u/DemonBearOP

People always talk about how protected Herbert and Allen are by the media, but Lamar's rosters have been better almost every year of his career and he barely gets any blame for his chokes.

---2018 Ravens: #2 scoring defense, #1 total defense, #1 yards per play defense.

2018 Lamar in the playoffs vs LAC: 2 touchdowns, 2 turnovers, 48% completion%, 78.8 passer rating.

Lamar was a rookie, so you can't blame him too hard, but it still counts here, he was ass.

---2019 Ravens: #3 scoring defense, #4 total defense, #7 yards per play defense.

2019 Lamar in the playoffs vs TEN: 1 touchdown, 3 turnovers, 52.5% completion%, 63.2 passer rating.

Unanimous MVP and turns in such a pathetic performance as the #1 seed. Insane choke

---2022 Ravens*: #3 scoring defense, #11 total defense, #14 yards per play defense.

*Lamar did get injured after 12 games, which is part of why the defense slipped later in the season. He staged a contract holdout in the playoff game vs the Bengals where Snoop Huntley recorded better playoff stats than Lamar ever had. Lamar's selfish holdout wasted another defense.

---2023 Ravens: #1 scoring defense, #6 total defense, #1 yards per play defense.

2023 Lamar in the playoffs vs KC: 1 touchdown, 2 turnovers, 54.1% completion%, 75.5 passer rating.

His biggest choke yet, one of the best teams statistically of all time, may be the best to never win it and Lamar is the biggest reason why. That AFCCG was in Baltimore and featured the infamous "team meeting" interception.

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Lamar's offense average points scored in all of these losses with his top defenses: 12.0

For perspective:

-----Average points scored by offense in playoff losses-----

Stroud: 13.3

Lamar: 13.4

Herbert: 15.0

Manning: 15.2

Goff: 19.2

Hurts: 19.5

Burrow: 20.0

Mahomes: 21.5

Rodgers: 21.9

Dak: 22.8

Allen: 24.6

-----Average points allowed by defense in playoff losses-----

Lamar: 22.4

Burrow: 23.0

Stroud: 26.0

Herbert: 26.3

Manning: 27.1

Goff: 30.0

Dak: 30.8

Hurts: 31.0

Mahomes: 32.0

Rodgers: 33.2

Allen: 33.2

+57 point 1st quarter differential.

The only team in history to have double-digit leads in the first 4 games of the Finals, let alone all 5.

Lead the series for 72% of the clock.

Always had a lead or tie in the last 2 minutes of the game.

Loss after a 29 point lead in Game 4 is the biggest choke in playoff history.

Wemby's 4th quarter FG% was 34.2%, and in the last 2 minutes of the 5 games he had 4 points & 2 turnovers.

Brunson averaged among the most points in 4th quarters of a Finals in decades.