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BREAKING NEWS: RAVENS LOCK UP ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST PLAYMAKERS! | THIS IS A MASSIVE MOVE!

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The Baltimore Ravens have officially secured their wide receiver Zay Flowers with a significant four-year contract extension worth $140 million, including $108 million in guaranteed money. This deal establishes an average annual value of $35 million, tying him with elite peers like Justin Jefferson and placing him among the highest-paid receivers in the league alongside players such as Ja'Marr Chase and Jerry Jeudy. Notably, Zay Flowers becomes the first Ravens wide receiver to sign a major contract extension following his rookie deal, distinguishing this agreement from previous non-market deals signed by other teammates. The move cements his status as the team's number one target for years to come, ensuring financial stability that allows him to focus entirely on performance without distraction. Despite recent reports showing Flowers sitting quietly on the sideline during practice after receiving news of the deal, commentators emphasize that this is merely a continuation of his consistent high-level play rather than a sign of complacency. The analysis highlights that Zay Flowers has not yet reached his prime and still possesses significant room for growth, having already made an immediate impact as one of only two Ravens wide receivers to make the Pro Bowl in team history. His ability to produce big numbers even when quarterback Lamar Jackson was dealing with injuries last season demonstrates a reliability that makes him indispensable. With the new offensive scheme expected to feature him prominently through various route concepts and play designs, fans anticipate he will exceed expectations by scoring at least ten touchdowns this upcoming campaign. The video also touches upon broader themes regarding player compensation in today's NFL market, where salaries continue to rise rapidly for top-tier offensive talent. While some viewers expressed surprise that Flowers' deal was finalized before other star receivers like Puka Nacua or Mike Williams secured their own extensions, the consensus is that locking up a number-one receiver at this salary level represents a fair reflection of his current ability and future potential. The discussion further explores how Zay Flowers has evolved from being one option among several in 2023 to becoming the focal point of the offense as Odell Beckham Jr. departed and other receivers have moved on, effectively making him the undisputed leader at wide receiver for Baltimore moving forward. Looking ahead, there is immense excitement surrounding the upcoming season as Lamar Jackson returns from injury to reunite with his dynamic playmaking partner Zay Flowers. The duo's chemistry was evident in their explosive performances during last year's playoff run against Pittsburgh, and expectations are sky-high for them to replicate or even surpass those achievements this time around. Beyond football success, the narrative celebrates Flowers' positive character, noting how his family shares a similar joyful demeanor that contributes to his nickname as a "golden retriever." The successful conclusion of negotiations is seen not just as a business victory but also as an emotional win for the entire organization and its fans who have supported him since he was drafted out of Boston College in 2023.
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So, in breaking news, it is official. Z Flowers ain't going nowhere. We lock up another Florida Raven for a long time. We got one more to take care of in the next year. So, hopefully that gets done. But on to Z Flowers. Let's read the report that came from Adam Sheff said the following. Justin, oh, look at that. Justin. Anyway, said Baltimore's twotime Pro Bowl wide receivers, Z Flowers, reached an agreement today with the Ravens on a 4-year, $140 million extension that includes a $108 million guaranteed per his agency. So, Z Flowers got paid. And when you break down that extension, he's getting $35 million per year. Now, it's funny because Declan Doyle talked about it, Jesse Mentor talked about it, Lamar Jackson talked about it. They've all been saying how they expect Z Flowers to have a big season when you getting paid like that. Yeah, we would all expect the same thing, too. And it would just be a continuation of what Z Flowers has been doing for the entirety of his career with the Baltimore Ravens. Making a big impact, getting a lot of targets, getting a lot of yards, making a lot of plays. And it's funny because today it was said that Zay Flowers was at Ravens practice, but he wasn't participating. But they showed a picture of him just sitting there chilling on the sideline