Elena Yates, the girlfriend of Baltimore Ravens TE Mark Andrews, was bombarded with hate after a crucial dropped pass ended the team's 2024 NFL campaign.
There were giant black garbage bags and cardboard boxes. Bottles of wine and stacks of blown up cardboard photos. On Lamar Jackson’s locker hung his huge chain, a blown-up version of the logo for his clothing brand.
Multiple Ravens players expressed support for Mark Andrews, including Lamar Jackson, who shouldered the blame for Sunday's loss as his own.
In an instant classic divisional-round matchup with the Buffalo Bills, Lamar Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens almost pulled it off. But a series of fourth-quarter miscues from mainstay tight end Mark Andrews — including a fumble and a drop on a late two-point conversion — ultimately doomed the Ravens and ended their season.
Ravens tight end Mark Andrews had a brutal fourth quarter in Sunday's loss to the Bills, losing a fumble and then dropping a game-tying two-point conversion attempt.
Let’s head to the mid-fourth quarter. With Lamar Jackson’s Ravens trying to mount a comeback, Andrews caught a wide-open pass in the middle of the field. Rather than go down or simply run straight ahead and get tackled, Andrews tried to juke Bills defenders after his big gain.
Lamar Jackson, John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens did not blame Mark Andrews' dropped pass on a two-point conversion for the club's 27-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Sunday's AFC divisional round game,
Following a touchdown to Isaiah Likely, the Ravens needed a two-point conversion to tie the game. Lamar Jackson found an open Andrews in the flat at the pylon, who dropped the ball as he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Then again, what can Andrews and his teammates really say to make sense of the Ravens' latest season-ending disappointment?
The mood, understandably, was despondent after Baltimore lost in the divisional round following a season of offensive excellence. “Best offense I've ever been a part of,” fullback Patrick Ricard said Monday.
Mark Andrews still wasn’t ready to face the music on Monday. After not being available to reporters Sunday night to address his blunders in the Ravens’ gut-wrenching playoff loss to the Bills, Andrews also avoided the media Monday as the team held its end-of-season availability.