Congrats, Ravens! (2024)

Why did I have this gnawing feeling that the Ravens were going to do this? Why couldn't I have jumped on the hype train like everyone else? They were dominating elite teams to end the season. Lamar was playing the best football of his career. The running attack was crushing everything in his path!
So why did everything revert back to 2019 against the Chiefs? Why did you prove the lingering doubt I had right? Fuck.

[@noid7598]

The Chiefs are officially this generation's New England Patriots.

[@wilsongaye2437]

Yup

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

I mean they were already were that a while ago.

[@TheBrokenOwl]

Oh. Sorry we're like that then

[@ChiefBlue4298]

Now watch as they defeat the 49ers in the Super Bowl again UPDATE: I CALLED IT!

[@gregburrow3350]

Im Okay with it

[@biggiegreens24]

As a Ravens fan, this felt like watching your small independently operated business crumble.

[@inconnu4961]

Its been a great and tough year year in Baltimore! A regular season of excellence, then a post-season of futility for both the Orioles & now the Ravens

[@fortynights1513]

@@inconnu4961A pretty darn good team that unfortunately appears to have beat themselves in this AFC Championship Game. Though if the ball on that one drive crossed the goal line, it could’ve gone into overtime. This season was like 2019, only with a playoff win and a slightly worse regular season (though both were the best statistically in their respective regular seasons).

[@vladimirdoyle3934]

Flowers could of had a touchdown if he wasn't going for a Madden juking. He just needed one juke and to turn on the jets for the TD.

[@adamchirico3805]

😂😂😂😂

[@biggiegreens24]

@@vladimirdoyle3934 He too small to be risking getting hit. I'll never be mad at zay for not picking up more yards. He's gonna be our tyler lockett, small and reliable.

[@LordyT34]

Once again we forget PEMDAS Passing Every Motherfucking Down Amplifies Struggles

[@muskyoxes]

I'd rather do that than do wiggle wiggle plop every first down (run up the middle for one yard when everyone knows it's coming)

[@W-mans26]

Ong this isn’t a madden exhibition game

[@HayTatsuko]

Was not expecting the math joke but I certainly appreciate it.

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

this has strong middle school vibes lol

[@ProudOrbit217]

I like that analogy🥲😂

[@bcdside]

“The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.” - Edgar Allan Poe A perfect summation of being a Ravens’ fan as of late.

[@coyotelong4349]

There’s an EAP line for every possible scenario or emotion Ravens fans face

[@jacobbell1934]

Please don’t quote Poe. That guy is a hack. Even in grade school I saw right through his ridiculous plots. One of the most overindulged writers of all time. Hardly anyone know of Cervantes Miguel, yet he has more literary devices deployed in one chapter than a the entire lifetime of work Poe has. Another case for why humans are imbeciles; always favoring the more popular hacks because they like to follow trends

[@stefanoroberti]

Well, he did write "the Raven"

[@thebestcentaur]

A lesson I now learn as a converted Ravens fan…

[@rickswordfire4774]

@@stefanoroberti That's where the team got the name

[@alesolren]

I was in the break room when Likely called for the ball while being double teamed, then Lamar proceeding to throw it into triple coverage. I nearly facepalmed through my skull. This was the Ravens best shot and they blew it again. How did we as a society let THIS Chiefs team make yet another Super Bowl???

[@Efrencit017]

I don’t understand what Lamar was thinking throwing into triple coverage like dawg why?????🙃🙃🙃

[@inconnu4961]

You are right:we are ALL to blame!

[@shamrock73]

The Ravens were never beating The Chiefs that was just hope.

[@mavswrld]

@@Efrencit017 to cut Lamar the TINIEST bit of slack it looked like he saw Likely throw his hand up for the ball and zipped it without fully looking at the coverage, still his error though.

[@wrydstepbr0_0]

15 is just different man

[@thunderpantz]

All the fans look up at Lamar and shouted "Save us!" but he looked down and whispered "no".

[@DolFan316]

Selfish bass turd. No, that's not a typo.

[@pancake8853]

Quoth the Raven: "Nevermore."

[@gfbs7004]

@@pancake8853tuff reference 💯 wwe ish

[@Curling12341]

Rorschach approves.

[@CX462]

Quoth Lamar: ‘Eat My Shorts.’

[@MarloSoBalJr]

You gotta be a Ravens & O's fan to understand... "Failure is always reachable in Baltimore" 👌🏾

[@imapopo2924]

As a Cowboys fan, that.... That fits us pretty damn well too. At least the Rangers did something of note...

[@kjf5212]

Isn't that just the premise of The Wire?

[@jacobbell1934]

Makes since. The city itself is awful as well

[@Murph_gaming]

The O's should make some noise for a while.

[@tripsaplenty1227]

​@@Murph_gaming ownership will sell all the good players to the yankees.

[@samy29987]

The worst part about it all is that the Chiefs didn't score a single point in the 2nd half. The Ravens D did their job, giving the offense plenty of opportuninities to make steady drives, execute the proper gameplan and run the ball. Tree being accurate as ever: "they panicked" and crumbled under pressure. What a waste.

[@jackmayor3574]

true, but to be fair Kansas City was being ultra--conservative because they had a 2 score lead, once it became a 1 score lead they opened up the playbook again and burned the Ravens with a deep ball to MVS

[@jim2lane]

They didn't panic - Todd Monken did. What happened to him, did he have a mini-stroke or something? We adjusted our game plan in every single game this season EXCEPT for the AFC Championship game

[@JAFTW]

Yes, and the ravens were held to a single field goal. Ravens fans forget, k.c. defense was #2.

