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Ravens' Zay Flowers Signs $140M Extension, Ties Top WR Deal

8/6/2026

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Flowers Signs Extension

Zay Flowers (wide receiver, Baltimore Ravens) signed a four-year, $140 million extension with $108 million guaranteed through 2031, matching Justin Jefferson (wide receiver, Minnesota Vikings) for highest contracts, and posted 86 catches for 1,211 yards, a 36.9 % share of Ravens’ yards, league’s second-highest.
Flowers said he wants the quarterback to stay as long as possible.
Lamar Jackson (quarterback, Baltimore Ravens) has two seasons left on his five-year, $260 million contract signed in April 2023.

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Flowers Joins Top-Five

Zay Flowers rose to fifth on the Ravens’ all-time receiving list after three seasons.
He trails only Mark Andrews, Derrick Mason, Todd Heap and Torrey Smith in catches, yards and touchdowns.
Flowers was the first Ravens receiver to make the Pro Bowl in 2024, repeated the honor in 2025, and posted a 0.301 EPA per pass and an 11.74% explosive-pass rate.

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Historical Context

In 2008 the Patriots re-signed Randy Moss to a three-year, $27 million deal, making him the league’s highest-paid wideout and proving the cap could sustain $10 million-plus annual receiver salaries. Two decades later, the Ravens’ 2024 four-year, $140 million extension for Zay Flowers mirrors the elite contracts set by Justin Jefferson, cementing the trend of massive budget shares for passing attacks.

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Flowers Signs Extension

Zay Flowers (wide receiver, Baltimore Ravens) signed a four-year, $140 million extension with $108 million guaranteed through 2031, matching Justin Jefferson (wide receiver, Minnesota Vikings) for highest contracts, and posted 86 catches for 1,211 yards, a 36.9 % share of Ravens’ yards, league’s second-highest.
Flowers said he wants the quarterback to stay as long as possible.
Lamar Jackson (quarterback, Baltimore Ravens) has two seasons left on his five-year, $260 million contract signed in April 2023.

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