The Baltimore Ravens’ season ended last night, and while J.K. Dobbins was not properly unleashed on the field, he was plenty active in his postgame presser, openly calling out his lack of touches in the red zone.
Dobbins on Huntley's decisive goal line fumble: "He should have never been in that situation. I don’t get a single carry. I believe I would have put it in the end zone, again.”
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) January 16, 2023
J.K. Dobbins said he’s tired of not getting the ball, tired of being held back. Said Huntley should have never been in that position on sneak. And then he added, “If we would’ve had Lamar, we would’ve won, too.”
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) January 16, 2023
More Dobbins: “I’m a guy who feels like if I’m on the field all the time, I can help this team win, and I wasn’t. It’s the playoffs. Why am I not out there? Twelve carries? It's the playoffs.”
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) January 16, 2023
And he’s right! Dobbins powered through multiple defenders to score earlier in the game on 3rd-and-goal, and never again touched the ball on Baltimore’s remaining seven (7!) plays inside the Bengals’ 5-yard line. Yet, as of writing, Greg Roman remains employed by the Baltimore Ravens.
Watching J.K. Dobbins fight like this for a touchdown and then not giving him another touch inside the five-yard line is crazy pic.twitter.com/IM96zLay9N
— Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) January 16, 2023
There is no excuse for this. There hasn’t been an excuse for this all season, but the Ravens’ desire to maintain stability and trust Roman made it clear that he wouldn’t be let go midseason.
If Greg Roman is still employed by the #Ravens on Tuesday because Harbaugh is protecting him, then they should both be gone. Not championing John's dismissal, but if he refuses to remove Roman, then he's endorsing the prehistoric offense, the existence of which = failure. https://t.co/cBRmewGOON
— Tony Lombardi (@RSRLombardi) January 16, 2023
But now? There’s nothing stopping them from moving on, even as a selling point in their last bid to retain Lamar Jackson. It should be the first news out of the organization, even before a Jackson franchise tag, trade or extension.
On the other side of the ball, though Mike Macdonald turned out to be a brilliant hire. He has had Cincy’s number all year, not to mention several other stellar performances including the Bills and Bucs games.
Mike MacDonald has had perfect gameplans 3 times in a row against Cincinnati.
He has a complete read on this offense. What fantastic work, win or lose.
— Max Toscano (@maxtoscano1) January 16, 2023
No matter what happens with Jackson, this defense and its seemingly fearless leader will make sure the Ravens stay in games next year.
The weekend showed why you just want to get in the playoffs, no matter how badly the season may have gone. 4 of the 5 higher seeds so far were clearly beatable. And SF was down at halftime at home. Get in and roll the dice. #Steelers
— David Todd (@DavidMTodd) January 16, 2023
If the Ravens either have Lamar under center or the resources gained from trading him and clearing his cap hit, they’ll be competitive, especially without their offensive coordinator holding back his best players.
As for Lamar, is he coming back? Marlon Humphrey says yes!
He’s back
— marlonhumphrey.eth (@marlon_humphrey) January 16, 2023
Just kidding. Marlo is probably announcing his return to Twitter after spending the season with someone else – An assistant? A friend? A marketing/PR rep? – posting from his account. So now, we get to hear all of his inane and insane thoughts directly from the man himself. Great.
One final thing before we move into Ravens offseason mode and endlessly speculate about the future of the team: no matter what happened during last night’s game or the entire season, we will always have Demarcus Robinson torching Eli ‘Burnt Toast’ Apple in a playoff game.
Demarcus Robinson vs Eli Apple 😳
Eli Apple was taken in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Demarcus Robinson was taken in the FIFTH round of the 2016 NFL Draft. pic.twitter.com/0nd0lnZi8t
— NFL Rookie Watch (@NFLRookieWatxh) January 16, 2023
Gotta love the little things.
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Why was Greg Roman on the flight back home? If he’s raven next year, I’m not, and I’m sure tens of thousands of fans will think like me. FIRE HIM (and Harbaugh, who yesterday looked like he’s out too)
Wow. See ya’! Glad that you are leaving, oh true, loyal, ravens fan. I mean seriously? Harbaugh?? Tens of thousands?? Harbaugh, is not going anywhere. Not happening… Well. Perhaps you, and one other putz, but tens of thousands? Oh, and BTW, I am sure the Steelers would love to have a “loyal” fan, as yourself. Don’t forget your yellow towel, on the way out!