Derrick Henry only getting 16 carries in a snow game has to be talked about more

Ravens proved to me they were the better team, but made too many mistakes. Speaks volumes that they lost by 2 points on a dropped 2-point conversion despite having 3 turnovers to the Bills 0

His first 4 rushes of the game
+1 yd
+1 yd
+2 yd
-1 yd

4 rushes for 3 yards

He dominated that drive later in the game to make it 19-21. They should have let him run it on the 2pt conversion

Dude your offense dominated. Only faced one fourth down and picked it up outside of the FGs you took

Your players just choked. From a coaching standpoint the offense was flawless

Yea this one was on the players imo. Sure Monken could have called the game differently but he can’t do much about the early Lamar fumble/pick and Andrews fumble/drop.

Hill was also averaging like 10 yards a pop.

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Abandoned the run game on those 2-point conversions

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You seriously can’t be mad about this? Andrew’s flat out dropped a pass on a perfect play call

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You seriously can’t be mad about this? Andrew’s flat out dropped a pass on a perfect play call

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When neither 2 point play actually resulted in points you at least think about whether a running play might’ve worked.

It’s over now, I’m just saying Monken has times where he abandons the running game. That’s my point.

2014 osu semi final. Bama 21-osu 3. Kiffin stopped feeding Henry and we lost. Nothing was worse. Losing a 21-3 lead with henry.

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2014 osu semi final. Bama 21-osu 3. Kiffin stopped feeding Henry and we lost. Nothing was worse. Losing a 21-3 lead with henry.

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But it's not like Baltimore "stopped feeding him". Or even unnecessarily abandoned the run game.

Baltimore had 8 possessions all game (not counting the kneel down before the half).

The first possession was a TD drive.

The second they ran Henry for a loss of 1, then tried to take a shot on 2nd & 11. It was a bad pass that was intercepted.

On the third possession they were driving. On 1st down they attempt a pass and Jackson hits a wide open Andrews in the hands. It wasn't a bad play call. He just flat out dropped it. That changed the play call for 2nd & 10. Baltimore likely doesn't call the pass play on which Jackson fumbled facing 2nd & 2 from the Buf 20 instead of 2 & 10.

On the fourth possession they got to 1st and Goal at Buf 2. Henry was stopped for a loss. On 2nd down they try to pass and a poor snap someone dooms the play. On third down Baltimore had a guy wide open in the endzone. The Bills LB just made a great play to deflect it. Again, not necessarily bad playcalling. Just poor execution.

On the 5th drive they do start to run the ball. They get to the Buf 27. They run it on 1st down and lose 2 yards. They pass on 2nd and 12 (not a terrible call for that down and distance). Incomplete. Then they get a 5 yard penalty. They obviously aren't going to run on 3rd and 17

The 6th drive they roll downhill with the running game for a TD.

The 7th drive they are moving. However, the attempt 4 running plays for a net of 6 yards. They then throw a pass and hit a wide open Andrews. He tries to run on icy footing and gets stripped.

The 8th drive they have to throw because they need to go 88 yards in ~3:00 with only 1 TO.

Hindsight is 20/20, but I just don't see a ton of spots where they clearly should have run the ball. Baltimore had 416 yards to Buffalo's 273. Baltimore had 23 first downs (13 rushing) to Buffalo's 10. Baltimore was 7-10 on 3rd down. Baltimore only attempted 25 passes...completing 18 in less than favorable conditions. Andrew's drop on the 3 possession changed the next play call that led to the fumble. His fumble in the 4th killed another promising drive on which they were moving. He dropped the game tying 2 point conversion. It's never just one guy's fault, but he had three devastating mistakes that, frankly, killed what from a statistical standpoint should have been a Baltimore win