Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the New England Patriots are heading to the AFC Championship game to play the Denver Broncos. How about this one: Josh Allen lost a divisional playoff game in overtime. Or: Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford are back in the NFC Championship. From a playoff standpoint, it really was a new twist on things we’ve seen before. For the Ravens and we fans, it was more anxiety-free football and head coaching interviews.
John Harbaugh and Kevin Stefanski made the first big splashes in the NFL head coaching hiring cycle. Harbaugh, as was expected for most of last week, went to the New York Giants.