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With the game still tight, should the Ravens have taken the field goal instead of going for it on fourth-and-short early in the fourth quarter? Femi Ayanbadejo, Tim Barbalace, and Ken Weinman discuss the playcall and why passing up the points was a mistake.
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00:00I know that a lot of people aren't going to agree with me on this, but I don't give a
00:02damn
00:03because I love numbers and I love analytics. But this team has had a problem scoring points
00:08in the second half. And I know they gave up 35, but in the beginning of the fourth quarter,
00:13it was 14-13. Correct. And it was fourth and two. And yes, Josh Cuevas would have been wide open,
00:18but he ran into the DB. So the play didn't work. If it would have worked, I still would have
00:21said
00:21you should have kicked the field goal. You should have kicked the field goal. Analytics slightly
00:25said, go for it. But this team psychologically, analytics cannot account for. The fact they
00:31haven't scored in weeks in the second half, it cannot account for. The fact that Lamar Jackson
00:35is not in there, analytics cannot account for. I don't need analytics to tell me what is very
00:39obviously clear psychologically, emotionally for this team. They just needed to take the lead.
00:45And if you take the lead, yeah, maybe they go down there and it's 21-16, but you're down by
00:49five.
00:49You're not down by eight. That is light years of difference for this team right now. Every
00:54point matters. And guys, they're going for triple doubles with these penalties, dude. They really
00:58are. I mean, what are we doing? The penalty EPA in regard to net swing in points just from penalties
01:06is almost a touchdown, guys. You basically gave away a touchdown in penalties yesterday
01:11in regard to net EPA points, mainly the offense.

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