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| System ID: | jl-101292839d75ca4a254ca0e3775c1e92 |
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| Title: | Ravens' efforts to extend Zay Flowers impacted by current wide receiver market |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | flowers; free; draft; extend; wide; ravens; receiver; tackle; impacted; teams; player; zay; tight; deal; current; market; efforts; Zay Flowers; Baltimore Ravens; Draft (sports); Pro Bowl; Seattle Seahawks; Free agent; Wide receiver; Reception (gridiron football); Los Angeles Rams; Puka Nacua; Jaxon Smith-Njigba; Ja'Marr Chase; Justin Jefferson; CeeDee Lamb; NFC Championship Game; General manager; Rookie; Super Bowl; Catcher; Cornerback; Touchdown |
| Datetime: | 3/25/2026, 9:30:55 AM |
| Summary: | Extending wide receiver Zay Flowers was already on general manager Eric DeCosta’s offseason to-do list. So it’s not like the Seattle Seahawks agreeing to a four-year, $168.6 million contract extension with star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba will serve as a wake-up call to DeCosta. AdvertisementSmith-Njigba’s deal raises the ceiling for an already skyrocketing wide receiver market. He’s done what no other Ravens homegrown receiver has done by making two Pro Bowl teams in three years and going over 1,000 yards twice. Flowers has done his damage in an offense that leans heavily on the run game and hasn’t always been wide receiver-friendly.... |
