Earlier this week, the Baltimore Ravens made an interesting move by extending receiver Rashod Bateman to a three-year, $36.75 million deal. This might seem like a nothingburger in isolation, but it’s worth noting here that Bateman just signed an extension last offseason, too, and hadn’t even played a game on his previous deal. In total, his back-to-back extensions combined for the cost of $49.62 million over five years, bringing his average salary up to nearly $10 million from his $6.4 million number on his 2024 extension.

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler , one reason for this new contract in Baltimore is that Bateman asked the Ravens for an extension this offseason, the team told him no, but then allowed him to search for a suitor who would via trade before ultimately choosing just t

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