The Baltimore Ravens suffered a season-ending loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon, ending their postseason run in the AFC Championship game – just one step away from an appearance in the Super Bowl. And based on the way the game played out, it sounds like the team’s coaching staff is getting shouldered with most of the blame.
As ESPN analyst Mike Greenberg points out, the Baltimore Ravens only gave their running backs six carries in the game a week after the Kansas City Chiefs were gashed on the ground by the Buffalo Bills.
“The #Ravens running backs had 6 carries today. Against a team that allowed 182 rushing yards last week. For all the mistakes they made, that is probably the hardest to understand. #AFCChampionship,” Greenberg said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Without establishing the running game, the Ravens struggled to score, finishing the game with just 10 points.
As a result of this horrible mistake not to get the running backs more involved given the Chiefs’ weakness, the Ravens took a lot of heat on social media, with one fan calling the move “inexcusable.”
People wanted the OC to be a head coach https://t.co/sJy2hv7KkO
— Carlton (@CrispyCarlton) January 29, 2024
Again, THIS is why I'm not dropping the lion's share of the blame on Lamar. https://t.co/FdDfVMpRfq
— Earl F***ing Weaver (@EarlFckinWeaver) January 29, 2024
6 Carries. And Lamar Jackson is the qb. What kind of game plan is that? Lamar throwing 40 times and you’re the best rushing offense in the league. Criminal https://t.co/aszpK7D5rf
— Josh Schneider (@josh_paul12) January 29, 2024
Coaches so smart, they’re stupid. https://t.co/6Kp0zz7PVv
— Bar End (@Issa_CharlieB) January 29, 2024
Said it once Ill say it 100 times the Ravens game plan and the Ravens coaches were OUT COACHED all game https://t.co/CXxJsHEddH
— Sherwood Leigh Avery (@CoachAvery17U) January 29, 2024
Coaches always outthink or overthink the game https://t.co/bL0QnX4KD4
— Cee Jay (@AllHailKingCJ1) January 29, 2024
Inexcusable. The game was never out of reach. I don't even remember any RPOs. https://t.co/T3Q4pElHfR
— Jonny Black (@JonnyBlack_JBMC) January 29, 2024
It certainly feels like a missed opportunity for the Ravens.
