Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens star quarterback, has requested a commerce. After a yr of tumultuous contract negotiations, together with the crew making use of the non-exclusive franchise tag to him, the chilly warfare has boiled over. With Jackson now on the commerce block, there are some clear frontrunners for his providers. Nonetheless, in addition to the plain franchises, that are the sleeper commerce locations for Jackson?

Three Sleeper Commerce Locations for Lamar Jackson

Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans are a sleeper commerce vacation spot for Jackson. They’ve Ryan Tannehill as their beginning quarterback presently, and in addition drafted Malik Willis within the third spherical of the draft final yr. Regardless of that, Jackson could be an enormous improve over each these choices, and may very well be a extremely intriguing addition to Tennessee’s offense. The crew have Derrick Henry, one of many league’s finest working backs, and a dashing mixture of Jackson and Henry would absolutely make the Titans smashmouth juggernauts.

Tennessee are in an odd place presently. They’ve some superb items however, after a disappointing 2022 season, may very well be heading for a rebuild sooner fairly than later. Buying Jackson (and discovering a strategy to offload Tannehill) might forestall the necessity for a complete rebuild. The Titans are additionally mentioned to be fascinated with DeAndre Hopkins. When it comes to cap area, it might be arduous to accommodate for each Jackson and Hopkins however, if they might make it work, they’d have a brilliant crew on their fingers.

Poetically, in Jackson’s 2019 MVP season, the Titans and Henry despatched Baltimore packing within the first spherical of the playoffs. Now, Jackson might be a part of Tennessee.

Chicago Bears

One other sleeper commerce vacation spot for Jackson is within the NFC North. The Chicago Bears will hardly ever meet Baltimore, which implies that buying and selling Jackson to them could be a lovely proposal. After Justin Fields’ distinctive season, it might appear unusual to swap him for Jackson. Nonetheless, Fields may very well be a terrific bargaining chip to decrease Baltimore’s asking worth for Jackson. It was additionally rumoured earlier within the low season that, ought to provide come alongside or if the crew are infatuated with any of the 2023 NFL Draft’s quarterbacks, the Bears could be open to transferring on from Fields.

With that mentioned, this might be a really rogue transfer from GM Ryan Poles. Poles appears to be enterprise a full rebuild in Chicago and so buying the extremely costly Jackson could be counterintuitive. The truth that Chicago traded down from the primary general decide additionally factors to them wanting to construct a extra full, younger roster.

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are the ultimate crew on this checklist. With the second general decide this yr, Houston look set to land their franchise quarterback since shedding Deshaun Watson. Nonetheless, former head coach Lovie Smith’s final-game victory eliminated Houston from buying the primary general decide. As such, the Carolina Panthers snuck in entrance of Houston and have their decide of all of the quarterbacks. If Houston are unwilling to accept the second quarterback on their board, they might as an alternative make a transfer for Jackson.

Houston have a number of cap area and will afford to pay Jackson. Their roster is gutted however, with Jackson, that may resolve their quarterback scenario for now. He would even be a improbable scheme match for Houston’s new offense. New head coach DeMeco Ryans appointed Bobby Slowik as his offensive coordinator. Slowik, a disciple of the Shanahan offense, would do wonders with Jackson. He would additionally be capable to elevate Jackson’s passing recreation to new heights. With Brandin Cooks traded, Houston appear to be sellers this low season. However a transfer for Jackson would flip that on its head. Whereas it could change the fortunes of Houston proper now, the unlikelihood of the commerce means Houston stays a sleeper commerce vacation spot for Jackson.

 

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