Lamar Jackson on Ravens’ new WRs – Want to throw for 6K yards

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson officially signed his five-year, $260 million contract Thursday, setting NFL records for signing bonus, three-year cash flow and average per season.

But Jackson revealed he has a more ambitious number in mind in this revamped Ravens offense.

“I want to throw for like 6,000 yards with the weapons we have,” Jackson said with a laugh. “I’m not an individual award-type guy or a stat watcher. I just want to do that because no one has ever done it and I feel like we have the weapons to do it.”

Jackson has never surpassed 3,200 yards passing in a season, but he’s clearly excited about Baltimore building the strongest wide receiver group of his career. The Ravens signed Odell Beckham Jr. and Nelson Agholor in free agency, then drafted Zay Flowers with the No. 22 overall pick.

The final step for the Ravens’ passing attack was signing Jackson long-term. According to a source, he set league highs in signing bonus ($72.5 million), most money in the first three years of a deal ($156 million) and average per season ($52 million). Jackson also received no-franchise-tag and no-trade clauses, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.

The deal wrapped up 27 months of challenging negotiations between the Ravens and Jackson, who didn’t have an agent and represented himself. Jackson declined to talk about the trade request he made to Baltimore in early March, saying he wants to focus on following through on his draft-day promise to deliver a championship to the Ravens.

“I didn’t really care for other teams, I wanted to be here. I want to be a Raven,” Jackson said. “I said something in 2018 and I meant that. I wanted to get this done before my time [is] up and [I] branch off somewhere else. I really want to finish my career here and win a Super Bowl here.”

Jackson had long sought to exceed the $230…