The morning after the Ravens’ AFC Championship loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, General Manager Eric DeCosta boarded a flight to Mobile, Ala., and Head Coach John Harbaugh was in all probability getting ready for the robust chance that he would wish a brand new defensive coordinator.
The Ravens anticipated to be getting ready for a visit to Vegas this weekend, however as Forrest Gump taught us, “S— occurs.” In the NFL, there isn’t any time to wallow in it.
Here are my (ultimate) ideas on what occurred within the AFC Championship, what it means for Lamar Jackson, and among the high storylines getting into the offseason – all in 50 phrases or much less:
The Ravens’ AFC Championship loss reignited the “Lamar does not win within the playoffs” narrative. I believe it is hogwash. Jackson had a traditionally good efficiency only one week earlier versus Houston. He did not play his greatest recreation towards the Chiefs, however that is not due to some deep embedded flaw.
The Ravens gave Jackson the keys to the offense all season lengthy and it paid off handsomely. Baltimore’s coaches did so once more for a visit to the Super Bowl. Harbaugh mentioned Friday, a “massive half” of the sport plan versus the Chiefs had been run-pass choices. Jackson typically selected cross.
Jackson put it on his proper shoulder to hold the Ravens offense that trailed from the primary quarter on. That determination typically made probably the most sense given what the Chiefs protection was doing. The greater challenge Sunday was a couple of massive play alternatives that weren’t capitalized on.
