Best of NFL News Part 2: Lamar Jackson Contract DRAMA + Terrion Arnold STILL on EXEMPT list + Cowboys LOSE Tyler Smith to injury

Shannon Sharpe (0:02)

LAMAR JACKSON Lamar Jackson's five year, $260 million contract expires at the end of 27 But Eric Dacosta expressed optimism a deal will get done. Let's take a listen to what he had to say.

SPEAKER_2 (0:16)

I would say I'm optimistic. Yeah.

SPEAKER_3 (0:19)

Nothing else to expand on?

SPEAKER_2 (0:21)

No, I mean, I feel optimistic. I feel good about it.

SPEAKER_3 (0:24)

I know you don't like to get into details, but what kind of fuels the optimism for you? Compared to, say, maybe 23 even.

SPEAKER_2 (0:31)

I mean, I really don't want to get into details, right? Yeah, I'm not going to talk about it specifically.

I think Lamar and I have a pact, as you all know. I've said probably 50 times, we're not going to talk about business publicly. And, you know, it's a different type of negotiation because it's a different type of negotiation with Lamar.

Chad Johnson (0:53)

I understand it wholeheartedly, wholeheartedly. And knowing Lamar, knowing him personally, you know, for all these years, even before we got to the NFL, he didn't even think about that deal, though.

Shannon Sharpe (1:04)

Yeah.

Chad Johnson (1:05)

He didn't even think about that. Hey, once football was even started, boy, that... Yep, he locked in.

Moms take care of all that dirty work.

Shannon Sharpe (1:14)

Yeah.

Chad Johnson (1:14)

I call that the dirty work.

That's going to take care of itself. And when it takes care of itself, then nothing is going to be exactly what it's supposed to be based on his value and how much of an asset he is to this team.

Joe Johnson (1:25)

Right.

Chad Johnson (1:26)

So that's going to take care of itself.

Shannon Sharpe (1:27)

I definitely agree. And I think the thing is, the last time he was a one-time MVP, now he's a two-time MVP, he'll be 30 years old. He's about to be 29

Joe Johnson (1:37)

29?

Shannon Sharpe (1:38)

Yeah. Even to get a whole other band. So the question is, my homeboy, my homeboy is at 64 million.

Is it going to top that? Now, I don't think it will top that in total value, but in an annual value. Yeah. Because my homeboy is at half a billion. Hold on. My homeboy is making 64 years?

Boy, he going to be up there, Uncle Ochoc? The question is, I don't think he passed it in total value. My homeboy is north of half a billion. I don't think he gets there. But the annual value, I think he's more concerned with annual value and guaranteed money, as opposed to, oh, I got a contract worth 600 million, but I only got 100 million guaranteed. What good is that? Yeah. No, guarantee me by 200 million. Guarantee me 230, 240

Now we can talk.

Chad Johnson (2:33)

Whatever it is. Hey, whatever it is, it's going to be respectful. I can tell you that.

Shannon Sharpe (2:37)

This is what you're going to do. Whatever Josh Allen got guaranteed, give me a dollar more than that.

Chad Johnson (2:44)

No, no, no. Make it two dollars more. Make it two dollars more.

Shannon Sharpe (2:49)

I don't know what he got guaranteed, but whatever he got, guarantee that.

Chad Johnson (2:59)

Oh Lamar. Yeah.

Shannon Sharpe (3:01)

I think he has to have some level of frustration because he's the only quarterback that has to go through this twice. Remember he played one year on the franchise tag, Ochocinco. No other quarterback. Dax had to do it. Dax did it one year and then they came back and they took care of Dax and they've been taking care of Dax ever since. He's like, I got to go through this again.

I got to go through this again.

SPEAKER_2 (3:21)

Yeah.

Chad Johnson (3:22)

He ain't tripping though.

Shannon Sharpe (3:24)

She's like, man. Hey, to make the most out of the situation, you can't really be tripping.

SPEAKER_2 (3:32)

Okay, Ochocinco.

Shannon Sharpe (3:32)

You just got to keep your head down and keep working, bro. And then, you know, that'll take care of itself.

Joe Johnson (3:37)

You go out there and do what you're supposed to do. That'll take care of itself.

Shannon Sharpe (3:39)

It gets hard though, because I've been doing what I've been doing what I'm supposed to be doing, Ochocinco.

He can still do it. He can do it again. Y'all know I'm supposed to have three MVPs. I mean, y'all might have made that call. Y'all might have made the call and told the NFL to give it to Josh. I'm just saying, let me stop. Four people say, Shannon Sharpe said, Baltimore Ravens called him. Let me stop. I said that tongue in cheek. No, I thought it. I really did. Because he was the first team All-Pro quarterback. That doesn't happen very often. The first team pro quarterback, when he's in the running for the MVP, he normally wins that award. Or less a running back. But a quarterback that didn't make first team. So how did that look? So hold on. You're the MVP of the league, but you're not the best quarterback. Yeah. I was confused by that. I'm not saying, I think it happened before, but hell, I was confused by it then. I'm confused by it now.