The Baltimore Ravens saw their 2023 season come to a shocking close with a tough 17-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. Kansas City controlled the tempo and flow for much of the game, and Baltimore couldn’t get into a rhythm offensively at all to try and get back into the game.
“I was proud of them. I’m proud of the season that they had. I feel like it was a team that had a lot of challenges. I don’t think it was a team that was too highly touted coming into the season by the pundits and the prognosticators and all that, and I think they proved a lot of people wrong, all year. The quarterback made a statement all year. [We have] so many players that had so much to prove. I think of a guy like John Simpson, just off the top of my head, who had so much to prove and to come in and play the way he did. Jadeveon Clowney and Kyle Van Noy, just two guys that came in late that didn’t seem like anybody else wanted, and they came in and played the way they did. There are so many stories on this team – so many individual stories. The message is, ‘Eyes straight ahead. [Keep] your chin up, your chest out, and understand what you did accomplish.’ I’m proud of them.”
Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh got on the podium after the game and was asked about his message to the team after losing in heartbreaking fashion. He said he told his team that he was proud of them and the season that they had, and to hold their heads up high in a tough moment like this one.
