John Harbaugh‘s Ravens had an opportunity to win the divisional game this year again, but it culminated in the Bills victory. Some fans are pointing fingers at the TE Mark Andrews because he fumbled. Some are saying the other turnovers were trash and so on. But you know what the team’s head coach John Harbaugh has said about the Ravens’ loss?

Harbaugh was asked about the shortcomings and he said, “We didn’t win this game this morning of course it’s a big game but we didn’t end up doing the things we needed to do in a few games we played well enough to win but we didn’t make the plays we needed to…” Harbaugh continued, “But we’re still giving ourselves a lot of credit for the plays we made and the effort we put in we’re just going to keep pushing.” The Ravens won 12 games in the season. But the stats of the regular season don’t work in the playoffs. Result? It has cost them the season.

But you know before saying that, John Harbaugh also said, “They faced a lot of challenges but they just fought and stayed together and worked hard and they made the most of every single day they were enjoying being around and they won every single day and everything they can do would be best for the team. So I’m proud of them.” The offense didn’t play the way they performed. The turnovers have been a catastrophic problem for many teams and also for the Ravens.

Mark Andrews couldn’t hold on to the ball in the fourth quarter and with a perfect punch by a Bills defender, the TE fumbled the ball… and the game changed a lot. NFL analyst Michael Florio has opined on the game-changer part of the Bills-Ravens game. The analyst said, “That’s the best the Bills defense has played in the divisional round during this stretch.”

Well, the ripples of frustration won’t stop for a few days. But the Ravens QB Lamar Jackson might hurt a little extra.

Lamar Jackson may lose the MVP award too

The NFL MVP Awards will be declared on February 6, 2024, in New Orleans. The MVP race included two favorite contestants, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen. Though Lamar has already been awarded the MVP trophy two times (1st in 2019 and 2nd in 2023), he did his best to add a third this time.

According to ESPN, it’s a quarterback award. This means that it is nearly impossible for players other than QB to win this award. The momentum will now be with Allen to edge out the Ravens QB. The competition between the QBs of John Harbaugh’s Ravens and Sean McDermott‘s Bills is insane.

Lamar Jackson, apart from being No. 1 in the QB rating, has thrown four interceptions and 4172 yards for 41 TDs. That’s exceptional, right? But if we look at Josh Allen’s stats, though he has fewer passing touchdowns, he has thrice as many rushing TDs as Jackson, with 12. His technical stats are great too. Allen has 1.1% interceptions on dropbacks and a 1.2% turnover rate. Josh Allen has the votes and hearts of many to win too, as the general sentiment is ‘he has never won the award’.

Well, the MVP will be declared soon and the Bills mafia would be proud to see Josh Allen as the MVP. But more importantly, after defeating John Harbaugh’s Ravens, their conference game is going to be against their kryptonite, the Chiefs. A victory there would guarantee the accolade for Allen!