[@jim2lane]

@@JAFTW if the Ravens were playing their normal game I would agree with you. But they adjusted to what KC threw at them in every other game this year - except yesterday's

[@Harv72b]

@@jim2lane Monken called a good game overall; a couple head-scratchers but there always are in the NFL. All game long Baltimore had guys open for 5-6 yard gains in the flat, and all game long Lamar Jackson ignored them in favor of throwing bombs. Lamar gets frustrated when things don't go his way during games and defaults to low percentage deep balls. He has for his entire NFL career. A couple of times that worked out and the Ravens came back to win. More often we wound up with losses like yesterday. Until he learns that you beat defenses by taking what they give you & forcing _them_ to make adjustments, this story is going to keep repeating year after year.

[@LTamazil]

"I have never seen a team beat the shit out of themselves on a regular basis as I have, the Baltimore Ravens." coming from a Steelers fan that means a lot.

[@tylermaroney5039]

2016: AB goal line reach 2017: Tyler Boyd game winner 2018: Pantsed by the chargers 2019: Exposed by the Titans 2020: Outmatched by Bills 2021/22: The injuries & Cincinnati Goal line fumble TD 2023: Officially owned by KC I'm Tired.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

2014: The double 14-point choke job in Foxboro

[@christhewolf4246]

​​@@MarloSoBalJr2013 despite winning the Superbowl they get destroyed by Manning and miss the playoffs

[@aaronsams8605]

Gotta get a real qb

[@sendhelp6349]

Common denominator? Harbaugh. Starting to get tired of him.

[@aaronsams8605]

@sendhelp6349 1-4 in playoff games with Lamar. His only win coming this year against a 9-8 Packers team. He's hot garbage and the team and fanbase needs to move on

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

As a Steelers fan this was the first time ever I wanted the ravens to win a game and they play like that, I will never make that mistake again

[@wavestation999]

Mistakes happen, but don't let them fool you again. Most Steelers fans knew this would happen. The team that choked to Kenny Pickett twice in the past 2 seasons cannot beat Mahomes.

[@AceChampElite]

Pats fan. Were we truly rooting for Bmore to win or just wanting the Chiefs to lose? A little from column A and a little from column B. 🤷‍♂️ I think we should boycott Old Bay seasoning.

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

@@wavestation999 I had been calling them frauds all year and I was right

[@hmtnhk]

As another Steelers fan, we have our hands full with the clown still running the circus, a mediocre "QB" in Pickett, an OC that will last as soon as a HC position is open, etc. The thing about the ravens is different, Lamar is 2-5 (I guess) in playoffs, but at least the project looks capable to return them to the AFC Championship. For me, the future in Pittsburgh is still murky.

[@fireman305]

I had said on the Dumpster Fire last week that if the Ravens committed to the running game, they would likely win. The fact that they decided to abandon their running game is nothing short of baffling.

[@FBGotti]

They really should’ve stuck with it but they need a better o line and receivers this was the best shot imo no burrow everyone cancelling themselves and u fold

[@fireman305]

@@FBGotti their interior O-line is pretty good. Only having 8 designed run plays all game is a glaring issue with Baltimore’s offensive coaching.

[@kaphizmey6229]

i noticed detroit did the same thing in their playoff losses. i honestly wonder what possessed monken and johnson to abandon the run (especially since it was working in both games)

[@TheDCGuitar13]

When they did run they ate. I can’t believe they abandoned it

[@nickhfda223]

Script-writers haven't finished cashing in on tay tay yet.

[@QJD1381]

Lamar has the same amount of playoff wins as Baker Mayfield

[@violenceteacher6669]

And Blake Bortles!

[@ChairmanMo]

Yet Baker gets chump change while Lamar has convoys of Brinks Trucks backing into this drive way.

[@renovo56]

Mark Sanchez has 4 playoff wins for the Jets, and all 4 wins were away games. Facts.

[@DameDropped71]

@@ChairmanMobecause Lamar is at least a top 5 qb and baker is barely top 15

[@_YourFlyIsOpen]

And Dak Prescott

[@hockeyCman]

The save us Lamar memes doomed us

[@UHOH_415]

It was too much for Lamar to handle.

[@SpankinYaBoy]

Yeah as soon as I started seeing multiple save us Lamar memes with 1m+ likes I just new they were going to struggle.

[@MazeDaGr8]

Exactly, The guy who everybody was crapping on all season now, All of a sudden expected to be the hero. You can't do that

[@greekfire995]

Dude is a class act, but just can't handle the pressure at the end of the day. It's gonna pain me as a fan of both him and the ravens to see him fail over and over again. I don't like to see a guy as good as he is crumble every year, but this league is brutal. It doesn't care how likeable or good of a person you are. If you can't handle going toe to toe with the best, even at their worse, you deserve to feel humiliated.

[@mandykarevicius9746]

We were rooting so hard for Detroit. Although it was heart-breaking to see them gassed out at the half, we're still proud of them.

[@Donald_the_Potholer]

You're a few hours early. And on the wrong video. Detroit deserves their own Conglats, though.

[@moonjelly5]

​@@Donald_the_PotholerThey aren't as bad as the Ravens though as they are still really young and playoff inexperienced. I have a bit more faith in them to build off of this.

[@Gabriel_Rojas_Arena]

24-7 Identical to 28-3

[@man-zm3lj]

? They imploded like a star, couldnt make the "play" to end the game. They gave up and here you are glazing. foh

[@Gtx-ij9ff]

@@Gabriel_Rojas_Arenanah 28-3 was worse

[@lukestarkiller441]

The sad thing is the Ravens defense just about shut down KC in the 2nd half. They just couldn’t score that half at all.

[@wrydstepbr0_0]

Problem with that was KCs defense was just as good

[@matthewlarson738]

Right...​@@wrydstepbr0_0

[@Zones33]

@@wrydstepbr0_0not really

[@blindjustice8718]

KC wasn't trying to score. They didn't need to. They were playing Martyball to burn clock. When they *needed* to make a play, they made the play to seal the game....

[@Nobody-su9km]

every team is shutting down the KC this season... They are one of the worst offenses in the NFL this year statistically.

