The 2025 NFL season couldn’t have started with a more dramatic finish. The Baltimore Ravens , led by Lamar Jackson , were up 40-25 late in the game’s fourth quarter. But those final 3:56 minutes proved too long as a crushing sequence turned victory into heartbreak.

Jackson, who had already racked up 209 passing yards and two touchdowns, had carried the Ravens through a seesaw battle. Derrick Henry was a force on the ground, exploding for 169 yards and two rushing scores. Yet, in the final minutes, it was a strategic decision by head coach John Harbaugh that would define the outcome.

According to reports, Harbaugh seriously considered going for it on a critical late fourth down. As Cordell Woodland noted on Twitter, “ John Harbaugh said he thought about going for the late 4th

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