The Baltimore Ravens have begun the 2022 season as a 2-2 football team, blowing multiple big leads in the process. In Week 2, they blew a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter against the Miami Dolphins, while in Week 4 against the Buffalo Bills they blew a 17-point lead after accumulating a 20-3 lead.
When listing off each NFL team’s biggest early-season disappointment in 2022, Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report named Baltimore’s as their second-half defense. When explaining why, he mentioned both of their blown leads, detailing just how bad each of them was.
“The unit is responsible for the biggest and fourth-biggest blown leads in franchise history, per Nick Veronica of News 4 Buffalo, the first being the 35-14 lead they blew against the Miami Dolphins. They gave up four touchdown passes to Tua Tagovailoa in the fourth quarter alone in that 42-38 loss…Their inability to close out games crept up again in the 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Week 4. They were ahead 20-3 at one point and mostly did a good job of slowing down Bills quarterback Josh Allen…But they gave up a touchdown right at the end of the half, the offense stalled and the defense couldn’t hold up its end of the bargain.”