To get to the Super Bowl...
The Eagles have to beat the only team to beat them in their last 15 games.
The Chiefs have to beat the only team to beat their starters in 17 games.
That's good stuff.
Lamar threw a bad pick and had a fumble. Y’all don’t wanna say bad shit about Lamar because you love him. I love him too. But Harbaugh ain’t do that. Hold the right people accountable
The Ravens had a run rate of 55%
They averaged 5.9 a carry.
They outgained Buffalo by almost 150 yards.
They were 66% in the red zone.
Turnovers, man. Turnovers.
Peyton Manning and Lamar Jackson Through Their First 7 NFL Seasons
Playoff Record:
🏈 Manning: 3-5
🏈 Jackson: 3-5
MVP Awards:
🏆 Manning: 2
🏆 Jackson: 2
Super Bowl Appearances:
❌ Manning: None
❌ Jackson: None
Is it only a matter of time for Lamar? 👀
Lamar's a great example of why it's hard to draw sweeping conclusions on QBs based on a handful of games.
All of the following are true at once:
Lamar has generally been markedly worse in the playoffs in his career.
Lamar played at an MVP level this season
Lamar made 2 crucial turnovers vs BUF
Lamar also got the team back to a game-tying situation and threw the pass that should have tied it up deep in Q4.
If Mark Andrews catches that pass, Lamar orchestrated an impressive comeback against an elite team. Cos Andrews drops it, Lamar fails in the playoffs once again and we focus on his turnovers.
Lamar had 2 early mistakes. How did he make up from that?
FG
FG
TD
Andrews fumble
TD (Andrews drop)
And both FG drives stalled after the run game was stuffed on 1st down.
And the big fumble started with a bad snap.
That's basically 5 snaps in the entire game he'd like to have back. That's a lot of high-level QB play but people will still kill him for this game.
I crushed him for the past losses for good reason. Not doing it for this one just because the outcome was another loss.
This was different. He made up for his mistakes.
Andrews had other ideas about the ending though.
Ravens are 0-22 over the last decade when losing by 11+ points at halftime
Bills are 41-2 (95%) during that same span when leading by 11+ points at halftime
The Bills just got gifted a TD by a fake DPI call. Much bigger impact than either of the questionable calls benefiting the Chiefs yesterday. And the broadcast completely covered it up, laughable.
Lamar Jackson has been under pressure on over half of his dropbacks (54.5%) for the first time since Week 4, 2023.
He's been pressured 6 times and sacked once on 11 dropbacks (as of Damar Hamlin's strip-sack).