There have been a lot of slanders geared toward Lamar Jackson and it seems a tad bit unnecessary. While he should be hot in the market right now, some interesting reasons from an NFL team owner have made him less than desirable for teams. However, with the way the league, critics, and analysts have functioned, it seems like there is an evident double standard and Jackson is the poster child. For example, there have been a lot of other NFL players with weird quirks that haven’t been ostracized as much as Jackson has been. However, the slander continues no more.
In response to this, some voices have raised their support for Jackson. One of his teammates from the Baltimore Ravens spoke vehemently and voiced out his support for the QB. It seems like the teammate had enough of Jackson’s slander and he went off with his support for his old teammate.
The unexpected support for Lamar Jackson
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A lot of great players are criticized for their actions and Jackson remains to be one of them. He has been criticized for a lot of his actions, even when there have been proper reasons behind them. However, it seems like someone has had enough of Jackson’s slander. A supposed teammate of Jackson’s publically spoke in the support of the quarterback. He mentioned Jackson’s hardworking nature and his excellence on the field.
Baltimore #Ravens player on his teammate MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson:
“LJ is the best teammate I’ve had, hardest worker out there, and always gives it his all no matter how his body’s doing or his surroundings. First one in last one out. And always got dat smile. Enough with… pic.twitter.com/XGT4jozX98
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) March 29, 2023
Interestingly, there hasn’t been any reveal of who the teammate is and this certainly hurts the credibility of the statement. If the identity of the teammate doesn’t get revealed soon, fans’ mocking suspicions are going to be proven true.
Fans took to Twitter to talk about these supposed statements of support. They did not seem very convinced with the actual source of these statements of support.
Fans scoff at the supposed support for Jackson
NFL fans were not very convinced about where such statements were coming from. One fan mentioned the unreliability of the statement.
If there's no direct quoted this means nothing, could be a fan saying it🤣
— Adam Thomas (@thomokop208) March 29, 2023
Furthermore, there were fans who mocked the supportive statement.
He’s gonna go back, play on that tag, and win an MVP isn’t he…
— Mo (@MeauxsWorld) March 29, 2023
There were also comments talking about how he has proven that the slander might be true.
He just proved he does the opposite
— David cooperfield (@manwithnonameq) March 29, 2023
Fans also demanded to know who the quotes came from.
This means nothing if it's not directly attributed to the player. Anyone or no one at all could've said this.
Just because you put it in quotes "doesn't make it true."
— Stringer Bell (@TheBFLSpeaks) March 29, 2023
Finally, fans were eager to know who this mystery player really might be.
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“Player” without a name. This means nothing
— DS (@unkledom) March 29, 2023
Fans weren’t very convinced by the fact that these were statements from an actual Ravens player. They truly believed that these could be statements made up by a fan. There was a huge demand for a reveal of who the actual player might be.
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While the fans don’t believe the support Jackson has gotten, it was certainly nice to see it. It only remains to be seen if that support is genuine or not.
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