansas City Chiefs are signing former Seahawks defensive Lineman Carlos Dunalp to a 1 year $8 million dollar contract.

Seattle Seahawks superstar wide receiver D.K has reached an agreement on a contract extension, the contract is a 3 year $72 million dollar extension with $58.2 million fully guaranteed, with a $30 million dollar signing bonus.

    D.K put himself in a nice position with this new contract, Metcalf receives $30 million for a signing bonus which is the highest ever for a wideout, Metcalf will be receiving on average $24 million per season which is the sixth highest amongst wideouts in the NFL. D.K will hit free agency again when he’s 27 years old so he’ll be able to rack in another monster contract and D.K can imirage as the leader of the team since he’s definitely considered the best player on his team and will be for the next couple years at least

Metcalf has said throughout the offseason he would hold out until a new contract was agreed upon and he stuck to his word. D.K attended training camps on wednesday but did not practice but with Seahawks leaders gone like star QB Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner the Seahawks were in a desperate place to give D.K whatever he wanted for a new extension.

D.K has put up insane numbers in his first few seasons in the NFL with one of a few wide receivers to have double digit touchdowns and has made the pro bowl in these last two seasons. Metcalf has also had 3,170 total yards and 29 TD’s in the last two seasons as well.

With the NFL training camps now starting, we are starting to see multiple {6} star players holding out, looking for new contracts. Let’s discuss if we’d pay the player, trade them or let them sit out. 

• Chicago bears MLB Roquan Smith-Pay 

With your QB on a rookie contract the Bears should pay Roquan Smith, with Smith being such a young player {25} and already having made multiple pro bowls and all team defenses it’s a no brainer. 

• Cincinnati Bengals Safety Jessie Bates-Trade

Jessie Bates is coming off of his best year in the NFL, with safeties being a hard position to pay it in the best interest for the Bengals to trade Bates while his trade value is at a high and it will clear the cap for the team to pay superstars on the team in the upcoming seasons. 

• Los Angeles Chargers Safety Derwin James-Sit Out

Like Bengals safety Jessie Bates the Chargers should look to do the same thing, either sit out or trade James, James is a phenomenal player but has been a little injury prone in his short career thus far.

• Seattle Seahawks WR D.K Metcalf-Sit Out

Seahawks stud receiver D.K Metcalf is looking for a hefty new contract and while I believe D.K deserves it I think he should want to get paid from another team considering Seattle is in a full rebuild. 

• San Francisco 49ers WR Deebo Samuel-Trade

The 49ers should obviously look to trade superstar wideout Deebo Samuel, Deebo has said he wants to get paid and is also looking to go back to the traditional wide receiver position not this hybrid WR/RB position the 49ers have Samuel playing, plus the 49ers can get a haul as Deebo is coming off his best year by far. 

• Kansas City Chiefs OT Orlando Brown Jr.-Pay

Even though I’d be skeptical to pay offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. I’d definitely still pay him the money he is looking to get, Brown has been a huge piece for the Chiefs O-Line in his venture on the team, plus Kansas City did trade a first round pick for Brown in 2020. It’s been reported that the Chiefs did offer Brown a contract over 5 years and worth $18.2 million on average per season but Brown is looking for more security in the contract.

Yesterday was a huge day for the National Football League with multiple stories breaking and new players signing with new teams. Let’s check out some of the biggest stories from yesterday.

• Chris Carson retires

Seattle Seahawks starting running back Chris Carson is retiring after five seasons with the club, Carson was 27 years old and the reason he retired was he injured his neck in week 4 of last season and just couldn’t stay healthy in his career. 

• Julio Jones signing with the Bucs

Julio Jones is signing a one year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Julio coming off a down year in Tennessee is looking to bounce back in an already stacked wide receiver room. The Terms around money hasn’t been leaked as of yet but it’s assumed it’s on a minimum contract.

• Kyler Murray weird contract clause

A few days after the Arizona Cardinals signed QB Kyler Murray to a 5 year $230.5 million dollar contract it was leaked yesterday {7/26} that Murray must study at least 4 hours in between weeks during the season with no interruptions like video games, TV or any other distractions.

• Trey Lance named starting QB

As anticipated the San Francisco 49ers are finally naming 2nd year Quarterback Trey Lance as the starting QB next season, Lance was selected 3rd overall in the 2021 draft after the 49ers traded three first round picks to get Lance for the future starting job in San Francisco, this comes a few days after the 49ers front office told now former starting QB Jimmy Garrapolo that he can find a trade suitor.

The NFL never shies away from being sports’ most adapting league and with the fans and media wanting teams to bring back old school jerseys and helmets teams around the league are doing just that. So far there have been 12 new uniforms and helmets that have been unveiled or brought back, so let’s rank those in order of what I think are the best and most iconic. 

1. New York Giants throwback jerseys
2. New England Patriots throwback jerseys
3. Dallas Cowboys throwback helmet
4. Cincinnati Bengals “all white” helmets
5. Houston Texans “battle red” helmets
6. Philadelphia Eagles “black out” helmets
7. Atlanta Falcons throwback helmets
8. Chicago Bears all orange helmets
9. Arizona Cardinals alternate helmets
10. New York Jets “black stealth” helmets
11. Carolina Panthers “black out” helmets
12. New Orleans Saints alternate helmets

This list is going to compile the top cornerbacks {not in order} in the NFL for next season. We’ll also be putting them in tiers of 3 clubs, tier 1 Superstar, tier 2 fringe superstars and tier 3 star. This list won’t include injuries due to how often cornerbacks get dinged and injured.

• Tier 1: Superstar
• Tre’Davious White
• Xavien Howard
• Marlon Humphrey
• Denzel Ward
• J.C Jackson
• Trevon Diggs
• Darius Slay 
• Jaire Alexander
• Marshon Lattimore
• Jalen Ramsey

• Tier 2:Fringe Superstar
• Marcus Peters
• Kenny Morre ll
• Stephon Gilmore
• Patrick Surtain ll
• James Bradberry 
• Kendall Fuller
• Patrick Peterson
• A.J Terrell
• Casey Hayward
• Shaquill Griffin 

• Tier 3:Star
• Byron Jones
• Eli Apple
• Greedy Williams
• Levi Wallace
• Isiah Rodgers
• Caleb Farley
• Ronald Darby
• L’Jarius Sneed
• Rock Ya-Sin
• Asante Samuel Jr.
• Trayvon Mullen Jr.
• Adoree Jackson
• Eric Stokes
• Donte Jackson
• Carlton Davis lll
• Jamal Dean
• Charvarius Ward

This list is going to compile the top outside linebackers {not in order} in the NFL for next season. We’ll also be putting them in tiers of 4 clubs, tier 1 Superstar, tier 2 fringe superstars, tier 3 star and tier 4 viable options. This list won’t include injuries due to how often linebackers get dinged and injured.

• Tier 1: Superstar
• Matt Judon
• T.J Watt
• Darius Leonard
• Joey Bosa 
• Khalil Mack
• Chandler Jones
• Von Miller

• Tier 2:Fringe Superstar
• Rashan Gary
• Shaquil Barrett
• Za’darius Smith
• Josh Allen
• Logan Wilson

• Tier 3:Star
• Melvin Ingram
• Haason Reddick
• Preston Smith
• Shaq Thompson
• Matt Milano 
• Bradley Chubb
• Leonard Floyd
• Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
• Kyzir White
• Kyle Van Noy

• Tier 4:Viable
• Justin Houstan
• Markus Golden
• Odefe Oweh
• Jaelan Phillips
• Pete Warner
• Romeo Okwara

Kyler Murray just got paid. The Cardinals pro bowl quarterback has agreed to a monster 5 year $230.5 million dollar extension with $160 million guaranteed, Murray is now under contract in Arizona through the 2028 season. Since entering the NFL Kyler has improved every year in team wins, completion percentage and QBR, with 2021 being a down year in some aspects for Murray the team started off hot being 8-0 but after injuries riddled the team towards the middle of the season the Cardinals fell off but still did make the playoffs. 

Murray wanted to get paid early and got his wish, getting an extension two years early in fact, which in this case this situation between the all pro QB and the Cardinals could have gotten messy as Murray scrubbed all his social media accounts of anything to do with the Cardinals and it was made reported multiple times if Kyler didn’t get this extension he would have held out of this upcoming season.  

The All Pro quarterback has been racking up awards in his short NFL career winning offensive rookie of the year, two pro bowls and has been featured in the NFL’s top 100 players list twice now. Murray also finished top 3 in completion percentage last year with a staggering 69.2%.

This list is going to compile the top interior linebackers {not in order} in the NFL for next season. We’ll also be putting them in tiers of 4 clubs, tier 1 Superstar, tier 2 fringe superstars, tier 3 star and tier 4 viable options. This list won’t include injuries due to how often linebackers get dinged and injured.

• Tier 1: Superstar
• Micah Parsons
• Roquan Smith
• Eric Kendricks
• De’ Vondre Cambell
• Lavonte David
• Bobby Wagner 
• Fred Warner
• Demario Davis

• Tier 2:Fringe Superstar
• Deion Jones
• Devin White
• Denzel Perryman

• Tier 3:Star
• Tremaine Edmunds
• C.J Mosely
• Devin Bush 
• Myles Jack
• Bobby Okereke
• Zach Cunningham
• Kenneth Murray Jr.
• Patrick Queen
• Blake Martinez
• Jordan Hicks
• Rashaan Evans
• Isiah Simmons
• Zaven Collins

• Tier 4:Viable
• Elandon Roberts
• Jerome Baker
• Ja’Whaun Bentley
• Anthony Walker Jr.
• Christian Kirksey
• Devin Lloyd
• Josey Jewell
• Nick Bolton
• T.J Edwards
• Cole Holcomb
• Alex Anzalone
• Damien Wilson
• Ernest Jones
• Cody Barton