The last game of regular season in the NFL, week 18 featured the visiting Baltimore Ravens at the Pittsburgh Steelers for all the marbles. The winner would win the AFC North and clinch a playoff spot at the same time. When division rivals go at it in a game where it means more than just bragging rights, most of the time it will be a solid game. This game did not disappoint as it had several lead changes and came down to the very end. The Ravens drove the length of the field and set up their rookie kicker, Tyler Loop, for his biggest kick of his career so far. It was a 44 yard field goal and if he makes it, Ravens are in the playoffs. He missed it. The Ravens would be eliminated from post-season and in the aftermath of the situation, the collateral damage is Baltimore fired their head coach, John Harbaugh. Due to the Ravens missing the playoffs, is what they are saying.

John Harbaugh had the second longest tenure of any head coach in the NFL with 18 years. Only Mike Tomlin & the team that eliminated the Ravens for the Pittsburgh Steelers has the longest tenure in the league. Harbaugh started in 2008 as he compiled up 180 regular season victories as the Ravens head coach. His regular season record was 180-113 which is impressive. His Ravens teams had 11 double-digit win seasons in his tenure. By far he is the best head coach in Ravens history. He guided the Ravens to the franchise’s second Superbowl title back in 2012 when the Ravens knocked off the San Francisco 49ers. The head coach at the time was his brother Jim. In 18 seasons his team made the post-season 12 times. He has guided the Ravens to 8 AFC North titles. He was named NFL Coach of the Year back in 2019. In post-season he will leave the franchise with a winning record of 13-11. With Lamar Jackson, John was 3-5 in those post-season battles.

Lamar Jackson may be one of the best duel threat quarterbacks of all-time. In 8 seasons in the NFL, Lamar with his arm has thrown 187 touchdown passes to 56 interceptions. He has used his legs to score 35 rushing touchdowns. He has ran for over 6,500 yards. He has the most 100 yard rushing games as a quarterback all-time with 14. In regular season when he starts, the Ravens are 76-31 with him. As an AFC quarterback he has mastered the NFC with a record 24-4 against that conference in his 8 seasons so far. He is a 2x MVP of the NFL. He made 4 Pro-Bowls while racking up many other football awards. He has helped the Ravens win 4 AFC North titles which is half of his playing career. However in post-season, he has a record of 3-5 with an AFC Championship appearance.

The Ravens started off the season 1-5. They righted the ship and eventually got back to a 6-5 record. Which they dug themselves out of that hole. They ended up 8-9 with the loss to Pittsburgh. If it was not for back up quarterback Tyler Huntley, they would have been eliminated weeks ago. The Ravens back up quarterback who did all the right things even though most of the time he fed his beast running back Derrick Henry the ball in that victory in Green Bay versus the Packers in week 17. That was a much needed victory for the Ravens because the Steelers lost to the Browns which set that final game, winner takes all. Huntley went 2-0 as a starter this season for the Ravens as he also beat the Bears. Lamar Jackson went 6-7 as the starter for the Ravens this season. He had multiple injuries he dealt with this year with the hamstring and the back. The Ravens once again this season blew a few games where they had double digit leads. John Harbaugh has lost 26 games as the head coach where he has seen his team blow double digit leads. Everyone remembers what Josh Allen did to the Ravens in week one with that unbelievable comeback by the Bills. Who’s fault is that for these blown leads over the last several years: Jackson or Harbaugh?

Lamar Jackson to me in some of those games where the Ravens blew the lead of these games is on the sideline laughing it up with teammates always thinking they have everything in the bag. It was week one when Lamar pushed the Buffalo fan back in his seat after the Ravens scored the touchdown to build a bigger lead. That Bills fan smacked his receiver in his helmet, DeAndre Hopkins, after he caught the touchdown. Why is your leader going after the fan? Because he ruined the touchdown celebration? Would Michael Jordan hit a fan? No, he would get his player out of harm’s way and use the situation as motivation to win the game. Lamar has that too cool for school vibe where he’s more about his own image than anyone else. One Baltimore writer wrote before Christmas that he’s an overgrown kid trapped in a man’s body. If anyone is critical of the great Jackson, he becomes withdrawn which a kid would do. He looks withdrawn when he wears a hoodie sweatshirt and snow parka always on the sideline during cold games. Looks like the little kid in A Christmas Story wearing the snow suit who can hardly walk. The Ravens have their own set of rules for Jackson different than the rest of the team. The article also said Jackson falls asleep in meetings because he stays up too late playing video games. Jackson only shows up to things like mandatory camps for one day or so, and then is not seen. He is a quarterback that often gets hurt. Why not put the controller down for awhile and work on your own body? Your temple. No way he will play close to his 40’s or into his 40’s like a Tom Brady. Because he is not taking care of what God has gifted him, the talent to play quarterback in the NFL.

