Ravens’ Clock Management on Closing Drive Ripped in Bengals Loss With out Lamar Jackson
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The Baltimore Ravens establish up quite a fight with out Lamar Jackson, but they in spite of every little thing fell swish short in a playoff showdown against the reigning AFC champions.
The Cincinnati Bengals escaped the AFC Wild Card Game with a 24-17 victory on Sunday at Paycor Stadium and can face the Buffalo Bills in the divisional spherical. But their prospects at a 2d consecutive Substantial Bowl were placing in the steadiness until the final play despite the undeniable reality that Jackson modified into sidelined with a knee pain.
Baltimore started its final power down seven on the Cincinnati 46-yard line with more than three minutes final but took a reputedly informal manner to the possession and didn’t utilize its timeouts until it modified into too late.
Tyler Huntley had to throw a de facto Hail Mary for that reason, as the 10-play, 19-yard power ended in unceremonious vogue and a great deal of criticism for head coach John Harbaugh’s clock management:
Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini
Develop no longer utilize your timeouts to set sport clock after which or no longer it is miles very valuable to make utilize of 1 to beat the play clock. Wicked.
Brent Axe @BrentAxeMedia
I would pick to see a sideline interview now with Melissa Stark asking John Harbaugh about this clock management
David Aldridge @davidaldridgedc
It be swish laborious to imagine how unsuitable clock management is around this league, even on the exact groups.
Adam Rittenberg @ESPNRittenberg
I will volunteer to preserve a watch on clock for coaches. Will no longer at all designate how this gets over and over butchered on the supreme stages of the sport.
Kevin Harrish @Kevinish
At the least the Ravens possess two timeouts despite the undeniable reality that
Benjamin Solak @BenjaminSolak
peek or no longer it is all nicely and exact to enlighten “we’re gonna preserve our timeouts so we can utilize your total field” until you accept a holding penalty lol
Michael David Smith @MichaelDavSmith
Ravens are awfully informal about allowing a great deal of time to speed off the clock
David Gardner @byDavidGardner
I ponder what John Harbaugh’s plans for those timeouts are this offseason
The clock management wasn’t the correct thing that stood out in Sunday’s sport, as the Ravens had an opportunity to raise the lead in the fourth quarter with a aim-to-move scenario. But that possession grew to alter into into a 98-yard Sam Hubbard fumble recovery to interrupt the tie and establish the Bengals forward for exact.
It undercut an in any other case strong showing for the web site visitors, who were combating an uphill fight with Jackson over but again sidelined. The final time he performed modified into a Dec. 4 diagram discontinuance over the Denver Broncos, and he tweeted Thursday that his knee “stays unstable” as a consequence of a Grade 2 PCL sprain that’s discontinuance to a Grade 3 pain.
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Sam Hubbard takes the fumble 98 yards for the TD ‼️
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Huntley performed nicely for stretches with touchdown passes to Demarcus Robinson and J.Ok. Dobbins, the latter of which outdated his fleshy extension to attain the aim line in a valuable effort. The backup quarterback furthermore outdated his legs to afflict Cincinnati’s protection, and Dobbins accounted for more than 100 yards while placing the staff on his again for stretches.
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Live see at @Jkdobbins22 on his touchdown pic.twitter.com/16N3ci7WXA
The design of controlling the clock and the utilize of long, methodical drives to preserve Joe Burrow on the sideline nearly labored until the fumble, and satirically, abominable clock management proved to be the Ravens’ undoing.
They’re going to absolutely specialize in about their overlooked prospects all over the offseason.
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