4 misconceptions of Baltimore Ravens: How to disprove them this year

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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – JANUARY 11: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Baltimore Ravens calls a play against the Tennessee Titans during the AFC Divisional Playoff game at M&T Bank Stadium on January 11, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images) /

Misconception: Ravens can’t win in the playoffs

While the Lamar Jackson led Ravens are without a win in their two postseason tries, it doesn’t mean they can’t ever win a playoff game. The misconception is more specifically that Lamar Jackson can’t get the Ravens past the divisional round. That’s not a fair attack. Lamar Jackson wasn’t ready for the playoffs in 2018 and I’ve repeatedly admitted this. The problem is that Titans game wasn’t lost because Jackson wasn’t ready. Jackson made some big plays and was very prolific in the box score. It wasn’t a great game in the sense that the Ravens scored 12 points, however the playoff losses are completely different.

Look at it for what it was. It was the second playoff game of Jackson’s career. The Ravens didn’t have a huge group of playoff experienced talent in the 2019 season. In fact most of the team had undergone a youth movement. Joe Flacco got the advantage, on his his first five playoff trips, of having veteran talent around him. Flacco had players like Derrick Mason and Todd Heap in his first two trips to the playoffs. Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and Terrell Suggs were on defense. Jackson was the leader of a team that was still very much in the process of growing up. It’s not a fact that the current group of Ravens can’t win in the playoffs. It’s only a fact that they haven’t done so thus far.

How to disprove this misconception: Obviously, it’s winning in the playoffs

There is only one cure to somebody saying you can’t do something. Luckily for the Ravens, their quarterback is a master of administering this cure: Proving them wrong. Jackson was asked by teams before the 2018 NFL Draft to consider being a wide receiver. Ha! Critics said Jackson can’t throw. Ha!

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Every time Jackson has been told he can’t do something he has proven the doubters wrong. Ravens fans have laughed at the critics, doubters and the downright haters after each time Jackson has proven them wrong. Jackson not being able to win in the playoffs will just be the next idea we laugh at in retrospect.

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