John Harbaugh won the Superbowl with Joe Flacco. Lamar Jackson is a 10 times better quarterback than Flacco who is still playing. Harbaugh had pressure too from the front office to fire his offensive coordinator, Todd Monken. Maybe the offensive coordinator is responsible for calling a conservative game plan with his team in the lead by double digit points. The Ravens defense has been a liability the last two seasons. Harbaugh’s teams usually played solid defense most of his tenure. The Ravens miss Mike Macdonald who has Seattle with the number one seed in the NFC. Macdonald took the Seattle head coach job before the 2024 season as he is in his second season. Look at Seattle’s defense. Look at Seattle’s quarterback, Sam Darnold, who’s not the best in the league. He was coined a number one draft bust until last year when he finally clicked and had a monster year for the Vikings.

This is why 7 teams called about John Harbaugh 45 minutes after he was let go by the Ravens. Teams like the Giants, Titans, Browns, Cardinals, and Raiders all need head coaches & will be kicking the tires on Harbaugh. Then you’ve got teams like Miami, New York Jets and perhaps Cincinnati who may fire their current coach to get Harbaugh. Now through the grapevine, we hear Harbaugh did not see eye to eye with Jackson who is coddled by the front office. They say Harbaugh was losing the entire locker room because the head coach and quarterback were almost never on the same page. All this could be hearsay. I think if Harbaugh has a good defense and middle tier quarterback, he can win another Superbowl with another team. The Cleveland situation looks great having that defense. Myles Garrett reminds you of Ray Lewis. The QB situation dealing with the rapist in Deshaun Watson or another duel threat who is not very good in Shedeur Sanders is a worse situation than what you went through with Lamar. How about Joe Burrow and the Bengals? That would be interesting. He would need the entire Bengals defense to be revamped. All the money in Cincinnati is tied up with the offense. That would be a cool story if Harbaugh took a job with one of the teams in the same division as the Ravens. The Raiders job could be interesting with the number one pick. Dealing with Tom Brady and the rest of the Raiders ownership who fires head coaches for sport could be something you stay away from. I think he could take the New York Giants job. Having a young Jaxson Dart as your QB in year two. The Giants have some pieces on the defensive side of the ball. A few young playmakers are coming off season injuries. Which coach is going to get through Lamar Jackson’s muppet mind set? I like John Harbaugh’s chances to win his second Superbowl before Jackson can get to the dance. I’m not talking about dirty dancing with his teammates in the end zone with plenty of time on the clock for the other team to come back. Let’s remember Jackson in crunch time after teams come back on him will fold like a house of cards more than drive his team down the sideline for the victory. After the game he can forget about it and play some Donkey Kong.

The Baltimore Ravens deserve what happened to them on Sunday night football by the Buffalo Bills. Once again the Ravens blow a 4th quarter lead because they think they have the game all wrapped up in a pretty bow. Zay Flowers was waving to the Bills Mafia. The announcers were saying he was saying hello because he did not play in the playoff loss versus the Bills last season when the Ravens were eliminated, due to injury. He was on his high horse showboating to the home team fans that this game was done and the Bills’ goose was cooked. He was waving like he won the Miss America pageant. Then after DeAndre Hopkins’ one hand grab touchdown, they proceeded to celebrate within reach of the visiting fans. Once again showboating as the Hopkins touchdown should have put the game on ice. Then Hopkins gets swatted in the helmet by a young Bills fan. Then the fan may have touched Lamar Jackson’s helmet as he came over to celebrate with his wide receiver after the amazing catch. Jackson then pushed the fan back into his seat forcefully. It’s not a very good look seeing your MVP quarterback shoving a fan.

