Lamar Jackson has admitted he should have held his feelings in check after he shoved a fan who slapped him during his team’s loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.
The Baltimore Ravens quarterback was celebrating a touchdown in front of the home crowd in Buffalo when a fan in a Bills jersey slapped Jackson and teammate DeAndre Hopkins on their helmets. Jackson shoved the fan, who was ejected from the stadium.
“He slapped me, and he was talking – so, I just forgot where I was for a little bit,” Jackson said after the game, which the Ravens lost 41-40 in the final seconds. “You have to think in those situations. You have security out there; let security handle it. But I just let my emotions get the best of me. Hopefully, it doesn’t happen again. I learned from that.”
Jackson, a two-time NFL MVP, said he enjoys interacting with fans and plans to continue doing so.
“I’ve never seen our fans do that,” Jackson said. “So, I’ll probably do it again when we score a touchdown. It’s not nothing against the fans. I’m just celebrating when my teammates get a touchdown.”
Jackson had an excellent game against the Bills, one of the Ravens’ long-time rivals in the AFC. He threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for another. His touchdown pass to Hopkins put the Ravens up 34-19 with 1:09 left in the third quarter but the Bills scored 16 points in the final four minutes to seal a thrilling victory.