smiling. Even though Zay Flowers is always smiling. That's why they call him a golden retriever cuz he always running around and he always happy. But I was thinking like could he had just gotten paid? Nah, he ain't just get paid. But he had just gotten paid. So I'm glad that this is done. I'm glad that this is official. I'm glad that the Baltimore Ravens took care of Zay Flowers. And Z Flowers becomes the first Ravens wide receiver ever to get a significant second contract with the team after his rookie deal. And that wording is important. He becomes the first to get a significant contract after his rookie deal. We know with Rashad Baitman, he he's on his third contract with the Ravens right now, but it wasn't a market setting. It wasn't a market offer or market deal that he got. It was way below market. But with Zay Flowers, it's right up there. So, that's a beautiful thing. Uh oh my goodness. I didn't know this part. Whoa. Okay. I'm I'm I'm a little shocked by this. I I did not realize this. says that. Okay, never mind. Okay, it makes sense now. Adam Shaft also said the 35 mil per year extension for Z Flowers ties him with Justin Jefferson in new money average per year. I already know what people are going to say. I already know, oh L, he not Justin Jefferson. It's not about that. It's about who's the latest to get paid. Who's the most recent one to get paid? The market doesn't care who the best is. The market cares about who's most recent, whose contract is coming up. [snorts] So he also listed the following. Jackson Smith and Jigba, he got 42.15 mil per year. Raven cell, they said, "We ain't touching that. We ain't even coming close to that." And and we understand that. Like Ra, we knew Raven wasn't going to pay him that much. Like that's a 42.15 mil per. Woo. That's That's why he got that 99 and Madden because the Seahawks literally paid for him to be a 99 matter. Anyway, continuing Jamar Chase, he gets 40.25 mil per year and that's Woo. But when you see Jamar Chase, oh well yeah, he is annoying in like a really really great way because he's just a straightup baller, man. Jamal Chase is I in my opinion, this is just my opinion, my opinion don't hold no weight to nothing. I think Jamal Chase is better than Jackson Smith in the Jig, but that's just me though. Maybe it's cuz we see him at least two times a year, but I think he's better. Anyway, Drake London gets 35.25 mil per year. So, that's interesting that um Zay Flowers, he comes just under Drake London. Interesting there. Uh and then Justin Jefferson, he also gets Oh, Z Flowers and Justin Jefferson get 35 mil per year. And then CD Lamb, he got 34 mil per year. Now, we know he did get his contract a couple years ago, so I'm sure obviously when that gets readed up, then his number is going to go through the roof, but it also depends on what happens with George. Anyway, we ain't worried about the Cowboys. We worried about Z Flowers. Now, um what to expect from Z Flowers? Continuity. Continuity. his usage to remain as it's been just continuing to be involved. Like Zay Flowers is just he's he's really good and in my opinion and I think a lot of other people would share this opinion too, but he hasn't even scratched the surface yet. Zay Flowers ain't even hit his prime yet. Zay Flowers ain't even been the best that he could possibly be yet. He He's still got more heights to climb, more ladders to climb, more more goals to hit. Zay Flowers, but for him to still not be at his best, but to be where he is right now, he's really good. He's really good. We always talk about it, and I know somebody made a counterpoint to this, but we always talk about how the Ravens, they run a runheavy offense. That's what our offense has been in the past. We don't know how offense is going to be now. We'll see soon, but the Ravens have been in a runheavy offense, but ZFlowers still put up numbers. And [snorts] I know somebody made a counterpoint to that. They were like, "Well, if we in a run heavy offense, then that means quarterbacks are looking at the receivers less. They're covering the receivers less or whatnot." And I'm like, "Uh, well, that could mean the receivers have less opportunity to make plays." So, that would make Zay Flowers look even better. And then you look at last season with Zay Flowers, his yards, his numbers, they they they all increased, but Lamar had missed some time with injury and Z Flowers was still doing his thing. Obviously, his best games came when Lamar was out there, but Lamar missed time. Zay Flowers said, "All right, cool. I'mma still do my thing this year." And that's exactly what he did. And I'm [snorts] really looking forward to Lamar Jackson and Zay Flowers picking up right where they left off at last season because they left off with a bang last year in that Steelers game. Zay Flowers was going