In what was billed as the potential “game of the year” not just for the Ravens or Chiefs alone but for the entire NFL season, one team showed up and the other did not. Unfortunately, the Ravens were on the wrong side of the equation.
Kansas City dictated the tempo and had their way with the Ravens early on both sides of the ball, accumulating a lead that Baltimore could not overcome.
Some gut-wrenching takeways below . . .
1) There is no “rivalry”
For the better part of the last year or so, many in the national media, along with fans and spectators, have billed the Ravens and Chiefs as a rivalry — in large part due to the quarterback matchup of Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes.