Ravens Won’t Consider Trading Lamar Jackson

According to NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo, the Ravens will give zero consideration to trading QB Lamar Jackson despite some speculation around the league. 

Instead, Baltimore will focus its attention on signing Jackson to an extension to reduce his cap hit that’s scheduled to be close to $75 million for the upcoming season. 

Garafolo notes Jackson is a big part of the team’s plans and was involved in their coaching search, providing feedback. He’s the cornerstone the whole franchise is building around, not a piece it’s looking to move on from. 

Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said after the season the goal was to have an extension for Jackson finalized before free agency in March. 

“The urgency of that matters to me because we’ve got free agents and I don’t want to go into free agency with that hanging over our head,” Bisciotti said. “I made that clear to Lamar and I think he was very appreciative of my stance and hopefully willing to work with Eric and not get this thing dragged out into April.”

Jackson, 28, is a former first-round pick of the Ravens back in 2018. He played out the fourth year of his four-year, $9,471,652 contract that included a $5,968,472 signing bonus.

The Ravens picked up Jackson’s fifth-year option that cost them $23 million fully guaranteed for the 2022 season. He was due to be an unrestricted free agent in 2023 when the Ravens used the non-exclusive franchise tag at a cost of $32.3 million, fully guaranteed. 

Baltimore later signed Jackson to a five-year, $260 million extension. He’s due base salaries of $20.25 million, $51.25 million, and $51.25 million in the final three years of the deal.

In 2025, Jackson appeared in 13 games for the Ravens and threw for 2,549 yards, 21 touchdowns, and seven interceptions while completing 63.6 percent of his passes. He also rushed 67 times for 349 yards and two touchdowns.

We will have more on Jackson as it becomes available.