Ravens give star receiver Zay Flower astonishing $140 million contract

Zay Flowers got his flowers — and a lot more than that.The speedy receiver and the Ravens agreed to a four-year, $140 million extension, which will include $108 million guaranteed.Flowers, 25, is now tied with Justin Jefferson for fourth-highest value per year at $35 million.Seattle’s Jaxon Smith-Njigba still leads the league with $42.15 million per year.The deal replaces Flowers’ fifth-year rookie option, which the team picked up in April.Flowers’ career-high 1,211 receiving yards last season, the second-most in a single season by a Raven behind Mark Andrews’ 1,361 in 2021, made up 36.9% of the team’s total receiving yards.That percentage was second behind only Smith-Njigba, who accounted for 44.1% of the Seahawks’ receiving yards with 1,793, which led the league.Flowers is the only wide receiver in team history to reach the Pro Bowl after doing in each of the last two seasons.“Great day for the Ravens.

Shoutout to Zay Flowers,” Ravens first-year head coach Jesse Minter said Tuesday.“When your best players are just the right type of people, and they bring the right type of mentality and everything marries together.

Those are the types of guys, it’s such a great thing when stuff like that happens for them.Nothing better as a coach to see those guys get what they deserve.

Really happy for Zay and excited for him.Can’t wait to see him thrive in our offense.”The Ravens locked down their top receiver in his first offseason eligible for an extension, so the team will likely benefit from agreeing to the deal now as opposed to when the salary cap goes up over the next few years.The Ravens selected Flowers out of Boston College 22nd overall in the 2023 NFL Draft....