Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson wasn’t fond of the way Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio spoke about his team heading into Monday night’s game against the 49ers.
Florio claimed the 49ers would “kick the s–t” out of the Ravens and every other opponent this season. Jackson fired back at Florio after leading Baltimore to a victory.
“You can’t just discredit us,” Jackson said. “We grown men, we got to feed our families. He can have his opinion but just don’t be talking like that. That’s disrespectful. That’s very disrespectful. Not to take away from the 49ers at all, like they’re great all across the board, but we gone come to play as well. Our record not no fluke. We play ball and we showed that.
“But he needs to keep doing his job and just don’t come off like that towards us. That’s disrespectful, like I said, cause he isn’t putting the pads on. If he were putting the pads on I feel he would’ve meant different for him. He wouldn’t say that. He would be respectful. I say that we are respectful to our opponents. Our opponents are respectful to us. But the guy we’re not even playing against just come out being disrespectful to us. I guess he wanted more views on his little channel. We’re going to leave it at that.”
After hearing these comments from Jackson on Monday night, Florio issued an apology to the former MVP.
“Lamar is right,” Florio replied. “I apologize for how I phrased my opinion. I believed the 49ers were dramatically better than every other team in the NFL: Cowboys, Eagles, Chiefs, Dolphins, everyone. The Ravens proved otherwise. They deserve complete and total respect for what they accomplished.”
Lamar is right. I apologize for how I phrased my opinion. I believed the 49ers were dramatically better than every other team in the NFL: Cowboys, Eagles, Chiefs, Dolphins, everyone. The Ravens proved otherwise. They deserve complete and total respect for what they accomplished. https://t.co/4ja4gvuWnc
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) December 26, 2023
The Ravens proved they can beat any team in the league, especially when Jackson is playing at such a high level.
Next up for the Ravens is a showdown with the Dolphins. We’d have to imagine Florio will pick Baltimore for that matchup.