***Other Divisional Round Games Thread***

[SHOWTIME]

Commanders at Lions; 8:30 PM Fox, Saturday

Rams at Eagles, 4:30 PM, Sunday

Ravens at Bills, 8:30 PM, Sunday

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

That’s going to stick with Mark Andrews.

There are several talking heads who have defended Lamar through his lowest postseason moments. Even when it was clearly Lamar’s fault, they defend him.

These people won’t hesitate to sacrifice Andrews to save Lamar. All of Lamar’s **** ups in this game are already forgotten.

Lamar did get his act together in 2nd half. Deserves some credit for making big plays late in the game. Lamar's fumble in first half was a killer. Gave 7 points to Buffalo.

Andrews' 2 big mistakes in the 2nd half were also a killer. Andrews gave Buffalo a swing of 5-9 points on those two plays. Throw in some bullshit from the refs to give Buffalo 7 points at the end of the first half on a "DPI" play that wasn't actually DPI. Hard to win games when you have the turnover margin AND the refs against you.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Ravens were never in a position to win that game (and yes, even if Andrews had not choked, they're still in a horrible spot tied with Josh Allen with 90 seconds to go) and it was primarily due to Lamar playing poorly

Yea, 90 seconds only needing a FG? Even in those conditions, Bills probably do that.

Although wide right would have been funny.

[SHOWTIME]

Harbaugh's decision to go for it on 4th down and not kick a FG early in the game when the Ravens were down 7-3 came back to bite him....Andrews is going to get most of the blame but Harbaugh continues to be a mediocre coach in the playoffs.

[RaidersOftheCellar]

Originally Posted by DRM08

Interesting post from Baltimore forum: "And that’s now 5 playoff games in a row where Lamar’s defense has gotten him exactly 0 turnovers. Josh Allen’s defense has gotten him 12 turnovers in his last 10 playoff games."

The Buffalo defense gives Josh plenty of help. Buffalo is NOT a one man show, despite the BS narratives out there.

He’s going to look like a one man show next week when Mahomes is picking that defense apart.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

Turnover differential and point differential from the divisional round for the winners:

Eagles: +2, +6
Commanders: +5, +14
Bills: +3, +2
Chiefs: Even, +9

Ignore anyone who says the Chiefs are lucky.

Bills need to be at least +1 to win this week. And really, I kinda feel like they'll need to be +2.

I do think Mahomes will give them 1, but I think we'll manage a turnover as well in there somewhere. So if the rest of the squad can avoid a fumble or special teams turnover, I think we've got it.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

Harbaugh's decision to go for it on 4th down and not kick a FG early in the game when the Ravens were down 7-3 came back to bite him....Andrews is going to get most of the blame but Harbaugh continues to be a mediocre coach in the playoffs.

As long as every coach that chases points gets credit when it works and ZERO blame when it doesn't, they'll keep doing it.

Shit, we've had fans on this very board kill Andy for taking the FG in games where we win by 2 points.

Nobody cares when the FGs work or when the 4th down play fails. They forget about it immediately.

And yet two more guys went home again this post-season because they try to play a post-season game like it's Madden. Sometimes you just gotta take the damn points.

[rfaulk34]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Been laughing my ass off at this for an hour

A little snow doesn’t bother @Mandrews_81. 🥶 pic.twitter.com/oC4RAyL48s

— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) January 19, 2025

Narrator: It did, in fact, bother him.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by rfaulk34

Narrator: It did, does, and will, in fact, bother him forever.

fixed

[notorious]

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

Harbaugh's decision to go for it on 4th down and not kick a FG early in the game when the Ravens were down 7-3 came back to bite him....Andrews is going to get most of the blame but Harbaugh continues to be a mediocre coach in the playoffs.

He did it more than once, if they take the EP earlier on then they don't need the 2 at the end.

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Bills need to be at least +1 to win this week. And really, I kinda feel like they'll need to be +2.

I do think Mahomes will give them 1, but I think we'll manage a turnover as well in there somewhere. So if the rest of the squad can avoid a fumble or special teams turnover, I think we've got it.

They key for me isn’t a Mahomes turnover, it’s everyone else.

Take what’s there and don’t let Buffalo punch it out. No extending the ball at the goal line. Etc.

[DJ's left nut]

Man - as I think about it - is Washington the only team that played well this week?

Buffalo held on like grim death while Baltimore gave the game away.

Eagles did the same thing and STILL should've lost had Kevin Dotson not completely ****ed the Rams on that last drive with the penalty and multiple mistakes.

And I think the Chiefs just beat a vastly inferior opponent.

This is the weekend I usually look at as being the best week of football of the entire season. And yet it looked to me like most teams lost games than actually won them. Hell, even Washington needed the Lions to just be completely 'tarded every chance they got.

At this point I'm still kinda waiting for a team to really stand up and prove they can play a great football game. Instead it just seems like a lot of teams are looking to lose them.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Man - as I think about it - is Washington the only team that played well this week?

Buffalo held on like grim death while Baltimore gave the game away.

Eagles did the same thing and STILL should've lost had Kevin Dotson not completely ****ed the Rams on that last drive with the penalty and multiple mistakes.

And I think the Chiefs just beat a vastly inferior opponent.

This is the weekend I usually look at as being the best week of football of the entire season. And yet it looked to me like most teams lost games than actually won them. Hell, even Washington needed the Lions to just be completely 'tarded every chance they got.

At this point I'm still kinda waiting for a team to really stand up and prove they can play a great football game. Instead it just seems like a lot of teams are looking to lose them.

Every team that won, got outgained by the loser, I wonder if that ever happened before in this round.

[FloridaMan88]

Mark Andrews declined to speak to the media postgame.

[smithandrew051]

With the exception of the Chiefs game, I’m pretty confident every result gets reversed (probably in a blowout) if you reverse the turnover margin.