Ravens coach John Harbaugh mentioned Monday that quarterback Lamar Jackson’s postgame tweet Sunday during which he lashed out at a fan was “so out of character for him” and a reminder of the perils of social media.
About an hour after the Ravens’ 28-27 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jackson, a pending free agent, responded to a fan who’d tagged him in a tweet saying the Ravens shouldn’t decide to him financially. Jackson instructed the fan to “STFU” — “shut the [expletive] up” — and ended his remark with a vulgar insult. Before the message was deleted hours later, it had been retweeted 1000’s of occasions.
Harbaugh mentioned he spoke with Jackson on Monday morning concerning the trade, a uncommon outburst from a usually poised workforce chief.
“That’s not the way he speaks, it’s not the way he talks, it’s not the words he ever uses,” Harbaugh mentioned. “I’ve never heard him say things like that before. … He wants to win. I’m sure he’s frustrated, just like we all are, and that’s just a place you just don’t want to live right after a game. I know he understands that.”
Jackson, who usually addresses reporters on Wednesdays, appeared pissed off at occasions in his information convention after Sunday’s loss, during which his 343 whole yards of offense and late go-ahead landing move to tight finish Josh Oliver weren’t sufficient to carry off the Jaguars. He tweeted on the fan a couple of half-hour after talking with the media.
Harbaugh mentioned he talks with gamers concerning the media and social media, advising them to keep away from scrolling by means of Twitter after video games, particularly losses.
“It’s never going to be positive,” he mentioned. “It’s not going to be a nice place. And I think that’s kind of reflected in Lamar’s response, because what he said was just so out of character for him.”
Harbaugh mentioned Jackson has “one of the biggest hearts of anybody I know.”
“You all have seen him, the way he treats people, the way he treats kids, the way he treats the media,” he mentioned. “And he’s also one of the biggest competitors I’ve ever met. So those kind of conversations he takes very seriously, you know? So you get trapped sometimes by someone that’s baiting you just a little bit, and you can’t live there. It’s not important. … That’s something I love about him, but I think that’s not a place he wants to be and that’s certainly not things that he wants to say.”
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