Stephen A. Smith believes Jalen Hurts' $255M extension will cost Ravens QB - “It ain't exactly the greatest day for Lamar Jackson"
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts recently signed a five-year $255 million extension with the Philadelphia Eagles. He is now the highest-paid player in NFL history.
The Eagles were always expected to extend Hurts following his performances last season. However, another quarterback's future is uncertain amid a failure in contract negotiations.
Lamar Jackson is yet to sign a new contract and as per Stephen A. Smith, Hurts' extension could end up costing the Baltimore Ravens quarterback.
"It ain't exactly the greatest day for Lamar Jackson," Smith said on First Take. "Lamar Jackson has been gung-ho, according to reports. Now, his camp has denied this, they say he's been offered $133 million guaranteed and nothing more than that. Others say he's been offered more than that. It just wasn't the 230 million guaranteed Deshaun Watson has received.
"But now here you are with a guy that is a starting quarterback in the National Football League that took his team to the Super Bowl, something that you've never done. The fact of the matter is Lamar Jackson won a league MVP, but you never took your squad to the Super Bowl the way Jalen Hurts did and he got $179 million guaranteed.
"So now you're going to have people looking at Lamar Jackson and saying, 'excuse me, from $179 to $200 million guaranteed should be enough.' You shouldn't be sniffing and sneezing at that."
While Lamar Jackson will still get plenty of money if he signs a contract with the Baltimore Ravens following Hurts' extension, he won't get a guaranteed amount similar to Deshaun Watson.
Jalen Hurts deserved massive contract extension
Since he was drafted into the NFL, Jalen Hurts has improved every season. He could have won the NFL MVP award last season had he not gotten hurt. Even in the Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Hurts had a phenomenal game that put the world on notice.
The Philadelphia Eagles love their quarterback and Hurts will be looking to repay them with a Super Bowl. The Eagles will enter next season among the favorites to win it all, and if Hurts gets even better, it will be a scary sight for the rest of the NFL.
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