Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens got off to a really hot start in Monday night’s game against the Rams in Los Angeles, as they scored on their first two possessions to take a 14-0 lead after the first quarter.
And it looks like it could get really ugly at the Coliseum for the Sean McVay’s team.
One play on the Ravens’ second drive stood out as John Harbaugh, who has a analytics guy in his ear all game, had his team go for it on fourth-and-one from the Rams’ 23 yard line. Jackson ran for five yards on the play and then threw his second TD pass of the night to Marquise Brown on the very next play.
Fans watching that fourth down pickup instantly thought of Cowboys coach Jason Garrett who opted not to go for it on a big fourth down Sunday against the Patriots and it didn’t go well for him.
Former Cowboys WR Dez Bryant and others had jokes:
Garrett watching the game?
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) November 26, 2019
jason garrett watching the Ravens on 4th down pic.twitter.com/fqV0S3V15x
— Matt Harmon (@MattHarmon_BYB) November 26, 2019
Jason Garrett seeing John Harbaugh go for it on fourth down there instead of kicking the field goal pic.twitter.com/n2vlZ98DGm
— Joe Fann (@Joe_Fann) November 26, 2019
jason garrett says whaaaaaaa https://t.co/fwQuex3joE
— Doug Farrar (@NFL_DougFarrar) November 26, 2019
I'm going to guess Jason Garrett does not have a similar analytics guy assisting his decision-making
— Doug Kezirian (@DougESPN) November 26, 2019
Jason Garrett admitted this morning to @rjchoppy that they don’t look at analytics at all during the game and it’s foolish. The ravens have made decisions all year based on success probability but the cowboys refuse to even have them on hand just incase?
— Jacob Silcox (@jacobsilcox74) November 26, 2019
Ravens have a guy that solely calculates win probability based on analytics. Jason Garrett doesn’t use analytics during games, that’s the difference between a head coach and a clapper.
— Dak for MVP (6-5) (@DakZekeCooper) November 26, 2019
Watching this game makes me dislike Jason Garrett as a coach even more and it's only the 1st qtr.
— Doomsday Pokes (@C_wiggity210) November 26, 2019
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