Lamar Jackson locked up his first career playoff victory on Sunday with a 20-13 Ravens win over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Wild Card round. But Jackson didn’t exactly wait around to celebrate the win.
As Jackson took the final kneel down to ice the game, he motioned to his Ravens teammates to join him on the way to the tunnel instead of hanging around to shake hands with the Titans players.
It was a final statement about how the Ravens have viewed the Titans this season — a matchup that had already featured its share of fireworks between coaches and players.
So Lamar ran off the field not shaking hands with the #Titans pic.twitter.com/yFyOJ7ZQMi
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 10, 2021
You’ll notice that Jackson was actually heading off the field before the game was technically over. The entire scene made sense when you considered what the pregame banter between the two teams looked like.
This game is gonna get lit! #Ravens Calais Campbell mouthing off to the #Titans heading into the tunnel. @FOXNashville pic.twitter.com/AaI2ginulU
— Tatum Everett – FOX17 (@tatumeverett) January 10, 2021
Jackson did stay in the tunnel to greet his teammates before heading back out for the postgame interview.
Got that playoff win 😈 @Lj_era8 @Ravens pic.twitter.com/zk45axspPZ
— The Checkdown (@thecheckdown) January 10, 2021
But you just knew that literal walk-off had to feel great for the Ravens quarterback.
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