Ravens' Jackson sorry for vulgar response to fan

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens backmost Lamar Jackson was contrite Friday astir sending a vulgar effect to a instrumentality 5 days agone and believes helium has learned from his mistake.

"I apologize if I wounded feelings retired there," Jackson said successful addressing reporters for the archetypal clip since the incident.

After the Ravens were upset astatine Jacksonville 28-27 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.

On Friday, Jackson explained that helium was angered by the nonaccomplishment and that tweet was the archetypal station that helium work connected societal media.

"I had conscionable busted my down - my full team, the coaches did - that's what I seen. I conscionable reacted to it," Jackson said. "My bad. My bad."

Jackson acknowledged helium didn't deliberation astir however his profanity-filled effect would bespeak connected the Ravens organization.

"I was bitter," Jackson said. "I consciousness similar you should beryllium bitter aft a loss. No smiles. I consciousness similar the fans should beryllium huffy we lost, too. But not huffy astatine us. We tried."

Jackson's tweet was deleted aft 3 1/2 hours. His woman suggested that helium region the post, according to Jackson.

Jackson did not scope retired to the Twitter idiosyncratic to apologize. He did, however, spot that the instrumentality aboriginal posted that helium "loved" Jackson. The Twitter idiosyncratic has since changed his relationship to private.

"I emotion him, too," Jackson said. "I do. I'm not huffy astatine him."

Jackson, 25, has go the look of the Ravens franchise and 1 of the astir fashionable players successful the NFL successful his 5 NFL seasons. A unanimous NFL MVP successful 2019, Jackson has a 44-16 grounds (.733) since becoming Baltimore's starting backmost midway done the 2018 season, which ranks lone down Patrick Mahomes (49-14) during that span.

Asked what helium would instrumentality distant from this experience, Jackson replied, "Don't accidental thing connected Twitter. Don't accidental what I said. We got kids watching. I don't request kids saying that. I'll effort to enactment disconnected Twitter, if anything, is thing similar that happens again. Hopefully, we're not losing nary more."

Jackson volition commencement Sunday erstwhile the AFC-North starring Ravens (7-4) play big to the Denver Broncos (3-8) aft getting kneed successful his quadriceps successful past Sunday's loss. He was constricted Wednesday earlier having afloat practices the past 2 days.

"I'm bully present though," Jackson said.