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Ravens' Jackson on future: 'I would love to be here forever'
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Tennessee Titans in an AFC Wild Card playoff game. Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports

Ravens' Lamar Jackson on future: 'I would love to be here forever'

It's been slightly less than one month since the Baltimore Ravens picked up the fifth-year option on quarterback Lamar Jackson in an expected move that links the 2019 NFL regular-season Most Valuable Player with the club through at least the 2022 campaign. 

Most around the league believe it's a matter of when and not if Jackson will sign a lucrative extension with the Ravens, but he didn't seem too concerned about the situation when speaking with reporters Wednesday. 

"If I’m being honest, I’m focusing on the season. I’m focusing on trying to win," Jackson explained, according to Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk. "I’m not really worried about if it gets done this year or next year. I’m just trying to build and stack, and we’re gonna see." 

The 24-year-old added he envisions himself staying a one-team and one-city pro. 

"I would love to be here forever," he said. "I love Baltimore. I love the whole organization. I love everybody in the building. But hopefully we’ll be making something happen pretty soon — or whenever." 

Back in March, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said that he was "confident and committed to try and get a long-term deal done and hopefully we can get that done at some point in the near future" when speaking about Jackson's status. 

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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