John Harbaugh has been catching a lot of criticism for what he pulled on Sunday. With a 23-7 lead over the Denver Broncos and just seconds left in the fourth quarter, Harbaugh decided to call a run play instead of kneeling the ball to end the game.
He did so because the team needed only three yards to reach the 100-yard rushing mark to tie an NFL record with 43 straight 100-yard rushing performances as a team. They got five yards, but pissed off the Broncos in the process.
Broncos head coach Vic Fangio called it “bulls—t” during a press conference on Monday.
Former Ravens quarterback Robert Griffin III spoke on the situation and had a stern message for anybody who did not like it.
“What’s understood doesn’t have to be explained. Nearly every team in NFL history has taken a knee up 2 scores with 3 seconds on the clock. But the Baltimore Ravens DO NOT CARE about your feelings,” RG3 explained. “They wanted the rushing record and they went and got it. Don’t like it? Stop them.”
“I thought it was bulls—, but I expected it from them,” Fangio said. “In 37 years of pro ball, I’ve never seen anything like that. But it was to be expected, and we expected it.”
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“Because I just know how they operate,” Fangio replied when asked why. “That’s just their mode of operation there. Player safety is secondary.”
Harbaugh said he wasn’t going to give Fangio’s remarks “one second thought.”
Baltimore tied a mark set by the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1977 season.
