Stop me if you're shocked, but it appears that some Raiders fans were not particularly thrilled with their team's loss to the Baltimore Ravens at home on Sunday. Oakland fans were frustrated and those frustrations almost led to an ugly incident outside the player's lot after the game.
A video uploaded Sunday night shows Raiders offensive tackle Donald Penn confronting a fan who, according to Penn, allegedly threw a bottle at his car as he was pulling away from the stadium.
As the video starts, the fan can be seen yelling and gesturing towards Penn's vehicle, with a number of fans referencing the $21 million contract the lineman signed recently.
Once Penn steps out of the vehicle to confront the fan(s), the chief instigator removes his hat and gives it to one of his buddies -- a move generally recognized as a tough guy's way of saying "I'm ready to fight."
As Penn approached the group of fans, security guards attempted to step in prevent any sort of physical altercation, though they would have been seriously overmatched had things escalated. Fortunately, there was just a bit of yelling back and forth between the two sides.
Penn was clearly aggravated but managed to keep his head and headed back to his car after a short confrontation. He asked security to remove the fans from the area. After the video surfaced online, Penn addressed the incident and said he never should have gotten out of the car. He claimed that the man in the video was trying to provoke him for the purpose of suing him.
He threw a bottle at my car but I should of stayed in the car he was tryna get me to react so he could sue me glad I took a sec 2 think https://t.co/c3VqxjvHeB
— Donald Penn (@DPENN70) October 9, 2017
That's a claim that seems to have a little bit of substance, as Penn's wife also tweeted out a screenshot of a DM conversation in which said fan appeared to be plotting to get Penn to punch him so that he could file a lawsuit.
I love the raider fans because look what they sent me!! Dude was looking for a pay day!!! Wife is always right 💋✨🤷🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/oOs9AcigJ8
— Dominique Penn (@DominiquePenn) October 9, 2017
Luckily, no faces were punched and, presumably, no lawsuits were filed.