Baltimore Ravens rookie receiver Zay Flowers had quite the little up-and-down series of events in the third and fourth quarters of his team’s AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs. The first-round pick has played excellently through most of the season, and with 49 seconds left in the third quarter, he smoked Kansas City’s ordinarily outstanding defense for this 54-yard catch.
ZAY FLOWERS 🤯
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That would have put the Ravens in prime position to get closer than the 17-7 deficit they had, but Flowers’ youthful exuberance got the best of him, and he was flagged for a rather obvious taunting penalty.
Agree with the taunting call? pic.twitter.com/StcuPKSoEe
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That took the ball from the Kansas City 10-yard line to the Kansas City 25-yard line. Now, the Ravens were fighting for a field goal as much as a touchdown.
And THEN… at the start of the fourth quarter… Flowers had a shot at his second receiving touchdown of the game. Instead, Flowers fumbled the all just short of the end zone, encouraged by Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed.
L'Jarius Sneed with an INSANE play to force a Zay Flowers fumble 😳😳😳#ChiefsKingdom #RavensFlock
— BetFTW (@Bet_ForTheWin) January 28, 2024
But wait — there’s more! A frustrated Flowers then went to the Ravens’ bench, hit a bench with his hand in frustration, and injured that hand.
CBS' Evan Washburn says Zay Flowers injured his hand after slamming it into the bench in frustration after his fumble.
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You ever just have one of those days? Flowers had himself a truly Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day… in the space of just a few minutes.
