Lamar Jackson’s frustration boiled over in an expletive-laden rant after the Baltimore Ravens let another Super Bowl dream slip through their fingers.
Jackson drove the Ravens 88 yards through the snow in Buffalo to throw a touchdown pass to Isaiah Likely and reduce the deficit against the Bills to 27-25 with 93 seconds left. But just when they thought they had tied the game and potentially sent it to overtime, Mark Andrews dropped Jackson’s pass at the goal-line on the two-point conversion.
It meant Jackson, the quarterback the Ravens drafted in 2018 to make them champions, completed a seventh season with still no Super Bowl appearance.
“Tonight, the turnovers, can’t have that s***,” said Jackson, whose first-half fumble killed another chance to score. “That’s why we lost the game. We’re moving the ball wonderfully. Just hold onto the f****** ball. Sorry for my language, this s***’s annoying. Tired of this s***.
“We’re right there. I’m tired of being right there. We need to punch our ticket.”
Jackson, though, refused to blame Andrews, and pointed to his own mistakes earlier in the game.
“We’re a team,” Jackson said. “First half, I had two costly turnovers. I threw a B.S. interception, and the fumble. I was trying to make something happen, tried to squeeze the ball. It slipped out of my hand.”
Head coach John Harbaugh claimed Andrews was a large part of the reason Baltimore were even this close. Harbaugh said: “There is nobody that has more heart or cares more. We wouldn’t be here without Mark Andrews.
“It’s like anything else, destiny is a decision that you make. It’s a decision on how you handle what comes in your life. Mark will handle it fantastic like he always does.”
Victory means Buffalo go to Kansas City on Sunday for another meeting with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. The winner will play the winner of Philadelphia versus Washington in the Super Bowl in New Orleans on February 9.
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