Lamar Jackson is one of the best quarterbacks in the league. He’s a duel threat quarterback that can do damage throwing the football or running with it. In Sunday night’s game, he completed 14-19 passes for 209 passing yards with two touchdown passes. He took off 6 times for 70 yards and had one rushing touchdown. He is 70-25 as a starting quarterback. He has thrown 168 touchdown passes compared to only 49 interceptions. The Ravens are a good team every year and they are one of those teams with good odds to win the Superbowl. Jackson has won the MVP twice. In post-season, he is 3-5 all-time. The Ravens have had home field advantage throughout the post-season with Jackson. Once in 2019, as they were upset in the divisional round by the Tennessee Titans. Then in 2023 the visiting Buffalo Bills ended their playoff run in the divisional round. In 2024 they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship. Since 2022, the Ravens have lost six regular season games when they had a 4th quarter lead of 9 points or more. Six games. The last time the Ravens won the Superbowl was back in 2013. They have won two Superbowls, the first coming back in 2001. Back then they had Ray Lewis who was a leader for those two teams that won it all. Lewis was so determined he got away with two murders in Atlanta as a fan at a Superbowl. Or was it, did he try to help his posse by covering it up? You can believe either story. Lewis was dirty however he did the dirty job until the job was completed, unlike Jackson.

Why does Lamar Jackson let a guy like Zay Flowers do his own antics on the field? If you are a Ravens fan, do you remember when the antics of Flowers lost you the AFC Championship versus the Chiefs in 2024? Flowers was called for a very costly taunting penalty. Then he fumbled the football into the red zone by the goal line which became a touch back for the Chiefs instead of score for the Ravens. After the fumble he cut his hand slamming it on the bench. This does not bother Jackson sitting on the bench with his posse wearing a hooded shirt under his helmet on a fall night of 60 degrees. He plays home games in Baltimore and his record in cold games is dismal. You should shift the blame to the head coach John Harbaugh. He has a pair of Superbowl rings but has not brought the gauntlet down on the dirty Ravens. On Sunday, mistake after mistake in the 4th quarter brought the Bills back. Will they learn from them? No. Again six times since 2022, the Ravens blow 4th quarter leads. Why did the Ravens go for it 4th and 2 on Sunday night inside the 2 minute warning? Poor Lamar had cramps. The Ravens defense was not stopping the Bills at that point as they got the ball back and went down the field on them. This as Allen shredded their secondary and set up the game winning field goal.

The Ravens old kicker is suspended for the first ten games of the 2025 season for violating the NFL conduct policy. Justin Tucker is a Hall of Fame kicker but did his best impersonation of Deshaun Watson liking to whip it out on the massage tables. Many massage therapists across Maryland came out of the woodwork with sexual harassment claims of the Ravens kicker. Tucker is 35 years old & I don’t think anyone will sign him after he serves the 10 games. He will hang up the spikes. No team wants this kind of pub from a kicker. They have seen what Watson has become in Cleveland.

The Ravens will not win any more Superbowls with Lamar Jackson being Lamar Jackson. This guy’s stats are video game-like every Sunday. He’s not a leader. He does not have the killer instinct to put teams away like Patrick Mahomes. Would Michael Jordan shove a fan? No way Lamar. A true MVP goes beyond what’s on the outside of the field, court or ice. You can argue he was sticking up for DeAndre Hopkins. The veteran receiver was not in harm’s way with some young high school or early college punk. I do not condone what the Bills fan did. It’s stupid and he will be banned from every NFL stadium. The Ravens wear that purple and black uniform trying to be intimidating. The purple Raven coming from the great novelist Edgar Allen Poe, who was a Baltimore native and his famous poem is called the Raven. With Ray Lewis, the Ravens defense was the best in the league when they won. They only needed guys like Joe Flacco and Trent Dilfur at the QB position to hand the ball off and be game managers. Flacco did more with his arm than Dilfur. The Ravens have constructed this mega offense with Jackson and Derrick Henry. Henry had a late fumble in that Sunday game which helped the Bills win that game. Before that fumble, Henry was gashing the Bills defense with 18 carries, 169 rushing yards, and two touchdowns. The Ravens offense put up 40 points and lost the game. Back when the Ravens won it all last, they had a good offense, not like today’s, to go with that stellar defense. The Ravens defense is not very good the last two seasons. They were a pretty good unit when they made the AFC Championship versus the Chiefs. That game was lost by Lamar and his buddy Flowers with his antics. With lack of leadership and suspect defense, the Ravens are still going to be a top team in the league. They will not win or get to the Superbowl until something radically changes there. They have to clean up their cage if they want to knock off the AFC champs, the Chiefs.