The Ravens’ loss to the Bills was not just tough to watch but was a historic collapse in franchise and NFL history. It was the first time in the Ravens’ franchise history that they lost a game when scoring 40 points, as well as the first time in NFL history that a team with 40 points and at least 235 rushing yards lost a game. Teams were 277-0 before the Ravens’ loss on Sunday, and the team now has 17 games they lost when they held a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter.Ravens head coach John Harbaugh knows this was a tough loss and the team needs to put it behind them quickly.”We are just going to have to regroup and get ready to go play a long season. We’ve got 16 games in front of us. (The Buffalo Bills are a) good football team. (It was a) tough environment. Obviously, we did many good things, but we didn’t play well at the end,” Harbaugh said. The team suffered a disappointing loss to start the season last year, and Harbaugh said this group knows how to bounce back.”Yes, we’ll go back to work. We’ll go back to work like we always do. We’ve been here before. This is how the NFL works. It’s a tough league. You play tough games in tough environments, and hopefully you learn from it and keep getting better; you get better throughout the course of the season and become the team you’re going to be. It’s a long journey,” Harbaugh said.The turning point came of the loss came in the fourth quarter when Derrick Henry fumbled the ball, just as he did in the playoff loss to the Bills. This opened the door for the Bills’ comeback, and Henry owned his mistake and the loss.”First of all, I have to take care of the ball. I told my teammates after the game that the loss is on me. I own it like a man. We emphasize taking care of the ball since we got back. It’s a big emphasis, especially in our room with the running backs: taking care of the football, keeping it high and tight. I got lackadaisical. They made a play, but I put this loss on me. If I take care of the ball, I feel like it would be a different situation,” Henry said. He and the offense had a good game with over 400 total yards, but the turnover and lack of production in the final two drives were just what the Bills needed to pull off the comeback. The Ravens’ defense in the fourth quarter was the main culprit for the loss, especially after giving up 22 points. Safety Kyle Hamilton, who just signed a four-year contract extension before the season, was frustrated by the pattern of them giving up double-digit leads.”I don’t know; I wish I knew. (We are) banging our heads on the wall about it at this point. First and foremost, the offense put up 40 points. (There is) no way that we should be in that position as a defense. I don’t know. We just need to figure out how to win games. We are winning them for 45 minutes, but you have to win for 60 minutes. (It’s a) new week next week, and we will get it fixed. We will try to be 1-1,” Hamilton said.Finally, in a moment that the NFL will surely be looking into, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson made contact with a Bills fan after they slapped receiver DeAndre Hopkins and Jackson as they celebrated a touchdown during the third quarter. Jackson commented on the incident after the game.”I (saw) him slap ‘D-Hop’ (DeAndre Hopkins), but I wasn’t really … He slapped me, and he’s saying – he was talking – so I just forgot where I was for a little bit. You have to think in those situations. You have security out there; let security handle it, but I just let my emotions get the best of me. Hopefully, it doesn’t happen again. I learned from that,” Jackson said. It’s too early for the Ravens to panic as they still have 16 games left this season, and offensively, they look like they are going to be tough to stop. Defensively, they have work to do and must figure out a way to finish out games.
The Ravens’ loss to the Bills was not just tough to watch but was a historic collapse in franchise and NFL history.
It was the first time in the Ravens’ franchise history that they lost a game when scoring 40 points, as well as the first time in NFL history that a team with 40 points and at least 235 rushing yards lost a game. Teams were 277-0 before the Ravens’ loss on Sunday, and the team now has 17 games they lost when they held a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter.
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh knows this was a tough loss and the team needs to put it behind them quickly.
“We are just going to have to regroup and get ready to go play a long season. We’ve got 16 games in front of us. (The Buffalo Bills are a) good football team. (It was a) tough environment. Obviously, we did many good things, but we didn’t play well at the end,” Harbaugh said.
The team suffered a disappointing loss to start the season last year, and Harbaugh said this group knows how to bounce back.
“Yes, we’ll go back to work. We’ll go back to work like we always do. We’ve been here before. This is how the NFL works. It’s a tough league. You play tough games in tough environments, and hopefully you learn from it and keep getting better; you get better throughout the course of the season and become the team you’re going to be. It’s a long journey,” Harbaugh said.
The turning point came of the loss came in the fourth quarter when Derrick Henry fumbled the ball, just as he did in the playoff loss to the Bills. This opened the door for the Bills’ comeback, and Henry owned his mistake and the loss.
“First of all, I have to take care of the ball. I told my teammates after the game that the loss is on me. I own it like a man. We emphasize taking care of the ball since we got back. It’s a big emphasis, especially in our room with the running backs: taking care of the football, keeping it high and tight. I got lackadaisical. They made a play, but I put this loss on me. If I take care of the ball, I feel like it would be a different situation,” Henry said.
He and the offense had a good game with over 400 total yards, but the turnover and lack of production in the final two drives were just what the Bills needed to pull off the comeback. The Ravens’ defense in the fourth quarter was the main culprit for the loss, especially after giving up 22 points. Safety Kyle Hamilton, who just signed a four-year contract extension before the season, was frustrated by the pattern of them giving up double-digit leads.
“I don’t know; I wish I knew. (We are) banging our heads on the wall about it at this point. First and foremost, the offense put up 40 points. (There is) no way that we should be in that position as a defense. I don’t know. We just need to figure out how to win games. We are winning them for 45 minutes, but you have to win for 60 minutes. (It’s a) new week next week, and we will get it fixed. We will try to be 1-1,” Hamilton said.
Finally, in a moment that the NFL will surely be looking into, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson made contact with a Bills fan after they slapped receiver DeAndre Hopkins and Jackson as they celebrated a touchdown during the third quarter. Jackson commented on the incident after the game.
“I (saw) him slap ‘D-Hop’ (DeAndre Hopkins), but I wasn’t really … He slapped me, and he’s saying – he was talking – so I just forgot where I was for a little bit. You have to think in those situations. You have security out there; let security handle it, but I just let my emotions get the best of me. Hopefully, it doesn’t happen again. I learned from that,” Jackson said.
It’s too early for the Ravens to panic as they still have 16 games left this season, and offensively, they look like they are going to be tough to stop. Defensively, they have work to do and must figure out a way to finish out games.
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