Cincinnati — very frustrating JK Dobbins He said he believes it would have been a different outcome had the Ravens given him the ball — and not the quarterback. Tyler Huntley — A crucial fourth-quarter play near the goal line in Baltimore’s 24-17 wild card loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night.
Huntley made the game’s most significant mistake when fumbled with the score tied at 17, losing the ball on a leap into the end zone and having the turnover returned 98 yards for a touchdown by the Bengals’ defensive end. rice field. Sam HubbardThe Ravens were seven points behind with 11:39 left on the verge of taking the touchdown lead.
“He never should have been in that situation,” Dobbins said of Huntley. I shouldn’t have been in that situation.I think I put it in the end zone.Again.”
Limited to 62 yards on 13 carries, the Ravens running back was upset that he didn’t get another red zone touch after pushing for a 2-yard touchdown in the second quarter. In that pivotal fourth quarter series, Baltimore made his three plays within his line for the Bengals three yards and Dobbins failed to get the ball once.
“I’m a guy who always feels like he should be on the field,” Dobbins said. “It’s the playoffs. Why am I not there?”
It’s not the first time Dobbins has expressed a desire to steal more balls. On Friday, he told reporters he wanted the game “on his back.”
“I should be a man. I’m sick of holding it down,” said Dobbins, who had averaged 6.9 yards per carry in four games since getting his knee scoped. “I’m a playmaker. I’m the guy my teammates feed me on when I’m on the field.”
Ravens coach John Harbaugh was asked if there had been any debate about whether to pass the ball to Dobbins or be a running back. Gus Edwards Instead of going to the quarterback sneak.
“We felt like we made a good decision. It was a push-sneak play. It wasn’t executed the right way,” Harbaugh said. “Tyler went too far. It didn’t work properly.”
Many Ravens players said they didn’t think they could have won if their quarterbacks were protected. lamar jackson Instead of Huntley, he also threw an interception on his opening drive. Jackson sprained the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and missed six straight games.
Baltimore cornerback Marlon Humphrey Jackson estimates that 50% to 60% are healthy.
Humphrey said of Jackson, “I don’t think he was healthy enough to actually go out there.” He’s like limping around the facility.It’s a crazy thing people don’t see.Obviously we knew he wasn’t going to be with us But hopefully we get him a big deal and he’s the Raven that will be with me forever.”
Dobbins wasn’t shy about how Jackson’s return would affect Sunday’s playoff game, either.
“With Lamar we would have won,” Dobbins said.
