{"id":139141,"date":"2023-03-06T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=139141"},"modified":"2023-03-05T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T18:58:22","slug":"lamar-jackson-team-odds-ravens-panthers-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/06\/lamar-jackson-team-odds-ravens-panthers-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamar Jackson Team Odds: Ravens Falling, New Team Emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest team odds, Impending free agent quarterback Lamar Jackson might not be a Raven for much longer. With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/12\/29\/lamar-jackson-contract-situation-absence-rumors\/\" target=\"_self\">contract talks<\/a> reportedly stalling, popular oddsmaker Bookies.com believes that the Ravens only have a 15% of keeping the quarterback in 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/bookies.com\/nfl\/picks\/lamar-jackson-next-team-odds\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to the site<\/a>, the Ravens (+550) have the fourth-best odds to retain Jackson, behind the Atlanta Falcons (+300), Carolina Panthers (+450), and Las Vegas Raiders (+500).<\/p>\n<h2>Updated Lamar Jackson Team Odds Don&#8217;t Look Good For Ravens<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that the Baltimore Ravens and Lamar Jackson haven&#8217;t exactly had the easiest time during their contract negotiations. While NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport states that both <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/02\/lamar-jackson-contract-update-optimism\/\" target=\"_self\">Jackson and the Ravens<\/a> want to keep him around, it&#8217;s hard to take that at face value. If Baltimore really believed that Jackson was their unquestioned franchise quarterback, then he&#8217;d already have a contract.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, recent reports indicate that Baltimore might use the non-exclusive franchise tag on Jackson, which makes no sense at all if the Ravens truly valued him as an organizational cornerstone. While the non-exclusive tag is a little cheaper, it allows other teams to negotiate with Jackson and make a contract offer. The Ravens have the right to match that offer, but if they don&#8217;t, they&#8217;d receive two first-round picks in return.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was a common thought in Indy this past week, with Atlanta considered the favorite to explore that option if it came to fruition. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z25bQ22HOd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z25bQ22HOd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benjamin Allbright (@AllbrightNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllbrightNFL\/status\/1632406329322250240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jackson hasn&#8217;t exactly been the picture of health the past few seasons, but when he&#8217;s on the field, he&#8217;s easily worth two first-round picks. Quarterback is the most important position in football, and all 32 teams would happily give up two first-round picks for an MVP-caliber player.<\/p>\n<h3>The Other Teams<\/h3>\n<p>While there is a chance Lamar Jackson sticks with the Baltimore Ravens, the betting odds suggest he&#8217;s probably going to a new team. The most likely fit is the Atlanta Falcons, which isn&#8217;t surprising. The Falcons need a quarterback in the worst way and, currently armed with the eighth overall pick, they won&#8217;t have their choice of prospects. They&#8217;d need to trade up to get their favorite quarterback, and if they feel Jackson is better than <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/01\/27\/2023-nfl-draft-bryce-young-scouting-report\/\" target=\"_self\">Bryce Young<\/a> or the rest of the rookies, then it makes all the sense in the world for them to go after Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers at (+450), however, don&#8217;t make much sense. While they will need to trade up for their quarterback, that doesn&#8217;t sound like something they&#8217;re opposed to doing. Recent reports indicate that Carolina wants to draft their quarterback of the future, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/05\/anthony-richardson-panthers-trade-up\/\" target=\"_self\">Panthers are reportedly in love with Anthony Richardson<\/a>. Perhaps Vegas knows something I don&#8217;t, but this probably won&#8217;t come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>The only other team with better odds for Jackson than the Ravens is the Las Vegas Raiders. Once again, this is obvious. With Derek Carr gone, Vegas needs to find a new quarterback, and Josh McDaniels might not have time to develop a first-round pick. Most outlets around the league believe McDaniels&#8217; heavy contract is the only reason he survived his first year with the Raiders, so it&#8217;s highly unlikely he makes it through another losing season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Tommy Gilligan &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest online team odds, quarterback Lamar Jackson will probably have a new home for the 2023 NFL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":139142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,27,30,17],"tags":[1056,7661,7638],"class_list":["post-139141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ravens","category-falcons","category-panthers","category-raiders","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-panthers-featured","tag-ravens-featured"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}