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He wasn't the main problem with the Ravens offense last night. By far their biggest problem was the OL. No QBs are going to look great when every other play is a jailbreak. The final series in particular was comical, with Justice Hill somehow ending up blocking 1v1 on Chris Jones a couple times. That is a major coaching blunder. On that note, offensive coaching was the 2nd biggest problem for the Ravens last night. They threw away too many drives with joke play calls and were behind the sticks way too often. The multiple illegal formation plays is absolutely on coaching too. I won't let Harbaugh off the hook either - wasting two timeouts in the 3rd quarter was a massive blunder. 3rd was the Ravens outside WRs' failure to separate. Their offense had to live in the middle of the field and could only throw outside the hashes if the pass was behind the LoS, and we saw how much that limited them. They basically had two explosive plays that single handedly kept them in the game. Other than that their offense was a slog. And then we come to Lamar Jackson. To his credit, every big play was on him. Some of those runs were vintage Lamar Jackson. The two explosive pass plays were excellent passes, period. His problem last night and in the past is he has a trigger that is a tick too slow. The missed TD to Likely on the final series is a good example of this. He missed a TD to his RB on the previous play for the same reason. And the issue is that when you're that close to the endzone, having a quick trigger is even more important because windows are closing instantly. It is a legitimate flaw to his game but it doesn't mean he is secretly a below average player or whatever. FWIW Mahomes wasn't at his best last night either. His interception was laughably bad, he almost had another on a poor decision, and his ball placement was off on several throws. Everybody is a little bit sloppy in W1. The difference is Mahomes had much better offensive coaching, better weapons, and better protection. What I saw last night was one team that was all around just more prepared to play than the other. The Ravens appeared to still be working out offseason kinks while the Chiefs looked like they hadn't missed a beat since February.

Alright so I guess this result is probably better for us? I have trouble believing any team other than the Chiefs will get the #1 seed so the Ravens taking a loss seems more helpful.

Hahahaha that is absolutely unreal. I thought for sure he broke his collarbone and instead he comes back in to make that play. Oh but wait...

Lamar is single handedly ruining their chance here

The thought was that he could have trouble getting off press man outside. This play... ...is not an example of that, at all. Humphrey has his eyes on the QB and is clearly playing cover 2 flat. Unfortunately one of both of the safeties was playing something else. I learned exactly nothing about Worthy on this play. Of course he might prove that part of his scouting part wrong still. It's week 1 of his rookie season.

That is stupid and undisciplined from the Ravens. Wipe out a 10 yard penalty because you want to take a cheap shot.

I have no idea. I'm not going to make any sweeping conclusions about a rookie in week 1 in any direction.

I'm annoyed by our handling of the WR position, as I'm sure you know, but I'm not going to lie about what my own eyes are seeing. Stat lines without context don't do it for me.

Humphrey literally let him go and was playing the flat the whole time.

I'm sure everyone will act rationally about a blown coverage. Backbreaking drive. Ravens defense kept them in it the whole time and then they completely fold.

Should have been a penalty to be honest, but it makes up for the fake RTP earlier.

Nah that was a great throw. LB was turned all the way around and had no chance at recovering. Credit where credit's due. They needed a big play, Lamar and Likely delivered.

Chiefs would be blowing them out if not for individual player mistakes. Every play they have somebody wide open with space to run.

Araiza can boom it but he can't put it on the right spot to save his life.

That wasn't a dropped pass. Ball wasn't where it needed to be.

The inside slant to Rice is almost unstoppable

I have noticed the Chiefs LBs are late to trigger in pass coverage. That's one area you can find an advantage against them.

They can't throw the ball vertically at all. This is insane.

Bogus roughing the passer and then they don't blow the whistle when forward progress is stopped. I don't believe in conspiracy theories but I do believe in stupid inconsistent officiating.

There's my favorite penalty, nothing the passer! What a freaking joke.

Every Chiefs completion is to a player with absolutely empty space in every direction around them. I said it once, I'll say it again - Andy Reid is still the GOAT.

Lamar's eyes and trigger are very slow tonight. He had that TD, he waited a tick too long to throw it.

Ravens defense single handedly saving them from a blowout

Unfortunately I worry a bit that this is what our offense will look like... Although I definitely prefer our OL and our QB to theirs. Still we are going to be living in the middle of the field and you can see tonight how much that limits an offense.

Yeah and only one of them is getting flagged. Go figure.