Security of the Lake Quentin Rams got a lot of attention for comments he made about intercepting a pass thrown by Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, but in reflection, Lake didn’t like the attention he generated.
Lake told him Los Angeles Times that he held out his hand to Herbert to ask for forgiveness.
In a podcast hosted by Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, Lake laughed about how confident the Rams were going into the game against the Chargers, seeing how much Herbert has struggled this season.
“He was throwing deli meat in there,” Lake said on the podcast. “He’s seeing ghosts. I don’t know what’s going on, but we knew we were going to have a couple. At least one.”
Lake and St. Brown were high school teammates, and Lake said that in the moment, he just felt like he was joking with an old friend. However, when he saw how his comments went viral, Lake felt bad that it was seen as disrespectful to his opponent. Lake said he texted Herbert but has not heard back from him.
“I don’t know if he read it,” Lake said. “He probably says, ‘I don’t care about that anymore. I’m not trying to see that. It doesn’t matter. You said what you said.’ But at the same time I . . . felt like it was only fair to at least say, ‘Hey, man, I didn’t mean it in any disrespectful way.’”
Lake said he considers Herbert “a great quarterback” despite his struggles this season.