At what point on Sunday do you think Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti cast his eyes to the sky, Gob Bluth style, and admitted he’d made a huge mistake?
Was it when Lamar Jackson hit Rashod Bateman in stride for a 55-yard score? Or when the quarterback dropped a 25-yard touchdown toss to Devin Duvaney, right in the bucket, the kind of throw that only the league’s upper-tier pocket passers can make?
Or when Jackson rounded out his hat-trick of opening-week touchdowns against the New York Jets with a no-look pass? Lamar Jackson no look pass TDHope it gets recognition like Patrick Mahomes or Matthew Stafford pic.twitter.com/izfuxmeUAN While Ravens fans were celebrating the pasting of a hapless Jets team, Bisciotti was probably imagining the dollars draining out of his account.
The Ravens and their star quarterback have been stuck in a contractual stalemate for the better part of two seasons. Jackson, a former league MVP, is seeking a fully-guaranteed contract in line with the kind Deshaun Watson received from Cleveland and Kirk Cousins picked up in Minnesota.