Burdge: Patriots Should Not Pursue Lamar Jackson

The Patriots might have some of the best next team odds for Jackson but shouldn't pursue him

By Lucy Burdge – Mar 25, 2023, 2:21am

It's been a bizarre 24 hours in the Lamar Jackson saga.'

First, it was revealed that the NFL sent a memo to all teams warning them to not to negotiate with someone named Ken Francis in regards to Jackson, who has no official agent. This seemingly mysterious Ken Francis (who may or may be the alter ego of Jackson himself) is not an NFLPA certified agent.'

Then, Jackson tweeted out a video promoting a product called The Entire Gym he is apparently “dropping” with his business partner, Ken.'

Putting two and two together, it would seem the Ken from Jackson's tweet is the same Ken from the NFL memo.'

But THEN Jackson responded to the news of the NFL memo, tweeting, “Stop Lying that man never tried to negotiate for me.” Other tweets from J ackson in the past 18 hours include such hits as “This is Everyday But 'It's Ok not to be ok' Mental health awareness” with a picture of Ben Affleck photoshopped in a Ravens jersey and “I'm the storm” with a bunch of tornado and lightning emojis. I'm not really sure what's going on here.'

And then I noticed the Patriots are in the top two teams on the list of next team odds to land Jackson. They are, in fact, second on the list.'
  
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