[@ST0NE_206]

Lamar Jackson and the Ravens will save America! Also Lamar Jackson and the Ravens:

[@alexanderliu9376]

The Bills successfully ran all over the Chiefs despite the loss, and the Ravens, with a better run game… decided to not do that?

[@MrDavidknigge]

With the Bills, the Chiefs stacked the D against the pass and allowed the run. Against the Ravens, the Chiefs loaded the box.

[@charlesiofaustria7361]

​@alexanderliu9376 I'm convinced the Ravens abandoned the run game was because they wanted to silence Lamar's critics/haters by proving he can win games with his arm, but instead they just reinforced the critics/haters narratives about Lamar.

[@MrDavidknigge]

@@charlesiofaustria7361 The Chiefs game plan was "We dare you to try to beat us with the pass, we will harass Lamar into making poor decisions." The game was dictated by the Chiefs to the Ravens. Lamar is not smart and neither is Harbaugh.

[@Buasop]

Lamar Dak-son

[@KickItToTheKing]

The triple coverage INT would make Ryan Tannehill proud.

[@VeilInfinity]

The Nick Mullens "fuck and chuck"

[@lildripnation3462]

@@VeilInfinity🤣🤣🤣

[@Buasop]

Lamar Dak-son

[@number3stunner118]

I wasn't surprised by this at all. Now we've got Mahomes with lackluster receivers going to the Super Bowl. The Chiefs are really the Patriots now. It's like there was a seamless transition from one dynasty to the next.

[@poncho9587]

I am going to laugh so hard if after missing several games due to an "injury", Kadarius Toney insists on starting for the Super Bowl.

[@osiriskid0]

@@poncho9587KT was on IG live & said the org is lying about his injury he’s healthy

[@firstlast6398]

Not nearly as dominant as the Pats. Ugly wins aren't as cool.

[@Orphim]

@@firstlast6398 Then you don't remember a lot of the Pats wins if you think they didn't win ugly. They usually won ugly. Especially early on where Brady was mostly carried by one of the most dominant defenses ever.

[@tyrencrafton1814]

​@@firstlast6398Boy don't speak on what you don't know 😂

[@choiyatlam2552]

The person I felt bad for the most on the Ravens was Mike MacDonald. He did a brilliant job on defense, getting constant pressure with the DLine, limiting KC to 17 and none in the 2nd half. Even on those early scoring drives, I was stunned by how good the LBs were at tackling, completely killed our opportunity to get explosive plays through YACs and destroyed our run game. The Ravens defense was as good as advertised, just the offense and Lamar completely blew it.

[@blank-vj1mc]

It’d really help their defense if they didn’t play with their obvious bounty system. I get sending a message, but the defense was just wholly undisciplined.

[@orindas8280]

That under the floorboard reference to Poe was 🔥

[@toadofsteel]

Hard to top last year's whole plot reference, but I loved that subtle jab. I'd expect every Congrats Ravens from now on to include some kind of Poe reference.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I think you honestly said it best when you said the only thing that could beat the Ravens this year are themselves.

[@scottanderson9887]

As a Ravens fan, this game was devastating. Another dominant regular season, steamrolling teams with winning records, Lamar with another MVP, good injury luck considering the past 2 seasons, the weakest the AFC has looked in years, and yet none of it matters. This was their shot, they blew it. They choked. They picked now to have the worst game of the season. They wasted that 2nd half defensive performance. Playcalling was horrible, Lamar was awful, OLine was abysmal. This team is the Washington Capitals of the NFL, countless regular season success and plenty of individual awards, but no championships to show for it. Absolutely pitiful, what a waste of a season

[@hunterXhamster]

Capitals won a Championship my guy

[@kattitaniummelonparker3408]

Hey we eventually got a Stanley...

[@TheDCGuitar13]

@@hunterXhamsteryea man but every year we kept losing in the dumbest ways beating ourselves. Ovechkin should be a 3-5 time champion.

[@MrDavidknigge]

​@@hunterXhamsteranother devoted fan, over-confident before the game, bitter after. In your parochial brain, the Chiefs deserve no credit at all. Go ahead, hate on your team now.

[@mythnk1204]

That’s what happens when your fraud ass QB gets MVP. Dudes not even a starter in the pro bowl but we’re supposed to act like he deserves the MVP?

[@thisismyyoutubecommentacco6302]

While the supposed cracks had been showing all season, really the Texans game was the real harbinger of things to come. Everyone thought the first half of the Texans game was just rust from being off for a couple weeks, in reality it was a clinic on how to stop this current version of Lamar. Lamar is sensitive to outside criticism more than anyone wants to admit, and the constant claims that he's not a premier QB put this notion in his head that he has to be hitting high yardage downfield passes constantly to put those criticisms to rest. The Texans played deep zone and soft man to man while blitzing him over 50% of the time, and the result was a paltry 10 points in a half, only three points more than the chiefs gave up. I had some hope thanks to the second half against the Texans where Monken clearly wrangled him back to just taking the open man but that was easier when the game was tied coming into the second half. This time they were down 10 points already, which was hardly insurmountable especially with how staunch the defense tightened down in the second half, but clearly a fuse broke in Monken and Lamar's mind that they had to throw on every down which played RIGHT into KC's hands. And even in spite of all that, if it wasn't for the twin towers or retardation that was ZAY FLOWERS TAUNTING WHEN WE'RE 10 POINTS DOWN AND THEN FUMBLING IN THE END ZONE this game goes to overtime where anything could happen. The bigger problem is the fanbase has been split for a while and this is how each side will react. The Lamar haters will just use this as fuel to once again talk about "playoff Lamar". They'll point to the 2-4 record, how he's only beaten Ryan Tannehill and C.J. Stroud and can't beat Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, or Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs. They might even start comparing him to Dak Prescott (though that seems unreasonably cruel). The Lamar fanboys will ignore every mistake Lamar made and blame the coordinators, the head coach, and probably the concession stand people for this debacle, anything to avoid slandering their sacred cow lest they be deemed racist, even though his main opponent was a mixed race QB who's been beloved by the league for years now. The sad truth is they're both right, the play calling and offensive gameplan was horrendous but Lamar's inability to deal with the blitz will haunt him his whole career until he develops the humility to just hit hot routes and RB's out of the backfield to defeat it.

