The primary week matchup between two NFL powerhouse rivals—the AFC’s Buffalo Payments and Baltimore Ravens—lived as much as the hype with superb play and a comeback win by the Payments, however what occurred on the sidelines with a Payments fan additionally had individuals speaking.
After a Sportscenter High 10 worthy, one-handed landing catch by the Ravens broad receiver DeAndre Hopkins within the third quarter, placing the Ravens up 34-19, Hopkins and his teammate, celebrity quarterback Lamar Jackson celebrated by operating alongside the outer wall at Highmark Stadium—the house stadium for the Payments—when a fan slapped the helmets of each Hopkins and Jackson as they jogged by. In video shared throughout social media, you’ll be able to see the fan hit Jackson’s helmet onerous sufficient to elicit a response from the Ravens star—Jackson shoved the fan again into his seat.
In postgame feedback, Jackson spoke about his actions, acknowledging that he can’t reply that manner.
“I simply forgot the place I used to be for somewhat bit. You gotta assume in these conditions. You bought safety on the market. Let safety deal with it. I simply let my emotion[s] get the perfect of me. Hopefully it received’t occur once more. I realized from that,” he mentioned.
In line with Mark Maske, an NFL reporter for the Washington Publish, the fan was ejected from the stadium. The NFL has not issued a press release but on whether or not (or not) Jackson will face any form of self-discipline for his interplay with the fan; the fan instigating the response by bodily hanging Jackson and Hopkins will doubtless issue into any choices coming from the NFL’s head workplace.
Whereas the celebration within the third quarter triggered a ruckus between Payments followers and the Ravens, finally, the Payments executed a extremely unlikely fourth quarter comeback, profitable the sport 41-40, in what is probably going one other traditional sport within the rivalry between two of the NFL’s finest QB’s within the Payments’ Josh Allen and the Ravens’ Jackson.
The Payments and Ravens don’t face one another once more within the 2025 common season; they’d solely meet this yr within the AFC playoffs.
