Why Ravens fans turned ‘Johnny’ into a meme for Lamar Jackson during his incredible season

The Ravens “Johnny” meme involving Lamar Jackson, explained.

If you’ve seen Baltimore Ravens fans on X (formerly known as Twitter) posting “Johnny” everywhere, you’re not alone in wondering: What the heck is going on there? His name isn’t actually Johnny, right?

Let’s dive in: Back in October, a post with one of those riddles that supposed to fool you (or you get it and that means YOU’RE A GENIUS!) popped up on X: “Johnny’s father has five sons” (see below). The answer to it was … Johnny.

And that’s what Jackson posted, nailing it.

Since the “Johnny” post, Jackson has completely gone off, posting unreal numbers, while the Ravens have lost just once in that stretch.

Since then, you might have seen a lot of this:

And yes, he’s aware of the meme.

We’ll see if the power of Johnny can get Jackson and the Ravens to a Super Bowl.