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By placing the non-exclusive tag on Jackson, it gives Jackson the opportunity to negotiate with other teams around the NFL when the free-agency signing period begins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If Jackson plays for Baltimore under the franchise tag, his salary for the 2023 season will make $32 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because he is free to speak with other teams, there is a chance that somebody can do what the Ravens have been unable to do for the past year-and-a-half, which is actually come to terms with Jackson on a long-term contract.<\/p>\n
If that happens the Ravens will be presented with two options: match that offer and thank another team for finishing their work for them, or allow Jackson to walk and take two first-round draft picks in return as compensation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The former option seems to be the most logical end game here. As tempting as two first-round draft picks would be, Jackson has way more value to the Ravens than that. Sure, they could use that newfound draft capital to make a move in the draft to find a replacement, but the odds of that replacement being on Jackson’s level are far from a given. Without Jackson, the Ravens offense simply does not function, and it would require almost an entire rebuild of how the team plays to make it worth with somebody new.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since the start of the 2018 season, the Ravens are 8-14 without Jackson as their starting quarterback and 46-18 with him (including playoffs). It’s not easy to replace that, even with multiple first-round draft picks as your disposal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n