Kyle Hamilton’s game-sealing interception against the Falcons was the kind of play that ends up defining a Sunday. But the conversation around it quickly shifted from the turnover itself to what Hamilton supposedly said before the snap.
Baltimore beat Atlanta in overtime last Sunday, a result that mattered even more with Lamar Jackson sidelined by injury. The Ravens needed to handle business without him, and they did, with Hamilton coming up with the pick that closed it out.
Afterward, Marlon Humphrey painted a lively picture of the moment Tua Tagovailoa entered the game for the injured Michael Penix Jr. Humphrey said Hamilton was practically buzzing when the quarterback change happened and, in his telling, even predicted the interception.
“Kyle was like, ‘TUA IN THE GAME.’ He was like, ‘He gonna throw me one.’ It was the most excited I’ve probably seen Kyle,” Hamilton said earlier.
Hamilton, though, says that version of events went way too far. He pushed back on Humphrey’s account and said there was no disrespect aimed at Tagovailoa, only a defense sensing a chance to swing the game.
“That was pretty hyperbolic by Marlon,” Hamilton said. “I would say the way he presented it was not how I was presented.
It was more so the defense's opportunity to go win the game. It doesn't matter who it was.
Could have been a sack, could have been a fourth-down stop, could have been a pick. And obviously Tua was the quarterback and he hadn't played that much.
I think he got one snap before that in the game. So it's like, ‘Hey, we're taking advantage of somebody who's coming in the game, hasn't been in there for a while.'
[I] got upmost respect for Tua as a player, as a person. I know him, he's a good guy.
And no malice.”
Now the Ravens turn to the Browns, with a shot to move to 5-1 on the line this week.
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