re: Schefter with details of the guaranteed money Lamar turned down

Deep down, I don’t think the lack of interest in Lamar is really about the money. If he were truly viewed as elite in the Mahomes, Herbert, etc category, he could name his price/guarantees and someone would be desperate enough to take it. I think it has more to do with him peaking in 2019 and then regressing each season since, with a playing style that will make him likely continue to regress as his body takes the beating of a running back.

He’s not a guy you want to be paying guaranteed money to into his late 20s and early 30s. Cam Newton, with a much more physical build, absolutely fell off a talent cliff starting at around Lamar Jackson’s age now. And he was playing MVP level football in his 5th year unlike Lamar’s dud of a season last year.