The Baltimore Ravens Struggles: 5 Stats That Say It All

4. Fourth Down Has Not Been The Ravens Friend:

The Ravens have not had a lot of success converting on fourth down, yet their opponents have. The Ravens are four for ten on fourth down conversions. Their opponents are seven for eight. So many of these fourth down situations end up costing the Ravens a chance to win the game. Whether it’s failing to convert late in a game, or watching Odell Beckham turn the last stand into the Giants game winning score, fourth down is being mean to the Ravens.

The Ravens have been so terrible in these situations. One would think that John Harbaugh would lose confidence with every aggressive decision that takes place. Twice this season Harbaugh has turned down a sure field goal from Justin Tucker to gamble on fourth down. Fourth down conversions happen to be one of the few statistical categories that the Ravens ninth ranked defense cannot boast about.

It seems like there have been more fourth down decisions this year than in any six game stretch that I can remember. A lot of that is due to the close games. Late in games, there is often no choice but to go for it. However it seems like the Ravens decision making in these big moments, has been rather flawed.