Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has forced an apology out of Mike Florio following a statement win over the 49ers on Monday night.
Baltimore grabbed a Christmas victory over what was previously the hottest team in the NFL, with Jackson stealing ahead in the race for MVP after Brock Purdy came into the game as the favorite.
Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk predicted a beatdown for the Ravens and must have been surprised to see them dominate the Niners to win 33-19, with Jackson putting in another monster performance.
“The 49ers kick the S- out of the Ravens, I’m sorry I know that’s disrespectful to the Ravens, but let’s be realistic…the 49ers are going to dismantle the Ravens,” Florio predicted.
Jackson must have had the reporter on his mind all game as he would call him out while walking through the tunnel, though he got his name wrong.
He continued to go at Florio while speaking to the press.
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“You can’t just discredit us,” the QB declared. “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,” he continued. “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.”
Florio has since taken to X to issue an apology.
“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.”
Jackson passed for 252 yards and two touchdowns on the night, making 23 of his 35 pass attempts.
The Ravens have the Dolphins up next. Let’s see who Flores – Florio* – picks.
