Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson stated Friday that he “wasn’t thinking about actions” when he wrote a “bitter” reply to a fan on Twitter after Sunday’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Jackson later deleted the viral tweet, which informed a fan questioning his worth to “STFU” — “shut the [expletive] up” — and included a vulgar insult. He stated Friday that he hadn’t reached out to the fan however that he apologized “if I hurt feelings out there.”
“I was mad,” stated Jackson, who was coming off a last-minute 28-27 loss in Jacksonville during which the Ravens gave up one other late lead. “I was mad after the game, and when I got onto social media, that was the first thing I saw. And I’d just busted my behind — my whole team did, coaches did, and that’s what I saw. And I just reacted to it. My bad. My bad.”
Coach John Harbaugh stated Monday that he met with Jackson to debate his “out of character” tweet, which had been retweeted hundreds of instances earlier than he took it down Sunday night time, at his girlfriend’s urging.
“My girlfriend was like, ‘I think you should delete it,’” Jackson stated. “I’m like, ‘All right.’ Because I don’t know if I hurt somebody’s feelings. So I did. That’s just what it was. That’s why I deleted it.”
Jackson stated he wasn’t mad on the fan, who’d questioned whether or not the Ravens ought to commit financially to him and urged the entrance workplace to not re-sign him in free company and as an alternative “spend that money on a well rounded team.” Jackson stated he has “got to love” — and joked that he “won’t say nothing on Twitter,” the place he has over one million followers.
“Don’t say what I said, because it’s kids watching,” he stated. “I don’t need the kids saying that. But it’s just watch what you say. Try to stay off Twitter, if anything, if something like that happens again. Hopefully, we’re not losing anymore.”
Jackson spoke Friday, two days later than his typical midweek availability, after leaving observe early on Wednesday to deal with a quadriceps damage. He stated he was kneed within the quad Sunday however that he was “good now, though.”
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