{"id":736757,"date":"2026-07-01T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/736757\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:10:19","slug":"lamar-jackson-on-zay-flowers-next-contract-his-value-is-out-of-this-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/736757\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamar Jackson on Zay Flowers&#8217; next contract: &#8220;His value is out of this world&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers has played three years in the NFL, which means he\u2019s eligible for a second contract. Lamar Jackson says that second contract should be a big one.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, the quarterback who has been throwing to Flowers since the Ravens took Flowers in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft, said when asked how valuable Flowers is that his value is off the charts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/news\/transcript-press-conferences-6-10-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">We love Zay. We need Zay<\/a>,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the best receivers in the league, and he\u2019s shown that since he stepped on the NFL field back in 2023. I wasn\u2019t even here yet \u2014 he was just doing his route-running and making crazy catches. He was just doing what he\u2019s been doing. His value is out of this world. That\u2019s what I\u2019d say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/ravens-exercise-zay-flowers-fifth-year-option\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">picked up the fifth-year option<\/a> on Flowers\u2019 rookie contract, which means he\u2019s under contract through 2027 and is set to make $27.3 million guaranteed that year. Flowers surely wants more than that per year on a long-term deal. Jackson thinks he\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers has played three years in the NFL, which means he\u2019s eligible for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-736757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}