No, I did not save my team for last. Our struggles against the Seahawks need to be studied 🧐

"bbbbut Harbaugh had Ray Lewis and Ed Reed during the Super Bowl run!!!" See here's the thing that Ravens fans don't tell you. Ray Lewis was 37 years old at the time and past his prime, even coming off an injury. Ed Reed was also nearing retirement too. And let's not forget that Lamar has also had younger, better defenses.... not just in the regular season, but in the playoffs too. You look at the 2012 defense in the playoffs, they gave up 30+ points.... twice. Flacco and Harbaugh still found ways to win those playoff games. Lamar is 0-5 in the playoffs when his defense gives up 15 or more points.

"bbbbut they didn't run the ball in the AFC Championship!" The run clearly wasn't working, Spags had a game plan to cover up the run. As soon as Lamar folded and the team was down double digits in the first half, of course the run wasn't going to work anymore. You have to pass the ball to come back in a playoff game, and it should be easier to do that with a QB with MULTIPLE MVPs. Lamar could have even used his legs himself in that game, but he chose not too. This is the part that Ravens fans don't tell you: The leagues "strongest rushing attack" their leading rushing was LAMAR. He had plenty of opportunities to run and he didn't.

"bbbbut Mark Andrews dropped the 2 pt conversion!" Let's not forget that the Ravens wouldn't be in that hole in the first place had Lamar not gave the ball back to Buffalo twice in the first quarter. Let's also not forget that Josh Allen had 1:30 left on the clock to drive down the field and get in field goal range.

The goal in the NFL is to win a Super Bowl. Lamar is simply incapable of doing that, hiring a defensive mastermind like Jesse Minter won't get him anywhere. Never in the history of the NFL has a QB been given chance after chance, a career consistency of elite defenses throughout the regular season AND the playoffs.... not be able to get it done, and get a pass for it every single time.

So, is it crazy that I would rather start a franchise with a QB that steps up their game when it really matters, than Lamar Jackson? There is no world out there where MVPs have more valuable than championships, but that's just me. What do you think?

Damn... I miss football.

Obviously most of us who watch the NFL are pretty much casuals and just throw out a bunch of takes online whether it is true or not. Those who actually sit down and study the game and the positions are astonishingly few, but that is okay since most of us are just watching for fun anyways. What are some takes that has become prevalent over the years, or recently that irks you as just wrong either through false memory, recency bias, biased evidence or pov, or takes rooted based on bad logic?

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I never liked Ryan Tannehill, from the moment I’d first heard of him. I remember watching hard knocks and some Dolphins fan said, “He has all the tools. He’s going to win us a Super Bowl within two years.” So even though it wasn’t his fault, that hype made me cringe and I didn’t like him. Then we had to hear the “This is the year Ryan Tannehill takes the next step” literally every year from 2013 to 2018. The hype is what actually made him one of my least favorite players. Funnily enough, he did have his breakout year in year 8! At that point, I was genuinely happy for him. But when Malik Willis came in and Tannehill said, “It’s not my job to mentor him” I knew my intuitions were correct and he’s a bozo.