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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

I'm taking the Bucs 27-13 over the Cowboys.

Who ya got?

I am still losing my mind over the league actually fining Juice $14k because they thought he was chugging a beer during his touchdown celebration. Like, my mans has had the nickname for a decade, explicitly mimed a tiny little cardboard box straw sip, and Goodell's goons really sat in a conference room thinking, Ah yes, an authorized alcoholic beverage beverage package.The fact that they had to formally rescind it this week because they finally realized a grown 10-time Pro Bowler was just drinking imaginary apple juice is peak comedy. The No Fun League is truly out here operating on room temperature IQ.What's the absolute dumbest fine you've ever seen them hand out? Because this one is instantly top tier.

Sean Payton made it official today with the media saying "We’ll make a change offensively. I’ll call the plays.”

So, let's look at 3 ways the Denver Broncos offense can improve with Sean Payton taking over play-calling.

I looked at a ton of stats from 2025 vs. 2026 and showed how the offense has regressed.

They need to run the ball more effectively and efficiently, better situational play-calling too.