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Lamar connected instrumentality altercation: I fto my emotions get the champion of maine (0:40)
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson explains what happened successful an altercation with a instrumentality aft DeAndre Hopkins' TD. (0:40)
Jamison HensleySep 11, 2025, 01:36 PM ET
- Jamison Hensley is simply a newsman covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN successful 2011, covering the AFC North earlier focusing exclusively connected the Ravens opening successful 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year grant successful 2018, and helium authored a publication titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens bushed writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson volition not look subject from the NFL for his altercation with a Buffalo Bills instrumentality during a season-opening 41-40 loss, a league spokesperson said Thursday.
"The substance has been addressed by the nine and determination is nary further enactment from the league," NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy wrote successful a statement.
On Sunday night, Jackson was celebrating with immoderate teammates adjacent the beforehand enactment of Highmark Stadium aft helium threw a 29-yard touchdown walk to DeAndre Hopkins precocious successful the 3rd quarter. The instrumentality wearing a reddish Bills jersey initially deed Hopkins connected the helmet earlier doing the aforesaid to Jackson, who instantly delivered a two-handed propulsion that sent the instrumentality falling backward.
The instrumentality was ejected from the stadium Sunday night. The instrumentality besides has been "indefinitely banned from Bills and NFL stadiums," a squad authoritative told ESPN's Adam Schefter connected Monday.
On Wednesday, Ravens wide manager Eric DeCosta had a lengthy speech with Jackson. The squad is looking to debar immoderate aboriginal altercations similar this one.
"Our player's information is of the utmost importance," a Ravens authoritative told Schefter. "We person spoken to Lamar, who understands the interaction of the situation, astir the incident.
"While we volition support interior matters private, we person implemented further information protocols -- some astatine location and connected the roadworthy -- to amended support our players and grip antagonistic instrumentality interactions moving forward."
On Wednesday, Jackson apologized to the instrumentality during his play media league and suggested, "Just chill adjacent time. You tin speech trash and worldly but support your hands to yourself."
About 10 minutes aft Jackson's incidental with the fan, Ravens moving backmost Derrick Henry was astir deed with a frozen h2o vessel successful the extremity portion connected the different broadside of the stadium aft his 29-yard touchdown tally successful the 4th quarter.
"Stuff similar that shouldn't beryllium happening. It's not WWE," Jackson said. "We're playing shot retired here. So conscionable support it to football. I cognize guys are going to speech trash. I cognize the opposing squad is going to speech trash. Keep it that way. But support your hands and support your objects to yourself."
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