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Charles Barkley Shares Why Lamar Jackson Is ‘Playing With Fire’ With Contract

After Jalen Hurts signed a record-breaking five-year, $255 million contract extension with the Eagles to become the highest-paid player in NFL history earlier this week, reports regarding the Ravens’ contract extension offer to Lamar Jackson began to come to light.

Based on Baltimore’s reported offer to Jackson last August, there are indications that the potential deal was better than the one Hurts received from the Eagles.

Barkley joined ESPN Cleveland 850 AM on Tuesday and was asked about the contract saga between Jackson and the Ravens and whether or not Barkley had any advice to the Baltimore quarterback as a former athlete himself.

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