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Hollywood Brown says he asked for a trade and Lamar Jackson knew: 'Something I had to think about for myself'

Many Ravens fans woke up Friday morning to find out Marquise "Hollywood" Brown had been traded away, but it's now making news he asked for it.

Brown confirmed he asked for the trade on the "I Am Athlete Tonight" on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio, and that Lamar Jackson did indeed know.

“It was just . . . my happiness,” Brown said. “I talked to Lamar about it after my second year. And then after my third year, leading up to the end of the season, you know, he wasn’t playing. I let him know again, like, ‘Yeah, bro, I can’t do it.