[@Jalreal]

Best comment

[@rumblyweevil78]

Couldn't agree more

[@jimbodice2672]

Why did they abandon the run? That's my biggest gripe. They could have pounded the rock a lot more and I think they win this game.

[@MrMark401]

All I hear is yapping

[@aandwdabest]

@@jimbodice2672 that’s a clear case of tactical self sabotage on raven’s part, and no amount of refball could save them from that!

[@sytzekamphuis2939]

This is the same way teams used to blow it against New England: get so freaked out by their reputation that you get out of your usual style of play, make a ton of mistakes and watch them capitalize on those mistakes so that they make the Super Bowl. Again.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

It's literally what I've been saying for two weeks now... The Chiefs are beatable, but teams are playing scared and panick on offense. McDermott said it firsthand when the Bills won but was a boneheaded Toney play away from losing

[@wrydstepbr0_0]

Chiefs are peeking at the best possible time. What a time to be a Chiefs fan

[@snakeeyes9246]

The Chiefs are the new Patriots. Change my mind.

[@amazonstorm]

This is arguably the best explanation for what actually happened because this has happened before with Brady AND Manning lead teams in Baltimore. We get lost in our own heads and the pressure of playing against these sorts mounts and it just goes BOOM. I still can't believe we managed to beat both Brady and Manning in 2012

[@pr3cious193]

The Ravens offense was just mind boggling, it's like they were trying to avoid doing what they were good at, I kept screaming, run the friggin ball. The chiefs were blitzing almost every play and their genius idea was to keep Lamar in the pocket over and over again smh

[@PeoplePleaser578]

The problem was - Ravens were down multiple scores and Chiefs were playing contain on his running game KNOWING that he couldnt throw over them, this was the same shit the Broncos did to the Panthers in the SB, the same thing the Titans did to us 2 years ago. If you keep Lamar bottled in the pocket, he cannot throw through you and Chiefs knew it.

[@DolFan316]

This is one of the thins that fuels the "NFL is scripted" fire. Because the only explanation that makes ANY sense whatsoever is that Harbaugh was ordered by the NFL to not run the ball so that the "proper" team could reach the Super Bowl for reasons that I'm sure have nothing whatsoever to do with Taylor Swift.

[@DolFan316]

@@PeoplePleaser578 49ers were down 17 at the half and that didn't stop them from having more rushing attempts than the Lions. Just sayin'. And this is a Kyle Shanahan-coached team we're talking about.

[@PeoplePleaser578]

@@DolFan316 49ers whole offense is rushing because of CMC. Ravens have the best rushing attack in the league but reality is a lot of that is predicated on Lamars ability to run... which the Chiefs worked to eliminate. Hence why the Ravens were not running.

[@made13145]

@@PeoplePleaser578 yeah and at point it's just matter of pride then. Like "my best weapon is my run game. and you scheme is to stop that. so fuck it let's see who break first."

[@coldwinterfresh3066]

I'd like to invite both Baltimore sport franchises to my funeral. So they can pick me up, carry me to the end and then let me down. More so the ravens as they have years of experience already...

[@DAHOMIE_RONE]

The orioles were beaten up and broke without proper pitching, there was no excuses for this loss

[@manzac112]

It's 2019-20 vs Tennessee all over again. Let's look over the similarities: Not relying on the running game? ✅ Lamar Jackson making risky passes? ✅ The defense trying and losing steam? ✅ Ravens coaching getting tactically spanked? ✅ Getting cocky and making brash mistakes? ✅

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly this was the year to do the Ravens had everything if you can't get the job done with this team i don't know if you could ever get the job done

[@DolFan316]

The last time the Ravens choked in the playoffs with a team this stacked they missed them altogether the next 2 seasons. Just sayin'.

[@davidriedy5977]

it's wild that this is a common consensus among fans regarding both the Ravens and Bills after this season, and both came at the hands of the Chiefs

[@mbdg6810]

@@davidriedy5977it’s just frustrating watching the AFC crumble to one team, even though the conference has many of the current best QB’s.

[@gorillagaming8722]

The 2011 team was this stacked, then the 2012 team came knocking ​@DolFan316

[@DolFan316]

@@mbdg6810 Either the Patriots or Chiefs have now been in the last 13 AFC title games. THIRTEEN!!!

[@tomzyrone3915]

2014: Blew two 14 point leads to the patriots 2015: Entire roster injured 2016: AB reach for the goal line 2017: Tyler Boyd 2018: Rookie Lamar in the playoffs 2019: Derrick Henry 2020: Greg Roman and Taron Johnson’s pick 6 2021: Entire roster injured 2022: Huntley’s goal line fumble 2023: Refusal to run the ball and Lamar throwing into triple coverage This is how long I’ve been a fan for

[@RagnarokMic]

2023 also had ANOTHER goal line fumble, really gotta learn not to stick that ball out a yard or more from the endzone.

[@Josh-ut4wv]

Lamar Jackson proved he like most "dual threat" QBs. They put up the award bait numbers but when push comes to shove they try too much to make a play when there isn't one.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

You don't wanna hear his post-game presser. His response is gonna have him staying down Florida all Spring

[@Rand0mContnt]

The penalties they were committing were so blatant, like they were almost forcing the refs to throw those flags!

[@spartan6005]

Well yes 👍

[@defectiveindustries]

Totally not rigged to control betting market

[@wavestation999]

​@@defectiveindustriesBaltimore is full of dumbasses, you can call it rigged but Harbaugh's teams are just not as food or disciplined as you think

[@mkraulis]

I, too, was impressed by the Ravens regular season record. But similarly, I kept in the back of my mind a doubt about their ability to close. There is always next year, as they say.