crazy. Lamar was going crazy, too. And it was just a beautiful thing to see. Then we just envision Z Flowers making it to the end zone a whole lot more. Like five touchdowns in a season for Ravens number one receive. No, we got to get more than that. Like you you bet at 35 mil per year now. Oh, give me at least 10. Give me at least at least 10. A minimum of 10. And I'm sure they could exceed that for sure. Like because you know that there'll be some games where Lamar he'll be like you know what [snorts] I don't feel like throwing for a whole bunch of yards today. I'm gonna throw for like 198 yards in this game but you know what I'mma throw for like five six touchdown. Lami just doing crazy stuff like that and he said you know what Z Flowers how about you get about two or three of them. So you have a couple games like that and then he has some other games Z Flowers go crazy. Some other games he might be a little quiet or whatnot cuz he might be getting bracketed a little more. we might be getting a little paid attention to a little more and but he still does his thing and that reminds me too of Zay Flowers and the attention that he gets because Zay Flowers been on this team since 2023. He was a first round pick at Boston College in 2023 and that was his rookie year. We had Odell Beckham Jr. that year. Uh we still had Rashad Baitman too. So Zay Flowers wasn't getting all the attention in the world that year and I think he got about 900 yards that year around 900 yards. Um, but then the second year Odell was gone. He he he was gone. He was out of there. Um, and we I don't think we had Nelson Agar. I don't remember for sure. But no, we did have Nelson Ag in 2024. Anyway, Odell was gone. Uh, we still had Rashad Baitman and Z Flowers. So now it's like, oh, Zay Flowers and Rashad, y'all are up. It's your turn now. So now all the attention it's on you. What does Z Flowers do? Uh, you know what? I'm going to go to the Pro Bowl. I'm going to go to the Pro Bowl. He became the first Ravens wide receiver to go to the Pro Bowl as a wide receiver. That's a big deal for us, man. It really was. It's crazy that it took so long. But hey, we got to start somewhere. So then they say, "Oh, Z Flowers, now you a Pro Bowl receiver, so you getting a lot more attention. How you going to follow that up? What you going to do next?" Z Flowers said, "You know what? I think I'm going to go to another Pro Bowl. Now I'm getting all this attention. I'm It's so nice that I'm going to do it twice." So that's another thing that stands out to me about Z Flowers is the fact that he's garnering so much attention now. It's so much eyes on Zay Flowers now, but he's still producing. So now in this new offense, it's going to feature Z Flowers. Like that's not a question. How they feature Z Flowers is to be determined. I'm sure like we heard about it in in the practice from yesterday that Z Flowers even though he got stopped but they were already doing the end of round the reverses the jet sweeps and all that. So they incorporated him in different ways but hey like you paying somebody 35 mil per year you're going to use that person in a lot of different ways. So shout out to the Ravens. Shout out to EDC for making it happen. Shout out to Zay Flowers and all his people for taking care of this. Shout out to Zay Flowers family, man. Um because he he deserves it. Z Flowers is amazing. His family, they amazing as well. Um we talked about this before, but at the Z Flowers event, I didn't get to go to the one this year um because we were busy, but we went to the one the the past two. Um, and his family is you, if you meet even just one person from his, we met his dad and I think two of his brothers. But if you even meet just one person from his family, then what? The reason why Z Flowers is always smiling, it makes sense because all of them are always smiling. They just cheesing. They they super they were super super super super nice. They were extremely nice. And that's this Florida heat like he can make you unkind to some people. But his fan extremely nice. So we happy for Zay Flowers. We happy for his family. We happy for the Ravens that they got that guy locked up, locked down. Hope he ain't going to be locked down this season cuz Z Flowers, that boy run some nasty routes to get them quarterbacks going bye-bye. Especially you Christian Gonzalez. Cuz Christian Gonzalez one of the better quarterbacks in the league. Z Flowers. Oh, Christian, see you. But anyway, shout out to the Ravens and shout out to Zay Flowers for getting this done because this was something that was being talked about all off season. Eric Dcasta, he said he he said it. He said it. He said, "Hey, we want to get this thing done with Z Flowers before the season starts. We want to work on this thing this offseason. We want to make it happen this off