Final.

Final. The Bills will play the Chiefs in Kansas City next Sunday at 6:30pm. A tough loss for the Ravens.

On the surface, Andrews is the goat in this one.  But it’s also the little things. 
Baltimore chased points way too early. 

The Ravens have to be the worst team in football when it comes to shooting themselves in the foot in the playoffs. Turnovers, dropped passes, porous defense and questionable play calling. Every year, rinse and repeat. 

I'd never throw Mark Andrews another pass as long as I lived. 

The difference between winning and losing in the NFL is miniscule. But it is generally the team that takes care of the “little things” that ends up prevailing. The Andrews drop was gigantic, but just as consequential was his fumble, as it led to points.

You simply cannot turn the ball over 3 times in the playoffs and expect to win. It would take a PERFECT game otherwise to overcome that, and obviously the Ravens did not do that. 

The fumble and dropped two point conversion by Andrews was brutal. I do think Baltimore made a mistake not feeding Henry for the other two point attempt the way Henry was running on the drive he scored. 

How often will Andrews be seeing Jackie Smith clips on his social media accounts.

2 minutes ago, Tranquility Base said:

How often will Andrews be seeing Jackie Smith clips on his social media accounts.

Andrews will be lucky if Omar doesn't show up on his door step. 

3 minutes ago, hrcarrier said:

The fumble and dropped two point conversion by Andrews was brutal. I do think Baltimore made a mistake not feeding Henry for the other two point attempt the way Henry was running on the drive he scored. 

There's ZERO excuse Henry shouldn't have gotten 30-35 carries in this game. 

5 minutes ago, bugatti said:

The difference between winning and losing in the NFL is miniscule. But it is generally the team that takes care of the “little things” that ends up prevailing. The Andrews drop was gigantic, but just as consequential was his fumble, as it led to points.

I think the fumble was far, far worse.  The two point conversion might not be necessary at all if he doesn't fumble.  Baltimore looked unstoppable that whole half, and that was the only drive that didn't end in points.  Baltimore had all the momentum.  It wasn't even a "good" play for the fumble.  A very soft punch out, and Andrews just gave it up.

7 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

You simply cannot turn the ball over 3 times in the playoffs and expect to win. It would take a PERFECT game otherwise to overcome that, and obviously the Ravens did not do that. 

Yep, it’s as simple as this. You turn it over three times and you don’t force any, that’s too hard to overcome.

46 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Andrews will be lucky if Omar doesn't show up on his door step. 

I missed all but the last few minutes. Were all 3 turnovers on Andrews? Man if he had three turnovers, that's an epically bad game.

7 hours ago, Tranquility Base said:

How often will Andrews be seeing Jackie Smith clips on his social media accounts.

I still see that one in my nightmares.