[@blakemherrera]

i literally looked this up right when it was uploaded. I AM THE CHOSEN

[@dt2phillips]

Can’t wait for the Congrats Lions video.

[@Saint3188]

I'm waiting for that too

[@georgerogers1166]

They don't deserve it. Unless they win a superbowl.

[@stephenvavasseur8826]

@@georgerogers1166 blown 17 point lead deserves it. Tree gives honest takes, and Dan Campbell is at a cross roads. Either that, or the haters guide is gonna make it clear that while the Lions did very well this year, they have flaws that make collapses like that possible

[@lightyagami3492]

Dan Campbell gonna give Tree an aneurysm.

[@stephenvavasseur8826]

@@lightyagami3492 yeah, but he’ll give him credit where credit is due too; it wasn’t his fault the receivers hands got the Medusa treatment, and the Lions faithful and team will still run thru a wall for him.

[@Harv72b]

2:02 The perfect summation of the entire game for the Ravens: Baltimore is driving the ball, already within field goal range, 2nd & 10, and Justice Hill is open in the left flat for a small gain with the opportunity to go the distance if he can beat one defender. Nelson Agholor has position for a 4 yard gain to Jackson's right. Lamar decides to throw a jump ball toward Isaiah Likely at the goal line, surrounded by three defenders. Kansas City kept getting into 3rd & shorts because Patrick Mahomes was okay with taking the short completion & moving on to the next play. Baltimore kept getting into 3rd & longs because Lamar wasn't.

[@juultoo]

This game felt over by halftime. The Chiefs didn't need to do anything in the 2nd half

[@jgbcreations9368]

I warned my friends who are big in betting to not put money on the Ravens, Bills, or Cowboys given their postseason reputations. And literally *all three of them* found ways to collapse and underperform.

[@andyjay729]

This is exactly why I'm not a gambling man.

[@midlifecrisisincarnate]

The Bills and Ravens were particularly disappointing because they both had plenty of chances to win and couldn't make it happen.

[@Nazrigar]

The choice of the music from Rome Total War soundtrack makes this extra sad. It's very solemn.

[@fred_g7802]

That sonic ring sound on those fumbles 😂

[@Nazrigar]

@@fred_g7802 Tree knows his games well and knows how to use those sounds at the right moments!

[@jamesh.8632]

We have gotten 3 fucking congrats videos in the past 5 years. I feel so empty from this loss. I don’t know where we can go from this Edit: As a ravens fan I also had that unnerving feeling I couldn’t shake off that at some point when it mattered most this team would fall flat on its face.

[@Aburner960]

Fire monken or at least drill the playcalling in. Draft an outside wr and reinforce the oline Retain as much as the roster as possible Thats all you can do

[@tylerfox6926]

You wanna feel empty? Buffalo has had four soul-crushing playoff losses in a row and 0 congrats videos. We don't even get a consolation.

[@thisismyyoutubecommentacco6302]

@@Aburner960 This is reactionary nonsense. You want to fire the OC who had Lamar with his highest passing yards and completion percentage in his career? What? Draft another WR? When we've drafted WR's in the first round in 2021 and 2023? We're likely (heh, pun intended) going to be running a lot of 2 TE sets next year so there's only going to be two WR slots, and with Bateman, Flower, and likely Agholor (OBJ will be a cap casualty). Drafting o-line, particularly guards will be the play in the first round, we'll be picking too low to get a tackle (and Moses and Stanley played well down the stretch).

[@coyotelong4349]

@@tylerfox6926 The unfortunate reality for Bills & Ravens (& usually Bengals) fans is that you just haven’t figured out how to make it past the bright red buzzsaw that is the Reid/Mahomes Chiefs in the postseason

[@Aburner960]

@@thisismyyoutubecommentacco6302 i dont think that was necessarily because of todd. I was never huge on him before the hiring and i think a majority of the success came from him being better then greg roman (which is like being better then the special needs kid) the playcalling vs the chiefs completely exposed him Even if you plan on having flowers on the outside. You need another outside threat. Bates isnt cutting it. Agholor is a deepthreat but little else There isnt really any natural elite guards. But there are some prospects that could be nice as fuck if they slide from tackle to guard

[@TheCrimsonRanger]

No matter how many years since they left cleveland, it still haunts them

[@Nasa-cosmonaut]

We've got a ton of pedigree since Cleveland. 2 championships is more than a lot of teams. If you count the old Colts, we have 5.

[@modetallah]

@@Nasa-cosmonaut Damn might as well be the Great Britain Museum Ravens the way you guys try and claim other people’s things.

[@StormyDomain]

The Ravens being the former Browns doesn't haunt them..Them not having Ray Lewis & Ed Reed & the undisciplined & sloppy play haunts the Ravens there.

[@Nasa-cosmonaut]

@@modetallah yeah we're passionate here in Baltimore about our pro teams, considering we only have two. You'd be upset too if you lost your team, the records, the colors, the name etc.

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

And they deserve every bit of misfortune

[@ChiefBlue4298]

Mahomes is now 4-1 against Lamar (and 1-0 in the playoffs)

[@muskyoxes]

And the 1-0 just says Lamar couldn't even qualify to get beat

[@smilingearth5181]

I love Lamar Jackson and often compare him to my favorite quarterback, Josh Allen. He doesn't quite have Allen's sheer physical power, but he and Allen are alike in quite a few ways. They are both speedy, elusive men who can, if need be, simply become the offense. They can punish you through the air too, though again Lamar can't do this quite as intimidatingly as Allen can. And they both have a knack for turning the ball over in the dumbest possible ways.

