Baltimore Ravens quarterrier, Lamar Jackson, pushed a fan who had slapped him and his teammate Deandre Hopkins on their helmets while celebrating the third quarter of the wide receiver during the victory of Buffalo Bills 41-40 Sunday evening in Orchard Park, NY,
Hopkins, Jackson and his teammates were in the goal area and near the first row of the Highmark stadium when the fan, wearing a Bills Red jersey, hit Hopkins then Jackson on top of their helmets.
Jackson used both hands to push the fan, which fell back. The fan was ejected from the match, which was the opening of the season for the two teams.
“I saw him slap D-Hop …. then he slapped me,” said Jackson, 28, at the post-match press conference. “He speaks, so I just forgot where I was a little. You have to think in these situations, we obtained security there, lets security manage it. I let my emotion take over me. I hope that will not happen again. I will learn.”
ARE YOU KIDDING @Deandrehopkins????
Touched ravens !!!! First take as a crow !!!! pic.twitter.com/gahq5ekv
– Baltimore Ravens (@ravens) September 8, 2025
The Hopkins TD put the ravens in advance 34-19 with 1:09 to do in the third quarter, but they wasted an advantage of 40-25 trimester and the Buffle Matt Prater bootter achieved a goal on the field of 32 yards as the time expired.
“I have never seen our fans do this,” said Jackson about the slap of the helmet. “So, I’m probably going to do it again when we mark a touchdown. It’s not nothing against the fans. I just celebrate when my teammates get a touchdown.”
Jackson succeeded 14 against 19 passing for 209 yards and two affected, including 20 yards in Hopkins. Jackson had six races for 70 yards, including a 10 yards.
Three times the first All-Pro team and Quadruple winner of the Pro Bowl, Jackson was the NFL MVP in 2019 and 2023.
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