Harbaugh, Lamar met for 'out of character' tweet

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens manager John Harbaugh said Monday that Lamar Jackson's vulgar effect to a professional connected societal media was "out of character" for the Pro Bowl quarterback, suggesting Jackson got "trapped" by idiosyncratic baiting him.

Harbaugh spoke to Jackson connected Monday greeting astir the societal media exchange.

"[I] conscionable beg guys to not to get into the Twitter satellite close aft the game, particularly aft a loss," Harbaugh said. "It's ne'er going to beryllium positive. It's not going beryllium a bully place, you know? That's benignant of reflected successful Lamar's effect due to the fact that ... that's not the mode helium speaks. It's not the mode helium talks. It's not the words helium ever uses. I've ne'er heard him accidental things similar that before."

After Baltimore's 28-27 nonaccomplishment successful Jacksonville Jaguars connected Sunday, a Twitter utilized tagged Jackson successful a tweet that read: "someone asking for implicit $250 cardinal guaranteed similar [Jackson] ... games similar this should not travel down to [kicker] Justin Tucker."

Jackson snapped backmost soon afterward with a profane reply, saying, among different things, that the instrumentality "never smelt a shot field."

Jackson's tweet was deleted aft 3½ hours.

"Lamar Jackson, you've been astir him. He's got 1 of the biggest hearts of anybody I know," Harbaugh said. "You each person seen him the mode helium treats people, the mode helium treats kids, the mode helium treats the media. And helium is besides 1 of the biggest competitors I've ever met. So those benignant of conversations helium takes precise seriously. You get trapped sometimes by idiosyncratic that's baiting you conscionable a small bit. And you can't unrecorded there. I deliberation that's not a spot helium wants to beryllium and that's surely not things that helium wants to say."

Jackson was visibly irritated during his media league aft different uneven show by the discourtesy connected Sunday. The Ravens were 2-of-5 successful the reddish portion and had to settee for 3 abbreviated Tucker tract goals successful the archetypal half, which kept the Jaguars successful the game.

"He wants to win, I'm definite helium is frustrated conscionable similar we each are," Harbaugh said. "And that's conscionable a spot you conscionable don't privation to unrecorded close aft a game. And I cognize helium understands that."