[@bobbobson8087]

Difference being Josh Allen's kryptonite is Mahomes, while Lamar's kryptonite is literally just himself

[@leo29hornsfan]

If Allen can get just over the hump and beat Mahomes when it counts the Bills win the superbowl that year. It’s bound to happen in the very near future. As much as the Chiefs owns the Bills when it matters most they still probably are like ohh fuck we gotta play these guys in the divisional round? Ugh 😩 they are a pain in the ass to beat. Like I said Josh Allen will finally do it. The second time Frazier messed it all up for him ohh my word the 13 seconds.

[@smilingearth5181]

@leo29hornsfan I still hate that game. Allen destroyed Kansas City's defense the entire game and it was all for naught because Frazier kept giving up touchdowns. 😭

[@bj71000]

@@Toniitonyhuh?

[@kevinkart2304]

@@bobbobson8087nah his kryptonite is the playoffs

[@joeywheelerii9136]

Never doubting the Chiefs again.

[@ChiefBlue4298]

It’s about as well as doubting Brady

[@led-0185]

Nothing he did won this game, it was the Ravens screwing themselves over.

[@primalryuu54]

I am, because I’m a Broncos fan and will cackle in delight at their eventual downfall. The gods will have their champion pay up eventually, it’s only a question of when

[@urosstankovic1799]

​@@led-0185 Well he's one lucky guy, his opponents keep screwing themselves six years in a row

[@SCIFIguy64]

@@led-0185Tbf they outplayed them regardless. If Ravens can’t unfuck themselves for one game, should they even go to the Super Bowl?

[@aandwdabest]

I’m not gonna lie, Mahomes this playoff season is making a lot of efficient accurate throws while maintaining his elusive mobility strengths. He’s constantly evolving for the better. Sure, his “taking away greatness” speech may be his biggest blunder/joker moment thus far, but he and his team learned from it and fine tuned their offense and clock management for the better during the playoffs. I also felt that this “congrats ravens” video is less mocking and a lot more lamenting for tree’s standard.

[@brobasticbroham446]

Lamar the choke artist on full display 😂

[@johnk.7058]

Monken's gameplan will baffle and haunt Baltimore for years to come, there is no guarantee they make it back with how many moving pieces they have this offseason. I don't have words for that drive when they were on like the 30 with 6:30 minutes left and he was dialing up end zone shots on 1st and 2nd resulting in a pick. It was like whenever something worked he was like alright time to do something that hasn't worked all game. That game is going to haunt me for a while.

[@nordicsoda9514]

I seriously cant see how the Chiefs wont make the AFC championship game every year with Mahomes as their starter

[@ChiefBlue4298]

They have really changed their fortunes once Mahomes became their QB

[@eddiethompson2165]

Andy Reid retiring is our best hope for parity. Which I hate because I love Andy.

[@tristinjudd2595]

​@@eddiethompson2165 You leave Football Santa out of this

[@wrydstepbr0_0]

​@@eddiethompson2165He already said he's not retiring yet

[@nicholaskatsikas4904]

⁠@@wrydstepbr0_0and why should he? With Mahomes he has a chance to become the best HC of all time.

[@NatureB3]

As a Ravens fan Tree, you were spot on. Not counting the monsoon Steelers game, all 4 losses were gift wrapped to the other team. Zay Flowers 2 huge mistakes led to our downfall. This one will hurt for a long time.

[@PeoplePleaser578]

The fact that we were relying on a rookie Wide Recievers desperate gasp for the lane to save the game... shows how dogshit this game was offensively.

[@reapercometh]

​@PeoplePleaser578 flowers was the offense. No one else showed up. He made dumb mistakes. But without him this game is even worse

[@PeoplePleaser578]

@@reapercometh Thats what Im saying, people acting like Flowers touchback was the most important thing and decided the game is pretty bad for the Ravens, because it shows how bad we were in that gm.

[@NatureB3]

@PeoplePleaser578 I agree Zay was the only one that showed up. But the 15-yard taunting penalty wasn't necessary, and just getting the ball over the goal line without fumbling were huge mistakes. After playing that many games, he's not a rookie anymore.

[@NatureB3]

@PeoplePleaser578 Not running the ball against a suspect Chiefs run defense was a huge mistake as well. Gus Edwards only had 3 carries is unacceptable.

[@Rik3n]

The Ravens were who we knew they were. Enjoy that mvp, Lamar.

[@nickthepharmdpharaoh]

The Rome Total War music in the background was brilliant. Ravens blew an opportunity for the ages this past season. Respect to KC for their virtuoso composure. Well said like always UTree 👌

[@christmashake8968]

Baltimore bought into their own hype. That's the only explanation I've got for everything they did tonight--and in the week leading up to this. They saw how much everyone said they were better than KC on paper, took it as gospel, and paid for it.

[@e2rqey]

if they did that then they would have just RUN THE DAMN BALL

[@jaymaledic5730]

It's like KC set themselves up the whole season for teams to underestimate them.

[@acatwithwiskers9273]

I am I ravens fan and I was expecting this, the first half vs the Texans made me lose confidence

[@darkbreaker9767]

I can't wait for "Congrats, Lions (No, Like, Actually Congrats, But Also You Blew It)"

[@psyplops]

As a Browns fan I couldn’t be happier with the outcome of this game

[@charlesmurphy3222]

Lions fan here. Don't go gentle on us. At the same time, our franchise has become NFL A list again. I like our future a helluva lot.

[@esdeathisbae9480]

You'll be back Dan Campbell just has to learn when it's fine to take the 3 points

[@TJB-qn5fy]

The Lions aren't "A list", clown. Bahahahaha. Huff that copium, fan of a fraudulent team.

[@charlesmurphy3222]

@@esdeathisbae9480 All the great ones have learning curves. Dan Campbell is no exception.

[@andyjay729]

Yeah, best of luck in the future. Hopefully you'll avoid the fate of the 2023 Seattle Mariners.

