A verbal spat between players in Sunday's Jaguars-Raiders game resulted in an unsportsmanlike penalty for Jaguars wide receiver Marqise Lee.
Lee revealed on Monday that the penalty was due to using a racial slur against members of the Raiders. He said he used the N-word.
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"Throughout the whole game we had a lot of players saying a lot of different things, but that's just the midst of the game," Lee said, via ESPN.com. "It's kind of hard when you have refs out there trying to limit what people say when you've got grown men hitting each other. You've got a lot of things that's going on that's flaring as far as in your mind. These 42 [teammates] know as far as the things I said, it wasn't intentional at all."
According to NFL rules instituted in 2014, Lee will likely be fined $1,400 for using a racial slur. His penalty came late in the third quarter.
"I know he [the Raiders player he used the slur against] woke up the next day not worrying about it at all just like I woke up no worrying about it," Lee said. "I feel like you're going to always have that issue because you're going to always have situations where [emotions] flame up and both teams are going back and forth and things are going to get said regardless of if the ref likes it or not."
The Raiders beat the Jaguars, 33-16.