As if throwing a beer on Seattle Seahawks defensive end Quinton Jefferson wasn't enough, something even more dehumanizing may have occurred to set off the sophomore player.

During the end of the Seahawks matchup in Jacksonville versus the Jaguars, Jefferson was ejected for some extracurricular activity after trying to bum rush the Jags' victory formation. While heading off the field into the locker room, Jefferson had a drink hurled onto his head followed by even more flying beverages. But that apparently was not even be the worst part. According to teammate Jarran Reed, by way of the Seattle Times' Matt Calkins, the n-word was used against Jefferson, which makes it more understandable why he was so enraged.

Someone sent me this photo from Jarran Reed's Twitter feed. He has a locked account, so I can't retweet it. If this happened, these fans should be banned for life. pic.twitter.com/5UEhwRvIEH — Matt Calkins (@Matt_Calkins) December 11, 2017

The defensive end tried to climb the wall into the stands but eventually was calmed down enough to be ushered into the locker room and out of a potentially crazier situation. Throwing items at players is already an affront to their dignity but using a slur of that magnitude would only further escalate the situation and cannot be tolerated.

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While Jefferson has to try to be the bigger man for his and his teams' sake in that situation, the question he posited towards the reporters following the game of "What would you do?" instantly becomes even more poignant.

Because it's definitely asking a lot for player to swallow having an item thrown at them, it borders on unrealistic to add them tolerating a racial slur on top of that.

No matter what those fans paid for their tickets, that type of behavior can't be tolerated and Jefferson's actions while not okay become much more empathetic at the very least.

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