seasonason." Eric Dcasta said that from jump. He let it be known from jump. He trying to make it happen. What did Eric Dasa and them do? They made it happen. So now Z Flowers will not say, Z Flowers cannot say, even though we ain't want Z Flowers to say it anyway, but there is no possible chance, at least for the next like 3, four years, that Z Flowers says, "I'm out." Why? Because he just signed a fresh new contract extension with a high APY average per year and $108 million guaranteed. That boy Z got paid. One thing I always think about as a parent is making sure that my kids grow up understanding money a whole lot better than I ever did cuz you want to give them independence, but at the same time, you also want to know that they're making good decisions. And for any parents out there with teenagers, we already know you have a million different things that you're trying to keep under control. Cash App is here to make sure that your teens money and their spending isn't adding to all that craziness. 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I think that is a smart move because that price is climbing higher and higher. Yes, it is. And they didn't even get it at the highest. Like they didn't even get it at the second highest contract. So, it could have been more than that, but they got it for a bargain. Anyway, continuing. Uh he said when I think about JSN's contract, so Jackson Smith and Jigba, he said [snorts] uh he was 168 uh mil and Alec Pierce at 114 mil. This seems like a pretty fair contract as the receiver market value has exploded. Yeah, it has. Uh it it it really has. Um cuz then that's the life in the NFL. That's the business the the NFL business has exploded. So these markets, especially since it's an offensive league, the markets for those offensive players, they ain't been doing nothing but going up. But the NFL's income, the NFL's revenue, it ain't been doing nothing but going up. So woo, they they be making some. And you know what? Players get paid some money, but them owners, filthy, filthy. Anyway, uh he also said, "I know a lot of fans may feel some type of way about it, but it means we have locked up a number one wide receiver for 35 mil a year, putting in the him in the top eight, which I feel is a fair reflection of his ability, which in a year or two may be even more considering Puka and Pickkins still need to get paid." That's true. So, Ravens caught it. I for sure thought Puka was going to get his deal before Flowers, but Raven said, "Uh, hold up." And obviously thought with with JSN getting his deal, I thought that that would really impact Zayfl. I didn't think that ZFL was gonna get paid nearly as much as JSN, but I didn't think it would be that big gap like that, especially with how the market works. But hey, Ravens got it taken care of. Z Flowers got it taken care of, and now it's done. >> Next question came from my guy Will. He said, "What's up, Graven? What's happening, Will?" He said, "Hope you and the family are doing well. I am more than excited for the season to start. Can't wait for another day." Uh, he said, "But I just wanted to get a quick question in while I'm at work. Uh, yesterday in training camp, we heard the offense struggled in pass for the first day. If this continues tomorrow, I ain't worried." And guess what? It didn't continue today. But we're going to talk about that uh in another video. He said, "Let me tell you why. I frankly remember our defense was bullying our offense and we were worried about our offense, but this was in the year 2023. Do you think this could be another year where we shouldn't doubt our offense early, even when they have had good days, and also be high on our defense this year? Thank you for everything that you do for Flock Nation on the internet. God bless you. Hey, appreciate you, Will. Uh, yeah, you you had every reason not to worry and I'm glad that you didn't worry because literally the very next day in pads again, Jesse man said it was going to be even more physical, but the offense, they were doing their thing today. And there's a certain name that we just keep hearing about over and over and over. Again, we we talk about that in another video cuz this video is all about our guy Z Flowers. But it's nice that our offense offense, like you said, offense going to have some days where they winning. Defense, they going to have some days where they winning. Uh, but it's all about iron sharpening. I I see you, John Har, right? But [snorts] it's all about them making each other better. So, that's going to happen as long as both sides of the ball can have great days against opponents. [music] >> [music] >> The flock flies to the [singing] wise. It's a wonderful thing. Look what vision and commitment [music] is and some discipline brings. 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