The difference in the game was us constantly giving away momentum to the Chiefs. The worst call in my opinion was going for 4th down and failing and giving the Chiefs a short field to work with. They put 7 on us. That was the difference in the game. The pivotal point where we lost this game. That was all Harbaugh and nobody else. If you must blame someone blame our HC for this one.
Having said that, he did it with good intention. He wanted to be aggressive and also looked at Analytics in isolation without coupling it with game case scenarios. That's like solving a theorem with the wrong algorithm.
Initially, like most, I was extremely pissed to see us go for it on 4th and 2 so early in the game and not get it, as well as our constantly going for those 2pt conversions and walking away with nothing. However, after sleeping on it and then re-listening to Harbaugh's presser from after the game and then this morning; I'm good! I love the fact that Harbaugh has confidence in Lamar and this offense to get it done-they (the players) didn't execute and therefore they (players) failed on all occasions.
How many times in the past have I and we Ravens fans complained about our offensive play calling being too conservative? Sure, there is a time and a place for it however, I love the aggressive mindset that Harbaugh is trying to instil in the players. I absolutely love it! Like Harbaugh, I too, feel very confident about Lamar and our offense's ability to become a top-notch team to be reckoned with this season. Damn! I haven't said or felt that way about our offensive side of the ball in years! Wow!
Being aggressive (IMO) goes against the grain of how the Baltimore Ravens offense has thought and operated in years past. This whole "aggressive" gameplay thing is new to us and no doubt it will come with growing pains til we get use to our team playing that way. Offenses such as; the Patriots, Chiefs, Cardinals, Saints, Chargers etc. would be aggressive in those situations and no one would think anything of it. The moment that the Ravens attempt to play in that manner and it doesn't work, the damn sky is falling in Baltimore! C'mon man!
I'm with Harbaugh; "We're not going to play scared! We're tyring to win a football game!"
GO RAVENS!!!