However this most recent twist in the Lamar Jackson contract saga plays out, it’s fair to say this with absolute certainty: It’s completely horrifying.
Let’s back up for a moment and run through the details. On Thursday, the NFLPA informed the NFL management council that a man named Ken Francis, who is not a certified agent, was contacting clubs and trying to negotiate on Jackson’s behalf. A memo prepared by the management council was leaked to a select few insiders and disseminated to the world at large. Jackson quote tweeted one of those reporters—Tom Pelissero, who had added that Francis was a “Florida man who most recently was pitching a home fitness invention”—and the quarterback denied that Francis was negotiating on his behalf.
Let’s consider three possible explanations for the genesis of this exchange.
