Lamar on quest for 'vengeance' after loss to Bills

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Speaking for the archetypal clip since the playoff nonaccomplishment successful Buffalo 5 months ago, Baltimore Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson acknowledged helium inactive hasn't gotten implicit that defeat.

"We're going to bounce back," Jackson said aft Tuesday's minicamp practice. "And erstwhile we travel back, I consciousness similar we're going to person vengeance connected our mind."

Entering his eighth NFL season, Jackson has the second-best grounds of immoderate backmost since 2018 with a 70-24 people (.745) and has led the Ravens to 3 AFC North titles, including the past two. But Jackson is the lone aggregate NFL MVP to not scope a Super Bowl.

In his latest playoff decision -- a 27-25 divisional nonaccomplishment against the Bills -- Jackson committed 2 turnovers successful the archetypal half. He was intercepted astir midfield successful the archetypal quarter, and helium fumbled astatine the Bills' 34-yard enactment successful the 2nd quarter.

Asked however agelong it took him to determination past that loss, Jackson replied, "I don't deliberation I get implicit immoderate losses, to beryllium honest. I got losses from younker shot that inactive haunt me."

At the commencement of Baltimore's archetypal minicamp signifier Tuesday, Ravens quarterbacks manager Tee Martin asked Jackson what movie helium has been watching this offseason. Jackson's response: All the games helium lost.

Martin described the playoff decision to the Bills arsenic "a deep-felt loss" for Jackson.

Jackson had an accidental to necktie the people precocious successful the 4th fourth erstwhile helium threw a 24-yard touchdown walk to choky extremity Isaiah Likely with 1:33 remaining. But Jackson's walk connected the ensuing 2-point conversion was dropped by choky extremity Mark Andrews.

On Tuesday, Jackson came to the defence of Andrews and voiced his displeasure implicit those who "dogged" the three-time Pro Bowl choky extremity connected societal media.

"We privation we would person won the game," Jackson said. "I privation I didn't propulsion that interception. I privation I didn't fumble. I privation the mishap [with Andrews] didn't happen. But it happened. It's conscionable a acquisition learned. So adjacent time, we're going to bash thing better."

The 1 contented that Jackson did not privation to sermon was his declaration situation. Jackson signed a five-year, $260 cardinal declaration successful 2023, but it was wide viewed arsenic a three-year agreement. Baltimore would apt privation a caller woody with Jackson earlier the commencement of adjacent offseason, erstwhile his 2026 salary-cap fig soars to $74.5 million.

Ravens wide manager Eric DeCosta precocious told the BMore Baseball Podcast that the squad successful the "introductory stage" of declaration hold talks with Jackson.

Jackson, who doesn't person an cause and represents himself, wouldn't elaborate connected wherever talks stand.

"I ne'er sermon declaration situations here," Jackson said. "I don't privation to speech astir it, if that's OK with you."

When told Harbaugh said Jackson would go the NFL's highest-paid subordinate connected his adjacent deal, Jackson paused and leaned successful person to the microphone to say, "It sounds good."

Jackson besides is advocating for the Ravens to motion two-time Pro Bowl cornerack Jaire Alexander, who was precocious chopped by the Green Bay Packers. Jackson said helium has spoken with Alexander, who was a teammate of Jackson astatine Louisville.

"Go get him, Eric," Jackson said, referring to Ravens wide manager Eric DeCosta. "I emotion each our corners, don't get maine wrong. But spell get him, Eric."