Ravens Lose In The Dumbest Way Ever

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Sloppy. Disgusting. Despicable.

I can't believe I just watched that. Everybody watching the majority of that game knew this game was in the books and who the better team was most the night. The Bills were a dead dog on the defensive side of the ball. The Ravens were jamming it down their throat and they had no answer whatsoever. On the last Derrick Henry touchdown run, Taylor Rapp straight up gave up.

It was over. The energy was out of the building. And yet, the Derrick Henry did the one thing he couldn't do and put the ball on the ground.

The equation for this game was always about stops. As soon as one boat started to sink, it was going to be very tough to get back up to the surface. We took control by getting a couple of possessions ahead early and maintaining on cruise control. That fumble completely flipped the script and gave them life.

That's not to put the game on Derrick Henry. There was slop scattered throughout that loss… penalties, dumb mistakes, poor clock management…. this is not a new issue for these Ravens. It's totally inexcusable, even if it's Week 1. These are the tight margins it takes to beat the Bills and Chiefs of the world, and it's so so so important to get home field in the postseason and they seriously seriously hurt their chances of being the 1 seed with this loss against a very legitimate Bills team.

What's more frustrating is that you see the potential these Ravens have. They're a certified wagon. They would be untouchable if they could just get out of their own damn way. That's a game they should win by 3 touchdowns once they're at cruising altitude and probably will against much lesser teams. But that's an opportunity for them to show they've learned something over the offseason and put themselves in a better position for this year's postseason and they pissed it away.

Disgusting. Josh Allen was a dawg and did what he was supposed to do so credit to him. But holy hell he did not deserve that many chances… or any chances at all.

Fuck. Clean it the fuck up.