[@number3stunner118]

Wait until next season, and probably the one after, before being highly optimistic. Could turn out they're the NFC's version of the current Bills.

[@whitemamba24xe98]

That moment when you realize Lamar Jackson has the same playoff record as Tony Romo

[@minksopro]

One more L and he’s going to be on Dak Prescott levels

[@ClassyAssassin0]

Purdy made a bigger impact with his legs tonight than lamar.

[@user-oc8sr3ml9m]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Gerryo52]

Just like in 2011 the Ravens lost an AFC Championship they should've won. The year after they won the Super Bowl. I am calling it now, the Ravens will figure it out entirely next season and win the Super Bowl.

[@esdeathisbae9480]

Give me bird bowl give me eagles vs ravens

[@iAmCyberwaste]

Quoth the raven: "Can't be arsed."

[@UnlimitedProduction1]

Mahomes and KC are so battle tested in the playoffs the rest of the AFC except for maybe a healthy Burrow can't handle them and this playoff proved they're the new Patriots and the other 15 AFC teams might as well quit or enjoy their occasional 1 good year they might make a miracle run

[@manzac112]

I find it funny that Cincinnati is the one team that annoys the hell out of Kansas City.

[@esdeathisbae9480]

Here's hoping burrows hand isn't completely messed up for good otherwise the AFC is gonna be hell

[@blindfire3167]

As a Gold Coast Titans fan, I don't see why we all need to list what fandom we come apart of to say how ashamed you are of another team winning/losing.....but also as a Hanshin Tigers fan, I feel the need to jump on the bandwagon.

[@bobdingle2539]

Thank you for pointing out the running game. This has been a theme in every playoff loss in the last few years. Eight designed runs. EIGHT. for a team with the best running offense in the league. The common denominator is John Harbaugh.

[@esdeathisbae9480]

How did this guy win a Superbowl again lol

[@Doomguy2163]

It sucks but you hit the nail on the head. Haven’t been this annoyed over a loss in a looonng time. I love the ravens, but damn. Play calling was horrible, Lamar kept trying to be a hero when he just needed to do his job, and Zay showing inexperience exposed our “dominant” team’s weaknesses. Hats off to you for being fair and objective, always a pleasure to watch your content!

[@Otown]

Can’t wait for the lions one

[@SAG1TTAR1US99]

IVE BEEN REFRESHING ALL DAY FOR THIS ALL HAIL THE PIGSKIN OF HELL THIS NFL SEASON

[@ProudOrbit217]

I was waiting all night for this video😭😂 Fellow Ravens Fan here I was holding on to hope for them even when I realized that we weren’t going to Vegas I don’t think I’ve seen my parents in so much shock, My Dad and 2 brothers where at that game and I was at home with my mom I’m still proud of the team for having them get so far and if anything this should be a season to look back upon cause they made many good achievements🫶 We may have not been able to get a ticket to Vegas, but I’m still proud of them and hope the whole team is Doing okay ( Especially Flowers, I’m worried about him) 💜Ravens Blood For Life💜

[@ryankasch5561]

The Zay Flowers penalty was dumb because the pushing was fine, as he was tied up and trying to get off him, but the spike right into the dude is always a penalty

[@esdeathisbae9480]

Karma sure smacked him in the face willing to bet he got an earful from harbaugh after the game and the idiot injured himself after punching a bench good God what an awful game

[@SteelerMan5]

I've said this since he was drafted, you keep Jackson in the pocket and force him to throw? You're never gonna lose to him. Too bad like 90% of the teams haven't realized this yet. Props to the Chiefs. They beat a team that would rather try to boost Lamar's reputation than actually try to win a playoff game.

[@Jalreal]

Bingo

[@kaphizmey6229]

except the run game was working, todd monken just decided to abandon it. absolutely baffling play-calling on that side of the ball

[@omensoffate]

@@kaphizmey6229almost like it’s scripted

[@kaphizmey6229]

@@omensoffate no, i just think coaching is responsible for almost every big playoff loss. if john harbaugh were to be fired this team would make the super bowl year after year

[@jim2lane]

We adjusted our game plan at half time in every single game this year, EXCEPT for the AFC Championship. The Chiefs even advertised to the world what their game plan was for us ahead of time, all of the sportscasters shared it before the game, and yet we still just walked right into it. There were no adjustments to the constant blitzes like last week, no rolling Lamar out of the pocket to throw, no called QB runs, no quick drop timing patterns to compensate for the blitz - NONE OF THAT. Just Lamar sitting in the pocket allowing the Chiefs to pin their ears back and pressure him every single play. Did Todd Monken have a mini-stroke yesterday? And I ask that question with the utmost of sincerity

[@jackslade2864]

The sad part is this was the team to do it we can’t afford a lot of guys they were key players this year

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Next year is gonna by a .500 squad unless they splash the draft. Gonna be a 2-3 year downturn

[@rkb48.14]

Quote Richard Sherman, "RUN THE DAMN BALL!!!" It ain't that deep, Baltimore.

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

You're only supposed to say that when it's the Seahawks

[@xzaviuraurai]

Seriously. It seems there's only like 3 opportunities of running the ball in the NFL. Niners always make a claim strongly to it, and then a couple others. The rest, nope pass heavy, you're not gonna go to the dance anyways.

[@quark12000]

As a Steelers fan, this was the best game of the year.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Who are you rooting in the Super Bowl niners or chiefs

[@quark12000]

@@Frankieefootballmundial Don't really care.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

@@quark12000 as a Steelers fan here might be the reasons why you hate the 49ers and chiefs. You don’t want the 49ers to win cause they will tie the Steelers for most Super Bowl titles but are choke artists this century. You hate the chiefs cause they will be a juggernaut in the afc regardless of the outcome

[@quark12000]

@@Frankieefootballmundial I don't hate or love either team.

[@chadschindel348]

We all wanted a lion vs ravens super bowl…….. Now its the swifty bowl.

