Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson revealed that his mother Felicia Jones cursed him for not using his legs more in last season’s loss to the Eagles.
Lamar Jackson’s mother, Felicia Jones, made no secret of her frustration with the Baltimore Ravens quarterback after he failed to capitalize on several opportunities during a loss last season.
In Week 13 of the 2024 campaign, Jackson rushed eight times for 79 yards in the Ravens’ 24–19 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Yet much of that output came in garbage time when the star signal-caller took off on a 39-yard run with less than a minute remaining in the fourth quarter.
Speaking to reporters during the post-game press conference, Jackson revealed that his mother “scolded him”, reprimanding her son for not using his legs often. “Yeah, my mom just told me that. She abused me, so I’m mad,” he said at the time.
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“She said there were certain streets I should have walked, but I was trying to let people develop the path.”
As the age-old saying goes, mother is always right. Jackson said, “We had developing routes. I was just trying to go through my progressions.” “But yes, he is right.
“I’m sorry about that. I’m just mad, because I think we should win these games, and we’re not able to do that.”
Jackson, to his credit, still turned in a respectable performance – completing 23 of 36 passes for 237 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. However, given that the Ravens were losing, he acknowledged that it was not enough.
“I’ll always put myself on the front line, whether I played well or not,” Jackson said. “I played OK, but yes. I’m just upset because we left things on that field — me (and) everybody.
“It’s a team game, and there’s no ‘I’ in team. They were a very good team, don’t get me wrong, but I think we left things there. We should have put more points on the board.”
Jackson has similarly failed to find much success on the field this season, at times lacking the enthusiasm or confidence to catch and run the ball.
Entering the Ravens’ Thanksgiving Day contest against the Cincinnati Bengals, his 5.75 rushing attempts per game marked a career low, nearly four carries less than his career average of 9.55.
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Much of Jackson’s struggles can be attributed to his growing list of health setbacks in recent weeks. Over the past month alone, the 28-year-old has battled knee pain as well as ankle and toe injuries that have forced him to miss most of practice.
Addressing his notable decline in carries and explosiveness, Jackson said earlier this month: “I’m going to do whatever it takes to win. I don’t really pay attention to the number of rushes I have.
“We have Derrick Henry, Keaton Mitchell, Justice (Hill) and Rasheen Ali; we have all these guys running the ball — and sometimes Zay (Flowers) — so, as long as we’re winning, I don’t really worry about it.”
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