Well playas…the AFC Divisional Round was a complete waste of a good Saturday afternoon. San Fran beat the brakes off of Minnesota 27-10 as they should have. No one in their right mind thought the Vikings would be able to travel across country and beat the consistently good 49ers. That wasn’t going to happen and it didn’t.
However, the world was waiting on Game 2 of the day. The, all of a sudden rolling, Tennessee Titans led by Ryan Tannehill and the monster Derrick Henry showed up in Baltimore ready to flex. We all thought that Baltimore would win it but that it would be closer than the experts thought.
Well playas and stiff necks…it wasn’t even close and the Ravens got their doors, windows, transmission and back seats blown off. They looked terrible as Tennessee dog walked them into the ground 28-12. Say it with me, “It was a waste of a great season.”
Turnovers were the death sentence for the Ravens with three. You can’t turn the ball over in big games like this. They lost a Lamar fumble (strip) and ole boy threw two interceptions.
Tennessee did what they needed to do to get out of the joint alive. From a statistical standpoint they weren’t ridiculously impressive but it was enough to advance.
Baltimore darn near doubled them up in first downs with 29 verses 15. The Ravens finished with 530 total yards of offense verses the Titans 300. Lamar and Co. even had a longer time of possession with 32:06 verses 27:54 but it all comes back down to the turnovers.
Turning the rock over with a monster on the other side of the field that can run it down your throat is always a problem. Derrick Henry finished the night with 30 carries for 195 yards. He was gashing them for 6.5 yards per carry. Tannehill was great even though he didn’t put up crazy numbers. He was just efficient when he needed to be.
Ole boy finished 7/14 for 88 yards and two touchdowns. His quarterback rating for the night was off of the charts at 109.5!! That’s NUTS!!! Throwing two early TD’s broke the Ravens back and at that point they forced the home team to play in panic mode.
They wet the bed so bad that Big Momma couldn’t even turn the mattress over. She’s got to sat it out on the curve this morning. Darn shame for them to have the season that they had only to fall apart when it actually counted.
In my old-old school Johnny Mathis voice, “Yes it’s over, call it a day. Sorry that it had to end this way. No reason to pretend, we knew that it had to end some way.” But I didn’t think it would be Baltimore packing up to go home this early. That’s why they play the game right?
I just hope that Sunday’s games are much better in the NFC. Everybody and their Uncle Leroy is waiting on the Houston verses Kansas City matchup with Mahomes and Watson bumpin’ heads that’s for sure. Game 2 will be Seattle going to Green Bay.
I’m rocking with KC in Game 1 and Green Bay at the crib in Game 2. Not that I’m cheering for either of them. Those are just the teams I believe will advance. Houston got lucky last week and that runs out today and Green Bay isn’t losing at the crib in January even though Young Russ is balling right now. It’s going to be 16 degrees up there. They ain’t walking out alive. Let’s go!!!
