Ravens' Lamar Jackson reveals reasoning for stripping locker room of video games, Ping-Pong tables

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Baltimore Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson ordered the team’s locker room stripped of video game consoles, Ping-Pong tables and cornhole, among other items, last week. 

Prior to the team’s 30-16 win over the Chicago Bears Sunday, the Ravens were 1-5, and Jackson — despite missing the win due to a hamstring injury — felt the team needed to focus more amid its slow start. 

"I told Kenico (Hines), our head equipment guy, I told him to take all the games and Ping-Pong ... turn the TVs off. If we could have taken the TVs out, they'd have been out too," Jackson told reporters Tuesday.

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson on the sideline during the first quarter against the Chicago Bears at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore Oct. 26, 2025. (Tommy Gilligan/Imagn Images)

"I appreciate (team owner) Steve (Bisciotti) for putting that in for us, but we had to focus. I don't want to say people don't take their jobs seriously — don't get me wrong — but I didn't feel like it was the time for that. We've got a lot of work to do."

It was initially reported that head coach John Harbaugh — not Jackson — had the games removed. 

The decision to remove the items worked because they beat the Bears by multiple scores despite being forced to start backup quarterback Tyler "Snoop" Huntley in place of Jackson due to injury. 

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