Lamar Jackson has spoken.
The embattled Baltimore Ravens quarterback tweeted Monday morning he requested a trade on March 2 in the second of a series of posts posited as “a letter to my fans.” He added that the Ravens haven’t “been interested in meeting my value.”
Jackson’s contract situation has been one of the biggest unanswered questions of the offseason. The Ravens placed the non-exclusive on Jackson, which allowed him to speak with and negotiate with other teams. The Ravens could still match any offer sheet Jackson signs, or trade Jackson to the team that signed Jackson for two first-round picks.
Jackson doesn’t have an agent and the NFL warned teams about negotiating with a person named Ken Francis, who is not an NFLPA-certified but allegedly attempted to speak with teams about Jackson’s contract. Jackson denied this report, though.
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