Lamar Jackson tweeted on Monday morning that he requested a trade from the Baltimore Ravens on March 2.
But according to a report from Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the two sides were still holding contract negotiations as of last week:
Ian Rapoport @RapSheetFrom NFL Now: While the Lamar Jackson trade request has been in, sources say he was actively negotiating with the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ravens?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ravens</a> as recently as last week. <a href="https://t.co/W0OadSUsz9">pic.twitter.com/W0OadSUsz9</a>
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