Lamar Jackson on Ravens' new WRs - Want to throw for 6K yards - ESPN

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson officially signed his five-year, $260 million contract on Thursday, setting NFL records for signing bonus, three-year cash flow and average per season.

But Jackson revealed he has a more ambitious number in mind in this revamped Ravens offense.

«I want to throw for like 6,000 yards with the weapons we have,» Jackson said with a laugh. «I'm not an individual award-type guy or a stat watcher. I just want to do that because no one has ever done it and I feel like we have the weapons to do it.»

Jackson has never surpassed 3,200 yards passing in his career, but he's clearly excited about Baltimore building the strongest wide receiver group of his career. The Ravens signed Odell Beckham Jr. and Nelson Agholor in free agency and then drafted Zay Flowers with the No. 22 overall pick.

The final piece for the Ravens' passing attack was signing Jackson long-term. According to a source, he set new league highs in signing bonus ($72.5 million), most money in the first three years of a deal ($156 million) and average per season ($52 million). Jackson also received no franchise tag and no-trade clauses, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

This deal wrapped up 27 months of challenging negotiations between the Ravens and Jackson, who didn't have an agent and represented himself. Jackson declined to talk about his trade request from Baltimore in early March, saying he wanted to focus on following through on his draft-day promise to deliver a championship to the Ravens.

«I didn't really care for other teams, I wanted to be here. I want to be a Raven,» Jackson said. «I said something in 2018 and I meant that. I wanted to get this done before my time [is] up and branch off somewhere else. I really want to