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Atlanta Falcons star Drake London appeared to tell a fan he would 'f*** [them] up' in a furious confrontation during Sunday's loss to the Carolina Panthers.
The Falcons are now 0-2 after an ugly 34-3 loss to the Panthers at Mercedes-Benz Stadium which saw quarterback Cooper Rush benched in favor of undrafted rookie Jack Strand.
At one point during the brutal loss, cameras caught wide receiver London shouting toward the stands. At one point, he appeared to warn the supporter: 'I will f*** you up.'
London later explained that he had been targeted by 'personal' abuse. But the receiver admitted he should not have reacted.
'I'm going to be honest here, I don't take light to disrespect at all,' London said, per ESPN. 'I don't care who you are. I'm a man, too, at the end of the day.
Atlanta Falcons star Drake London was caught in a furious confrontation with a supporter
'I don't take light to disrespect at all,' London said after the game, 'I don't care who you are'
'So, if you want to get on a personal level, I can get there, too, but it's not the right thing to do.
'So, I got to take accountability for that, and I got to push forward and be the bigger man in some of those situations.'
He added: 'But with how the game was going and what was said to me, I don't like it.'
London - who recently signed a four-year, $141 million extension - amassed just four catches for 51 yards as the Falcons were dismantled by the Panthers on home soil.
Head coach Kevin Stefanski benched Rush after the quarterback had two interceptions and and a lost fumble. Atlanta is already without the injured Michael Penix Jr. and Tua Tagovailoa.
'I'm disappointed in our performance as a football team,' Stefanski said. 'That's all of us. It's not just one position. Disappointed, and I'm going to make sure that we look at answers and not pinpoint one position, if you will.'
