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C.J. Doon

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson defends himself against injury concerns, explains absence in playoff loss

BALTIMORE — A day after revealing his trade request from the Ravens in a bombshell tweet, star quarterback Lamar Jackson returned to Twitter to make another revelation.

In a series of tweets late Tuesday night, Jackson defended his recent injury history and explained why he didn’t travel with the Ravens to Cincinnati for their AFC wild-card playoff game against the Bengals — a point of contention among fans and analysts as the 2019 NFL Most Valuable Player attempts to negotiate a lucrative contract.

“Let’s get real. I rather have a 100% PCL than go out there and play horrible forcing myself to put my guys in a bad situation now that’s selfish to me,” Jackson tweeted.

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