'Y'all Trippin' | Lamar Jackson Denies Rumor He Was Using Bathroom During Ravens-Browns Game
CLEVELAND (WJZ) -- When Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson disappeared late in Monday night's game against the Cleveland Browns, fans began speculating what led him to leave the field.
Some fans believed he left to go use the bathroom.
On Tuesday morning, Jackson tweeted, "Y'all trippin I definitely wasn't taking a [enter poop emoji]"
????????Yall trippin I definitely wasn't taking a ???? https://t.co/Tf4zoFpQ15
— Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) December 15, 2020
It was ultimately a calf cramps that sent him to the locker room, he said.
Calf crampz fam believe me ain gotta cap
— Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) December 15, 2020
"I started cramping on the field," Jackson said. "The two passes I threw, right before those passes to Willie and Mark, the overthrows, I was cramping (in) my throwing arm."
Jackson said his legs then started cramping. He left the field and went to the locker room for treatment and stretching.
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In the fourth quarter, he returned after backup quarterback Trace McSorley got hurt and it appeared the team would be left without a quarterback.
He also denied using the bathroom during the postgame press conference:
"I was cramping," he repeated following a reporter's question about the bathroom rumor. "I wasn't pulling a Paul Pierce."
jealous that Lamar Jackson got to use a bathroom at a stadium without ever having to wait in line pic.twitter.com/xPYrOzKDEI
— pwnteam (@pwnteam) December 15, 2020
The Ravens went on to beat the Browns 47-42.