Jalen Ramsey sent a message to the Jacksonville Jaguars when he showed up for training camp Wednesday morning. It had four wheels, was armored and carried plenty of hype.
As Ramsey emerged, he added, “Time to get this money.”
"Work man, work man, yeah that's him!"
— ESPN (@espn) July 24, 2019
Jalen Ramsey with the epic camp entrance 😂💰 (via @Jaguars) pic.twitter.com/cYibOfkzdk
It was a fun way to enter camp and it’s sure to get a lot of attention, but that truck is going to leave empty because the Jaguars have him under contract for two more years after picking up the fifth-year option on his rookie contract. He’ll earn $3.6 million this season and $13.7 million in 2020 before being eligible for free agency in 2021. It’s in the Jaguars’ interests to take no further action with Ramsey, 24, and he has made it clear this offseason that he thinks they’re making a mistake.
We knew Jalen Ramsey was up to something when he pulled up peeking out of a Brinks truck 😂#Jaguars pic.twitter.com/caoE6SNeqs
— Ben Murphy (@BenMurphyTV) July 24, 2019
“Next year, especially after I ball, they’re going to come to me, ‘Hey, you know, we want to holler at you,” Ramsey said in an Instagram Live video posted in June. “That number is going to be so ungodly. … They’re going to say, ‘Oh god, can’t we get a little discount, 20 percent off?'”
Ramsey, who made a big splash last August when he unloaded on virtually every NFL quarterback in a blistering GQ story, went on to promise that he is going to have need of that truck when his contract is up.
“I’m going to tell them, ‘Last year you could have gotten that discount,’” Ramsey said. “'This year, [shaking his head], I’m going to need all of that.'”
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