With a trip to Pittsburgh on the way, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence was asked Wednesday if he’s too young to know about The Terrible Towel.
“No, I know what they are,” Lawrence said with a smile. “The little yellow towels they swing around.”
It was an innocuous (and accurate) description of the yellow towels that are impossible to miss at Pittsburgh Steelers games. It was also followed by Lawrence heaping praise on the Steelers’ stadium, organization, and fans.
But somehow Lawrence’s use of the word “little” still ruffled some feathers:
Disrespecting the towel never ends well
— Noah (@Golge618) October 25, 2023
Lil yellow towels? Lil? There’s nothing little about the city of Pittsburgh.
I hope somebody pops him upside his forehead with a Terrible Towel after our win.
🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛 pic.twitter.com/2kuEl3j1C7
— ✍🏽 EDITOR DEAN (@UCanMarkMyWord) October 25, 2023
Don’t ever disrespect the late Myron Cope with such a remark. pic.twitter.com/pTvflg3Muk
— ✍🏽 EDITOR DEAN (@UCanMarkMyWord) October 25, 2023
Mistake
— Adel (@DigitalAdel) October 25, 2023
Dangerous to disrespect the towel Prince Valiant….
— Mister Z. 🇮🇹 (@zamprops3) October 25, 2023
Disrespecting our “Little Yellow Towels” never ends well pic.twitter.com/ZksNIHkD8H
— HoustonSteeler_Chris (@CGillis2021) October 25, 2023
History states that when disrespecting the terrible towel, it’ll never ever go well for such individual
— giggitty08 (@ParkspgpPaul) October 25, 2023
Disrespect the towel?! Always ends well… 😈😈
— Rhys Smith (@RhysSmith_1994) October 26, 2023
disrespecting the towel????? blud must not know lmao
— swoosh (@planbg0d) October 25, 2023
Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. and outside linebacker Travon Walker were both asked the same question in the locker room Wednesday. Etienne said he just learned about the Terrible Towel on Monday and Walker had never heard of it before.
The Week 8 game will be the Jaguars’ first trip to Pittsburgh since a playoff game in January 2018, a few months before Lawrence graduated high school.
