Andrew

It's that you would pay any NFL player

$230 million guaranteed.

Because now, that sets precedent.

Because if you're Lamar Jackson, whose contract was coming to an end at the season after Deshaun Watson signed this deal, you're like, I didn't touch those women.

I'm an MVP quarterback.

I'm in my 20s.

Why shouldn't I get a fully guaranteed contract?

Right?

Which is what he was doing.

And the Ravens, they said, okay, fine.

Go out into the market.

And...

I felt like I was going insane during this because... Oh my God.

There were so many arguments from talking heads about why teams shouldn't sign Lamar Jackson.

So he was hit with what's called a non-exclusive franchise tag, which means the Ravens... I don't even know how... The idea of the franchise tag existing is another labor L. Hideously anti-labor practice.

Right.

So his contract with the Ravens is over and they get him with an exclusive franchise tag, which means...

You will be playing for us next year.

You basically have no say in it unless we remove this or, you know, we work out a trade with somebody else.

But you cannot go negotiate with anyone else, even though your contract has expired.