Lamar Jackson came up short again on Sunday as the Buffalo Bills beat the Baltimore Ravens, 27–25 in the AFC divisional round. While neither quarterback had an eye-popping statistical performance, Jackson had two ugly turnovers that will be used as fuel for his legacy fire.
One media personality who was ready for that exact moment was FS1's Nick Wright, who could not wait until First Things First taped on Monday afternoon. Instead he took to the Twitter streets to call out some of his contemporaries.
Wright began with a post that was well over 280 characters calling out ESPN's Bill Barnwell and Benjamin Solak for their previously unwavering belief in the two-time MVP. Wright made sure to point out how everyone he was calling out was a friend, which actually made his posts seem even more malicious. His postgame posts had a real "today I settle all family business" vibe.
I know I come off as anti-Ravens/Lamar, but honestly I’m just trying to provide some semblance of balance here.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) January 20, 2025
Lamar is about to be a 3x MVP! 3rd most of any player ever!
If Rodgers retires, Lamar will have more 1st Team All Pros than *the rest of the quarterbacks in the NFL…
Wright went back and forth with Solak in the replies before dropping shifting to a quote tweet for maximum effect.
I don’t mean to pick on Ben here, who I think is fantastic. But this is *exactly* what I’m talking about.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) January 20, 2025
It’s absolutely *not* unlike Lamar to have multiple, backbreaking mistakes in the playoffs. It’s happened in literally half of his playoff games!
And lumping him in with… https://t.co/P805lZLPK3
Then he reposted a video of Jackson in his postgame press conference as proof that even the quarterback seems to agree with some of his points.
Nothing but respect to Lamar here. He definitively is a great leader & teammate.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) January 20, 2025
And he seems to understand the gravity of those turnovers more than most folks who watched the game. https://t.co/rQONTOL6Ii
Finally, Wright took aim at a post from The Athletic's Michael Silver, again pointing out "these are some of my closest friends in media."
Again, these are some of my closest friends in media, I’ve loved Mike for 15 years! But this is insanity.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) January 20, 2025
It’s not a *narrative*!
He goes from one of the greatest QBs ever by any metric (win %, passer rating, TD-INT ratio, rushing, etc) to a guy who…
•Has as turnovers as… https://t.co/t0OPdsaieo
Who knows who he'll take aim at on television today. Probably his co-hosts. Possibly Snoop from The Wire.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Nick Wright Went After Lamar Jackson and His Media Supporters After Ravens Loss.