Beyoncé is performing at halftime of the Ravens-Texans game in her native Houston. (Susan Walsh/AP)
The Ravens don’t just have to worry about the Houston Texans this week. One of the world’s most famous people will be at NRG Stadium on Wednesday, and Beyoncé creates her own set of distractions.
The pop superstar will perform at halftime of the Ravens’ Christmas Day game in her native Houston, starring on the same field as quarterback Lamar Jackson. Jackson has never seen Beyoncé perform, he explained Monday, and he doesn’t plan on wasting this opportunity.
“I’m going to go out there and watch,” he said. “Yeah, I’m going to go out there and watch, man. My first time seeing Beyoncé perform, and it’s at our game? That’s dope. I’m going to out and watch. Sorry, [John] Harbaugh. Sorry. Sorry, fellas.”
Jackson made his intentions clear just minutes after Harbaugh half-joked to reporters that there would be trouble — “big trouble”— if a player left the locker room to watch the halftime performance.
In February 2022, Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson and long snapper Clark Harris spent part of halftime of the team’s Super Bowl watching Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and others perform on the field instead of remaining in the locker room with their teammates and coaches. Bengals assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons later indicated that he wasn’t happy with their decision.
