Lamar Jackson slammed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Twitter, Saturday, for a extremely insensitive tweet reporting information of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins‘ dying. Schefter had introduced up Haskins’ struggles within the NFL to supply context for the story.

“@AdamSchefter you lame asf throughout grown ass man and may look within the mirror and smile at your self,” The Baltimore Ravens quarterback tweeted.

Lamar Jackson, Adam Schefter
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In Schefter’s unique report, which has since been deleted, he wrote: “Dwayne Haskins, a standout at Ohio State earlier than struggling to catch on with Washington and Pittsburgh within the NFL, died this morning when he obtained hit by a automobile in South Florida, per his agent Cedric Saunders. Haskins would have turned 25 years outdated on Might 3.”

Haskins was struck by a dump truck whereas he was making an attempt to cross Interstate 595 in South Florida. He had been within the space to coach with different Steelers gamers in the course of the offseason.

“I’m devastated and puzzled with the unlucky passing of Dwayne Haskins,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin mentioned in an announcement. “He shortly turned a part of our Steelers household upon his arrival in Pittsburgh and was one in all our hardest employees, each on the sector and in our neighborhood. Dwayne was a terrific teammate, however much more so an amazing good friend to so many. I’m actually heartbroken.”

Take a look at Jackson’s tweet beneath.

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