[@crazyluigi6664]

I wanted Detroit Vs. Buffalo myself...

[@Harley_Mitchelly]

Screw you scriptwriters. That is all. This season ends on a stinker.

[@nagille6731]

Who is we?

[@gorillagaming8722]

This kind of reminds me of what eventually built the 2012 Ravens, learning in heartbreaking fashion playoff defeats that eventually molded into all time greatness. Yes, it's defeat, but it's also critical experience that may eventually prove decisive. The big moment got to them, just like it got to them from 08-11. Until finally in 12, the Ravens got it together and won their second superbowl. It can be done, the Ravens just need to learn from this

[@aazz0099503]

As someone who hates the ravens. It feels so good

[@StormyDomain]

Yeah.. Ratbirds Suck!

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

At this point we shouldn't even be surprised at this point they still keep doing it and somehow it gets worse with each new year

[@kaphizmey6229]

i’m surprised that no one has mentioned john harbaugh here, he got repeatedly outcoached by andy reid. i know he’s staying put because of his reputation, but he’s arguably been a hack for his entire career and keeping him as head coach basically ensures that they will never win anything meaningful

[@sirisaac6125]

You called it, you always knew there was just something wrong about trusting that the Ravens had finally broken through the bullshit. And here we are...

[@MrTurner94]

The Edgar Allen Poe reference at the end is top tier

[@Murrman84]

When the Chiefs got the lead (and never surrendered it), I had a feeling that the Ravens would 'panic' and lean on the pass game to try to tie it up/surpass them as quickly as possible. Their loss...and this game frankly should have been 24-7 at halftime had the Chiefs not made a few mental mistakes. Oh well, a win is a win is a win!!!!!

[@kaphizmey6229]

considering what happened in the other championship game where a team went up 24-7, i feel like this is actually better. at least the ravens never had a lead

[@TheREALwymario]

I was fortunate to be saved from watching this game by a prior commitment. I was not so lucky with the NFC game, it's like both the Ravens and Lions had their Gatorade switched with stupid juice. The difference is that it took until half time for it to happen to the Lions.

[@JamesR1986]

As a Bills fan, I don't know if I feel better about last weeks loss or worse...

[@verifiedgaming4205]

I feel worse i wa worried about having to go to baltimore but with how they played i think we would be going to the super bowl

[@lisgod3]

Ravens came at the king. Missed so much Omar just left them to their fate in the alley.

[@johnharris6655]

I bet there was a lot of tension between the Raven's offense and Defense in that locker room after the game. The Raven's defense held KC to no points for the 2nd half.

[@Mike-rg6xe]

As a ravens fan. This one was 100% spot on and this loss is gonna sting for a long time. Could be worse, could have no superbowls at all I suppose

[@superyid2010]

You're right, it could be worse. You could be a Chargers fan like me with zero Lombardi's. Count yourselves lucky you have 2 Lombardi's.

[@tyriquecoleman3794]

Please never stop referencing Poe's works in these Ravens videos.

[@thedragon9326]

I love the congrats videos. They reinforce why I love the playoffs in sports. This is where story lines are made. The congrats videos explain them perfectly. It feels even better when they come out against a team that i hate. Lol, congrats on your division championship against Jake Browning, Mitch Trubisky, and Joe Flacco, Baltimore. Truly a season to remember. Bye bye 👋

[@adenedhel3855]

wow dang im a chiefs fan and this video still broke my heart... your verbal delivery is spot on man

[@codenamelarry6518]

Ravens were generally favorited, but I always said: “Chiefs know how to maintain their composure, and Baltimore knows how to choke.”

[@kevinwong1988]

Quoth the Raven: Nevermore.

[@classiclife7204]

Loved your ending. Football and great literature really do go together

[@Microsoft_2016]

As a Ravens fan, I am greatly disappointed at this game. I thought after leaving Washington, I thought I was going to escape losing, but it seems like I can't escape it because it still finds me every time. This makes me so sad. I actually believed this was the Ravens year, even despite my little amount of doubt in the back of my head. Now I know how Cowboys fans feel every year. No matter what team I seem to be with, whether it was the Washington Redskins or the Baltimore Ravens, I am always experiencing losing. I never see anyone I like hoist the Lombardi Trophy and have seen nothing but losing throughout the 21st century. I've accepted it now, but it seems like losing will always be a part of me. What a dang shame.

[@lightyagami3492]

I knew this video was gonna be good. Tree doesnt disappoint LMAO

[@tyrant682]

Roquan Smith is a Shanghai Shark after today

[@lynette5960]

Your narration is awesome! 😄

[@dfviewer2007]

I defend Lamar SO MUCH. But that pick into triple coverage when he clearly had a check down wide open all I could do was throw up my hands.

[@RagnarokMic]

Even worse having overthrown a TD to OBJ literally one play earlier.

[@NewEnglandFish]

This was 5 times worse than 2019's divisional round failure. This was a chokejob of the highest order. They didn't lose because of the refs or because they couldn't stop Kelce. They lost because they gifted the Chiefs unbelievably stupid penalties and not one, but TWO end zone turnovers.

[@Donth8onme2]

Lamar and Baker Mayfield have the same amount of playoff wins but only one is talked about as a bust.... 😊

[@lildripnation3462]

Baker an og he finna ball out again hopefully

[@kaphizmey6229]

yeah, neither qb should be considered a bust. baker was drafted by cleveland (enough said) and lamar is being held back by john harbaugh, both are quality starters otherwise

[@tanalincia6314]

When did Baker win MVP again? I must have missed it.

[@CraftySouthpaw]

This game reminded me a lot of Denver vs. Panthers in SB 50 - a great D keeps a normally explosive, dual threat QB trapped in the pocket all game long & their offense just never gets started as a result.

[@DBOBlackswell]

Every f***ing year is an Edgar Allen Poe reference with this team. I love your content though