OWINGS MILLS, Md. — A year after signing a very team-friendly contract extension amidst awkward circumstances, wide receiver Rashod Bateman has earned a more representative payday from the Ravens.

On Thursday, the team announced a three-year extension worth a reported total of $36.75 million with $20 million of that guaranteed. That will keep the 25-year-old Bateman under contract through 2029 after he was still owed a total of $10.75 million over the next two seasons of the three-year deal signed last year in the wake of the revelation that he’d lost an accrued season in 2023. Instead of dwelling on that frustrating reality or the disappointing start to his NFL career, the 2021 first-round pick enjoyed a breakout 2024 campaign that included career highs in receiving yards (756) and touch

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